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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.

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Crystals Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 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

Winner
Award Committee
  • Alessandra Toncelli avatar imageAlessandra Toncelli
    Alessandra Toncelli
    Chairman
    University of Pisa, Italy
  • Hongbin Bei avatar imageHongbin Bei
    Hongbin Bei
    Zhejiang University, China
  • Leonid Kustov avatar imageLeonid Kustov
    Leonid Kustov
    Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
  • Zongyou Yin avatar imageZongyou Yin
    Zongyou Yin
    Australian National University, Australia
  • Jaime Gómez Morales avatar imageJaime Gómez Morales
    Jaime Gómez Morales
  • Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi avatar imageAbdolhamid Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi
    Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh Shafaroudi
    McGill University, Canada
  • Benilde Costa avatar imageBenilde Costa
    Benilde Costa
    University of Coimbra
  • Heinz-Günter Brokmeier avatar imageHeinz-Günter Brokmeier
    Heinz-Günter Brokmeier
    Clausthal Unuiversity of Technology

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