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 two 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:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– For each winning paper, we will award 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.

Award FAQ

 
Crystals Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 June 2027

Eligibility and Requirements:

– All papers published in Crystals 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

26 pages, 3846 KB  
Review
Nanostructured Materials for Enhanced Performance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Comprehensive Review
by Hicham Helal, Mohammadi Ahrouch, Abdelaziz Rabehi, Dario Zappa and Elisabetta Comini
Crystals 2024, 14(4), 306; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14040306 - 26 Mar 2024
21 pages, 12673 KB  
Article
Modeling 0.3 THz Coaxial Single-Mode Phase Shifter Designs in Liquid Crystals with Constitutive Loss Quantifications
by Jinfeng Li and Haorong Li
Crystals 2024, 14(4), 364; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14040364 - 11 Apr 2024

Award Committee

Dr. Alessandra Toncelli Chairperson
University of Pisa, Italy
Prof. Nikos Ch. Karayiannis
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain
Dr. Bing Yu
Zhengzhou University, China
Prof. Dr. Suresh Kannan Balasingam
Korea University (KU), Republic of Korea
Prof. Dr. Hamid Akbarzadeg
McGill University, Canada

Winner

24 pages, 10952 KB  
Article
Role of Persistent Slip Bands and Persistent Slip Markings in Fatigue Crack Initiation in Polycrystals
by Jaroslav Polák
Crystals 2023, 13(2), 220; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13020220 - 25 Jan 2023
27 pages, 3870 KB  
Review
Development of Thermoelectric Half-Heusler Alloys over the Past 25 Years
by Gerda Rogl and Peter Franz Rogl
Crystals 2023, 13(7), 1152; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13071152 - 24 Jul 2023

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Alessandra Toncelli Chairperson
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

16 pages, 28947 KB  
Article
Fabrication of Q-Carbon Nanostructures, Diamond and Their Composites with Wafer-Scale Integration
by Nayna Khosla and Jagdish Narayan
Crystals 2022, 12(5), 615; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050615 - 26 Apr 2022
33 pages, 20228 KB  
Review
Carbon-Supported Noble-Metal Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications—A Review
by Agnieszka Karczmarska, Michał Adamek, Sara El Houbbadi, Paweł Kowalczyk and Magdalena Laskowska
Crystals 2022, 12(5), 584; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050584 - 22 Apr 2022

Award Committee

Dr. Alessandra Toncelli Chairperson
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

21 pages, 6033 KB  
Article
“Seeing Is Believing”—In-Depth Analysis by Co-Imaging of Periodically-Poled X-Cut Lithium Niobate Thin Films
by Sven Reitzig, Michael Rüsing, Jie Zhao, Benjamin Kirbus, Shayan Mookherjea and Lukas M. Eng
Crystals 2021, 11(3), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030288 - 15 Mar 2021
19 pages, 2571 KB  
Review
Concepts of Nucleation in Polymer Crystallization
by Jun Xu, Günter Reiter and Rufina G. Alamo
Crystals 2021, 11(3), 304; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030304 - 19 Mar 2021

Award Committee

Prof. Helmut Cölfen Chairperson
Universität Konstanz
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