Best Paper Award

The Fibers 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 are selected.
– Each winner receives CHF 500, an electronic 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.

 
Fibers Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Fibers 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

21 pages, 8315 KiB  
Review
Textile Fabrics as Electromagnetic Shielding Materials—A Review of Preparation and Performance
by Tomasz Blachowicz, Dariusz Wójcik, Maciej Surma, Mirosław Magnuski, Guido Ehrmann and Andrea Ehrmann
Fibers 2023, 11(3), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib11030029 - 15 Mar 2023
25 pages, 10545 KiB  
Article
An Electromechanical Impedance-Based Application of Realtime Monitoring for the Load-Induced Flexural Stress and Damage in Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
by Maria C. Naoum, George M. Sapidis, Nikos A. Papadopoulos and Maristella E. Voutetaki
Fibers 2023, 11(4), 34; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib11040034 - 11 Apr 2023

Award Committee

Prof. Martin J D Clift Chairman
Swansea University Medical School
Prof. Arthur Ragauskas
Prof. Hyun Do Yun

Winner

27 pages, 5506 KiB  
Review
Application of Electrospun Nonwoven Fibers in Air Filters
by Iman Azarian Borojeni, Grzegorz Gajewski and Reza A. Riahi
Fibers 2022, 10(2), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib10020015 - 8 Feb 2022
22 pages, 13230 KiB  
Article
Multifunctional Material Extrusion 3D-Printed Antibacterial Polylactic Acid (PLA) with Binary Inclusions: The Effect of Cuprous Oxide and Cellulose Nanofibers
by Markos Petousis, Nectarios Vidakis, Nikolaos Mountakis, Vassilis Papadakis, Sotiria Kanellopoulou, Aikaterini Gaganatsiou, Nikolaos Stefanoudakis and John Kechagias
Fibers 2022, 10(6), 52; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib10060052 - 10 Jun 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Martin J D Clift Chairman
Swansea University Medical School
Prof. Dr. David Paul Harper
University of Tennessee
Prof. Jinlian Hu
City University of Hong Kong

Winner

15 pages, 1089 KiB  
Review
Shielding of Cosmic Radiation by Fibrous Materials
by Tomasz Blachowicz and Andrea Ehrmann
Fibers 2021, 9(10), 60; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib9100060 - 15 Oct 2021
17 pages, 8513 KiB  
Article
Development of a Robot-Based Multi-Directional Dynamic Fiber Winding Process for Additive Manufacturing Using Shotcrete 3D Printing
by Norman Hack, Mohammad Bahar, Christian Hühne, William Lopez, Stefan Gantner, Noor Khader and Tom Rothe
Fibers 2021, 9(6), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/fib9060039 - 8 Jun 2021

Award Committee

Prof. Martin J D Clift Chairman
Swansea University Medical School

Winner

E. Johan Foster
1. Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland 2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology (VTSuN), Macromolecules Innovation Institute

Award Committee

Prof. Martin J D Clift Chairman
Swansea University Medical School
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