Dear Colleagues,

To acknowledge the continued support of our authors, we are pleased to announce the “Fibers 2020 Best Paper Awards” for research and review articles published in Fibers from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020. One research article and one review will receive the awards. We hope the awards will encourage the publication of other high-quality papers in the journal. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the Journal Award Committee, and the winners will be announced in March 2022.

Eligibility for the Awards:

– Papers published in Fibers 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)):

– Relevance to the journal’s field;

– 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;

– Citation and download rates in 2021.

Prizes:

– One review award: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Fibers in 2022;

– One research article award: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Fibers in 2022;

– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

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

Kind regards,
Fibers Editorial Office

Fibers (ISSN 2073-4468; CODEN: ANTICA) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal published monthly online by MDPI. Fibers has been covered in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science) Indexed by Inspec (IET), Polymer Library and Scopus. The website of Fibers can be accessed here.

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Martin J. D. Clift, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously give their time to review the papers submitted to Fibers by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Fibers.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?

• All of the reviewers for Fibers in 2020 will be automatically included.

Select 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 winner receive?

There will be one winner this year, and the winner will receive the following:

• 500 Swiss francs;
• An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2021;
• A certificate.

When will the winner be announced?

• The winner will be announced in July 2021 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?

• If you have not yet reviewed papers for Fibers, 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,
Fibers Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Fibers 2020 Highly Cited Paper Awards, which will recognize the most highly cited paper in 2020. We hope the awards will encourage the publishing of more high-quality papers in Fibers.

Requirements:
Papers published between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019 are eligible to compete for this award. Three research articles or review articles will receive these awards, following a thorough evaluation by the Editorial Office of Fibers.

Selection Guidelines:
In the middle of 2021, the Editorial Office of Fibers will select and award the winners. Paper citation data are based on citations in Web of Science in 2020.

Prizes:
- One paper with the highest number of citations will receive : 300 CHF.

- One paper with the second-highest number of citations : 200 CHF.

- One paper with the third-highest number of citations : 100 CHF.

- Additionally, Fibers will grant a fee waived paper for each owner on 2021.

The winners will be announced on the Fibers journal website in July 2021. 

Kind regards,
Fibers Editorial Office 

Fibers (ISSN 2073-4468; CODEN: ANTICA) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal published monthly online by MDPI. Fibers has been covered in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI—Web of Science) Indexed by Inspec (IET), Polymer Library and Scopus. The website of Fibers can be accessed here.

 

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.

We are inviting applications for a Travel Award for postdoctoral students and PhD students to attend a conference in 2018. The award will consist of 800 CHF (Swiss Francs) for the winner.
The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief of Fibers, Prof. Dr. Stephen C. Bondy.

Candidates’ Requirements:
1. Postdoctoral fellows (received within the last five years) or PhD students performing research in the fibers field.
2. The candidate plans to attend an international conference in 2018 (oral presentation of poster).
3. Applicants are required to submit the following documents:

• Outline of current and future work, including an explanation of how the applicant will benefit from presenting their work at the conference (500 words).
• A Curriculum Vitae, including a complete list of publications.
• An abstract for the talk or poster they intend to present at the conference (give the conference name and its website). Also note any funding from grants or travel budget.
• A letter of recommendation from the supervisor or PI, with a statement indicating the post-docs eligibility.

Please apply by clicking the button above before 15 December 2017 or any questions you may have. The winner will be announced at the beginning of 2018.

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.