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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.

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Fibers Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 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

Winner
Award Committee
  • Martin J D Clift avatar imageMartin J D Clift
    Martin J D Clift
    Chairman
    Swansea University Medical School
  • Alan Lau avatar imageAlan Lau
    Alan Lau
  • Anil Netravali avatar imageAnil Netravali
    Anil Netravali
    Cornell University
  • Wayne E. Jones, Jr avatar imageWayne E. Jones, Jr
    Wayne E. Jones, Jr
  • Narayan Bhattarai avatar imageNarayan Bhattarai
    Narayan Bhattarai
    North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Arthur Ragauskas avatar imageArthur Ragauskas
    Arthur Ragauskas
  • Enzo Martinelli avatar imageEnzo Martinelli
    Enzo Martinelli
    University of Salerno
  • Orlando Rojas avatar imageOrlando Rojas
    Orlando Rojas
  • Damien Soulat avatar imageDamien Soulat
    Damien Soulat
    ENSAIT
  • Constantin Ε. Chalioris avatar imageConstantin Ε. Chalioris
    Constantin Ε. Chalioris
    DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE, Department of Civil Engineering
  • Luciano Ombres avatar imageLuciano Ombres
    Luciano Ombres
    University of Calabria
  • Francesco Bencardino avatar imageFrancesco Bencardino
    Francesco Bencardino
    University of Calabria
  • Hyun Do Yun avatar imageHyun Do Yun
    Hyun Do Yun

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