We are pleased to announce the two winners of the Fibers 2020 Best Paper Awards, sponsored by MDPI and Fibers (ISSN: 2079-6439). Nominations were selected from the papers published in 2020 by the Awards Committee of Fibers. The selection committee is chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Martin J. D. Clift. We hope that this award will encourage publication of other high-quality papers in the journal in the future.

Article

U-Jacketing Applications of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers in Reinforced Concrete T-Beams against Shear—Tests and Design
by Constantin E. Chalioris, Adamantis G. Zapris and Chris G. Karayannis
Fibers 2020, 8(2), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8020013
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/8/2/13

Review

Laser Sources Based on Rare-Earth Ion Doped Tellurite Glass Fibers and Microspheres
by Elena A. Anashkina
Fibers 2020, 8(5), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8050030
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/8/5/30

On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee, we would like to congratulate the authors of the above manuscripts, and we would also like to thank Dr. Martin J. D. Clift for his excellent work in the hard task of selecting a winner from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles. We are very proud to publish such high-quality papers, and we will continue to hold the Fibers 2020 Best Paper Awards. We wish all scholars great success in their careers.

We wish to extend our sincerest gratitude for your valuable contribution to the journal. We look forward to further collaboration with you.

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the following reviewer has been selected as the winner of the Fibers 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award. This award is in appreciation of the high number, timeliness, and quality of reviews in 2020. The winner will receive a certificate, CHF 500, and an opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2021.

Constantin Chalioris

Reinforced Concrete Lab., Department of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering Division, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.

Research Interest: reinforced concrete (RC); testing; repair; strengthening; fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP); self-compacting concrete (SCC); steel fiberreinforced concrete (SFRC); damage detection; structural health monitoring (SHM); piezoelectric sensors.

We want to extend our congratulations to the winner for his excellent reviews and well-earned award!

The Fibers Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to acknowledge all reviewers who have generously dedicated their time and efforts toward reviewing manuscripts submitted to Fibers. Due to their outstanding
contributions, the high scientific quality of the journal and fast article processing are constantly maintained.

Fibers Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Fibers 2020 Highly Cited Paper Awards, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Martin J. D. Clift. Following a review process by the Evaluation Committee, three winners were selected. The recipients of the “Fibers 2020 Highly Cited Paper Awards” are as follows:

Review:

Rank 1 Award
Hollow-Core Fiber Technology: The Rising of “Gas Photonics”
By: Benoît Debord, Foued Amrani, Luca Vincetti, Frédéric Gérôme and Fetah Benabid
Fibers 2019, 7(2), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib7020016

Award: 300 CHF and one free publication before 31 December 2021 after normal peer review procedure.

Rank 2 Award
Actuator Materials: Review on Recent Advances and Future Outlook for Smart Textiles
By: Dharshika Kongahage and Javad Foroughi
Fibers 2019, 7(3), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib7030021

Award: 200 CHF and one free publication before 31 December 2021 after normal peer review procedure.

Rank 3 Award
Structural Features, Modification, and Functionalities of Beta-Glucan
By: Ramandeep Kaur, Minaxi Sharma, Dawei Ji, Min Xu and Dominic Agyei
Fibers 2020, 8(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8010001

Award: 100 CHF and one free publication before 31 December 2021 after normal peer review procedure.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of Fibers 2020 Highly Cited Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Fibers.

Fibers Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Fibers, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Fibers Travel Award 2020.

The Postdoc award was granted to Mustafa Raheem, a postdoctoral research fellow at Structural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA;

The Ph.D. student award was granted to Manish Sharma, a Ph.D. student at École de technologie supérieure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

It was a difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the awards, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners for their accomplishments. We are proud to support these two young scientists and wish further success in their career.

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Martin J. D. Clift

Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439; CODEN: FIBECU) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal published monthly online by MDPI. For further details, please refer to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fibers.

Dear Colleagues, dear Researchers,

For the Fibers Travel Award 2018, we received a total of 47 applications from all over the world, of a very high quality. Together with a scientific evaluation committee of experts, we selected the following exceptional applicant as the winner of the Fibers Travel Award 2018:

Dr. Darshil Upendra Shah, a postdoctoral research fellow at Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, 1 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge CB2 1PX, UK.
The award consists of 800 Swiss Francs toward Dr. Shah attending an academic conference of his choice in 2018.

I would like to congratulate Dr. Shah on behalf of the evaluation committee and the Fibers editorial team and thank all candidates for their most interesting applications!

 

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Stephen C. Bondy

Fibers established the Best Paper Award to recognize its best published articles.

Nominations were selected by the Editorial Office of Fibers based on the number of citations in 2017–2018 from the website with all research articles published in 2017 eligible for consideration.

The selection committee is chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Martin J. D. Clift, and supported by Prof. Dr. Alain Dufresne and Dr. Francesco Bencardino. They examined each paper and have expressed their preferences in the ranking of the “Fibers Best Paper Award” 2017.

Best Paper Award:

Molecular Dynamics Modeling of the Effect of Axial and Transverse Compression on the Residual Tensile Properties of Ballistic Fiber

Sanjib C. Chowdhury; Subramani Sockalingam and John W. Gillespie.

Fibers 2017, 5(1), 7; doi:10.3390/fib5010007

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/5/1/7

This paper is valuable contribution to Fibers. On behalf of the Fibers Best Paper Award Committee and the Editorial Board of Fibers, I congratulate the winners for their significant contributions and thank them for choosing to publish their best work in Fibers. In recognition of their accomplishments, Dr. Sanjib C. Chowdhury will be awarded the privilege of publishing an additional research paper, with all publication fees waived, in Open Access format in Fibers, after the standard peer-review procedure.

Fibers established the Best Paper Award to recognize its best published articles.

Nominations were selected by the Editorial Office of Fibers based on the number of citations in 2016–2018 from the website with all research articles published in 2016 eligible for consideration.

The selection committee is chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Martin J. D. Clift, and supported by Prof. Dr. Alain Dufresne and Dr. Francesco Bencardino. They examined each paper and have expressed their preferences in the ranking of the “Fibers Best Paper Award” 2016.

Best Paper Award:

Elucidating the Potential Biological Impact of Cellulose Nanocrystals

Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Carola Endes, Silvana Mueller, Alke Petri-Fink, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Christoph Weder, Martin James David Clift and E. Johan Foster.

Fibers 2016, 4(3), 21; doi:10.3390/fib4030021

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/4/3/21

This paper is valuable contribution to Fibers. On behalf of the Fibers Best Paper Award Committee and the Editorial Board of Fibers, I congratulate the winners for their significant contributions and thank them for choosing to publish their best work in Fibers. In recognition of their accomplishments, Dr. E. Johan Foster will be awarded the privilege of publishing an additional research paper, with all publication fees waived, in Open Access format in Fibers, after the standard peer-review procedure.