Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Diversity 2022 Best Paper Awards” for research and review articles published in Diversity from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. One review and three research articles will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, and the winners will be announced in late February 2022.

Eligibility for the Awards:
– Papers published in Diversity from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the
following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the presented ideas;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates in 2021.

Prizes:
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Diversity in 2022;
– Three research article awards: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Diversity in 2022;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in late February 2022.

Kind regards,
Diversity Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Diversity will be awarding one Travel Award to junior scientists. All applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Diversity Editorial Board.

This prize provides financial support for the winner to attend an international conference in the field of ecology or biodiversity conservation to be held in 2022, in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Candidate Requirements:
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students.
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2022 (oral presentation or poster).

Required Application Documents:
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications.
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words).
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

The winner will be awarded CHF 800 and a certificate.

Please submit your applications for the Diversity 2022 Travel Award online by 30 December 2021. Prize will be awarded in February 2022 and announced on the Diversity website.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously give their time to review papers submitted to Diversity. As such, it is our pleasure to present this award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness, as well as their enduring support of Diversity.

What are the prerequisites to be eligible for this award?
– All of the reviewers for Diversity in 2021 will be automatically included.

Selection criteria:
– Number of review reports (only first review reports are considered);
– Review quality based on the rating given in SuSy;
– Review speed.

What will the winners receive?
There will be three winners this year and each will receive the following:
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Diversity in 2022;
– A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?
– The winners will be announced at the end of January on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?
– If you have not yet reviewed papers for Diversity, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief, Diversity

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Diversity 2021 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Enrico Lunghi.

Dr. Enrico Lunghi is a Postdoc fellow at the Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. Dr. Lunghi’s research interests are mostly related to the ecology, behavior, and conservation of cave species, with particular emphasis on European cave salamanders (genus Hydromantes – Speleomantes), animals representing his preferred model species. Dr. Lunghi received his PhD in 2018 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 46 articles published in peer-reviewed international journals. Nonetheless, Dr. Lunghi has recently co-edited a Special Issue on Cave communities in Diversity. Lunghi’s Scopus Scientific Citations number is 358 and his Hirsch index is 10. He is clearly a rising star in the field of ecology and zoology. As a single applicant, Dr. Lunghi has obtained multiple awards, including the President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund grant, and the Ralph W. Stone Graduate Fellowship in Cave and Karst Studies from the National Speleological Society. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Lunghi for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Enrico Lunghi will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2021 in Diversity after peer-review, and a certificate.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief, Diversity

Dear Colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of Diversity 2020 Best Paper Awards. The nominations were made by a selection committee, which was chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink, and supported by four Editorial Board Members. The following papers, in no particular order, won the Diversity 2020 Best Paper Awards:

A Phylogenomic Supertree of Birds
Rebecca T. Kimball, Carl H. Oliveros, Ning Wang, Noor D. White, F. Keith Barker, Daniel J. Field, Daniel T. Ksepka, R. Terry Chesser, Robert G. Moyle, Michael J. Braun, Robb T. Brumfield, Brant C. Faircloth, Brian Tilston Smith and Edward L. Braun.
Diversity 2019, 11(7), 109; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11070109

Recent Trends in Research on the Genetic Diversity of Plants: Implications for Conservation
Yasmin G. S. Carvalho, Luciana C. Vitorino, Ueric J. B. de Souza and Layara A. Bessa.
Diversity 2019, 11(4), 62; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11040062

The Importance of Isotopic Turnover for Understanding Key Aspects of Animal Ecology and Nutrition
Wales A. Carter, Ulf Bauchinger and Scott R. McWilliams.
Diversity 2019, 11(5), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11050084

Please join us in congratulating the winners, whom we thank for having chosen Diversity to publish their work.

Each Best Paper Award winner will receive a certificate, 500 CHF, and an opportunity to publish a paper in Diversity free of charge in open-access format, after the standard peer-review process.

An additional thank you goes out to the selection committee for its invaluable efforts in choosing the winners.

Dear Colleagues,

The Diversity Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Diversity. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

It is our pleasure to announce that the following referees have been selected to receive the “Diversity 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards” for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2020 (in alphabetical order by surname):

Dr. Atsuko Fukunaga
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA

Dr. Jong-Kook Jung
National Institute of Forest Science, Korea

Dr. Daniel Raudabaugh
Illinois Natural History Survey, USA

For those of you who have not yet reviewed papers for the journal but would like to do so, you can easily register as a reviewer via the following link: susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Diversity 2020 Travel Awards. The awards have been granted to:

Arlie McCarthy, a PhD student at University of Cambridge, UK. Her work is focused on the study of assessing the vulnerability of Antarctic marine ecosystems to invasive marine species. The award consists of 800 Swiss Francs to support her to attend the “NEOBIOTA 2020--11th International Conference on Biological Invasions” conference.

and to:

Zeana Ganem, a PhD student at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel. Her work is focused on the study of the evolution of predationspecialization in the woodlouse hunter spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae), including evidence from morphology, behavior and gut contents. The award consists of 800 Swiss Francs to support her to attend the “32nd European Congress of Arachnology” conference.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their applications, describing the diverse and fascinating range of topics that they are investigating.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the 2019 Diversity Best Paper Award. The nominations were made by a selection committee, which was chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink, and supported by Five Editorial Board Members. The two top-voted papers, in no particular order, have won the 2019 Diversity Best Paper Award:

Species Richness and Relative Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific
DeVantier, L.; Turak, E.
Diversity 2017, 9, 25. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/9/3/25

Positive Diagnosis of Ancient Leprosy and Tuberculosis Using Ancient DNA and Lipid Biomarkers
Donoghue, H.D.; Taylor, G.M.; Stewart, G.R.; Lee, O.Y.-C.; Wu, H.H.T.; Besra, G.S.; Minnikin, D.E.
Diversity 2017, 9, 46. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/9/4/46

Please join us in congratulating the winners, whom we thank for having chosen Diversity to publish their work.

In recognition of their accomplishment, the authors will collectively receive a cash award of 500 CHF, and the privilege of publishing an additional research article or review paper free of charge in open access format in Diversity after the usual peer-review procedure.

Additional thanks go out to the selection committee for its efforts in choosing the winners:

Prof. Dr. Maria Augustyniak
Prof. Dr. Carlo Nike BIANCHI
Dr. Vitor H. Paiva
Dr. Eugenia Apostolaki
Dr. Matthieu Chauvat

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Diversity Travel Award. The Awards have been granted to:

Juan Moles Sánchez, a Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, USA. His work is focused on the study of the diversity and systematics of Antarctic heterobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda), and the application of next-generation sequencing to answer deep phylogenomic questions. The Award consists of 500 Swiss Francs to support him to attend the “World Congress of Malacology 2019” conference.

and to:

Adrià López-Baucells, a PhD student at University of Salford, UK. His work is focused on the study of sustainable land use and bat conservation worldwide. The Award consists of 500 Swiss Francs to support him to attend the “18th IBRC International Bat Research Conferences”.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their applications, describing the diverse and fascinating range of topics that they are investigating.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Diversity Travel Award.

The Award has been granted to:

Raquel A. Garcia, a Postdoctoral fellow at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her work links climate change geography, biogeography, and thermal ecology to understand the mechanisms underlying species responses to climate change. She attended the IBS Climate Change Biogeography Meeting in Portugal where she presented her work “Rethinking climate change vulnerability indices”. The Award consists of 800 Swiss Francs to support her attendance at this conference.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their applications, describing the diverse and fascinating range of topics that they are investigating.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief

Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818) is an open access journal on the science of biodiversity, published quarterly online by MDPI. It is indexed in Scopus, Zoological Record, etc. For more information on Diversity, please visit our website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity.

We are inviting applications for a Travel Award for a Postdoctoral fellow to attend a conference in 2018. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee presided by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink

Candidates’ Requirements:
1. Candidates must be postdoctoral fellows who are performing research in any field of Diversity.
2. They will participate in an international conference in 2018 (oral presentation or poster).
3. The awardee is asked to acknowledge the support from the journal Diversity in his/her presentation.

Applicants are required to submit the following documents:
1. The abstract and details for the conference.
2. A CV, including a complete list of publications.
3. A letter of recommendation from a supervisor or PI (Principal Investigator). The supervisor or PI should sign and confirm that the applicant fulfills all requirements.
4. A letter of acceptance from the conference organizers.

The Award will consist of 800 Swiss Francs.

Please send the application by 28 February 2018. The winner will be announced in Diversity by 15 April 2018.