Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Forests 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Forests Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Forests. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Petr Pyszko
Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Research Interests: abrosia gall midges; community ecology; insect diversity; insect microbiome; plant-herbivore interactions.

Dr. Narayan Bhusal
College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Research Interests: plant physiology; plant–water relation; photosynthesis; leaf water potential; sap flow; stem root and leaf anatomy; stress physiology; drought stress; hormonal analysis, waterlogged stress, plant phenology and morphology.

Dr. Vasiliki Kamperidou
Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Research Interests: forest products; wood; preservation; modification; treatment; joint; wooden structures; wood products; biomass chemistry; wood chemistry; wood physics.

Dr. Muhammad Adnan Akram
State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems (SKLGAE), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Research Interests: plant ecology; plant ecophysiology; desert ecosystem ecology; leaf functional traits; desert plant ecology; plant convergence and divergence; phylogeny; phylogenetics; heavy metal eco-toxicity; ethnobotany; plant functional traits and their relationship with the environment; plant lifeforms, i.e., herbs, shrubs, subshrubs, and trees.

The Prize for Each Winner:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Forests in 2023 after peer review;
– A certificate.

Kind regards,
Forests Editorial Office