Crystals 2023, 13(2), 220; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13020220 - 25 Jan 2023
Best Paper Award
Crystals Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The Evaluation Committee Members choose 2 articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.
The Prize:
– 1 research article and 1 review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)— valid for one year.
Crystals Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Crytals will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Selection Criteria
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Role of Persistent Slip Bands and Persistent Slip Markings in Fatigue Crack Initiation in Polycrystals
Development of Thermoelectric Half-Heusler Alloys over the Past 25 Years
Crystals 2023, 13(7), 1152; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13071152 - 24 Jul 2023
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Toncelli
Chairman
University of Pisa, Italy
Prof. Dr. Hongbin Bei
Zhejiang University, China
Prof. Dr. Leonid Kustov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Prof. Dr. Zongyou Yin
Australian National University, Australia
Prof. Dr. Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi
McGill University, Canada
Winner
Fabrication of Q-Carbon Nanostructures, Diamond and Their Composites with Wafer-Scale Integration
Crystals 2022, 12(5), 615; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050615 - 26 Apr 2022
Carbon-Supported Noble-Metal Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications—A Review
Crystals 2022, 12(5), 584; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050584 - 22 Apr 2022
Award Committee
Dr. Alessandra Toncelli
Chairman
Prof. Hongbin Bei
Zhejiang University
Prof. Slawomir Grabowski
University of the Basque Country
Prof. Dr. Leonid Kustov
Dr. Jesus Sanmartín-Matalobos
Coordination and Supramolecular Chemistry (Suprametal), Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela,
Prof. Dr. Sawanta S. Mali
Chonnam National University
Winner
“Seeing Is Believing”—In-Depth Analysis by Co-Imaging of Periodically-Poled X-Cut Lithium Niobate Thin Films
Crystals 2021, 11(3), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030288 - 15 Mar 2021
Concepts of Nucleation in Polymer Crystallization
Crystals 2021, 11(3), 304; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030304 - 19 Mar 2021
Award Committee
Prof. Helmut Cölfen
Chairman
Universität Konstanz
