Outstanding Reviewer Award
The Outstanding Reviewer Award is granted annually to recognize reviewers who generously contribute their time to reviewing papers and display thoroughness, professionalism, and timeliness while doing so. Winners will be chosen from all previous year's reviewers and announced by the end of March each year.
The Prize:
– CHF 500;
– A voucher to cover applicable article processing charges (valid for one) year;
– A certificate.
Number of Winners: 4
Forests Outstanding Reviewer Award
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
– All reviewers for Forests in 2024 will be automatically included;
– The number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Edgaras Linkevicius
Agriculture Academy, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Ecology, Vytautas Magnus University, Studentų 13, Akademija, LT-53362 Kaunas, Lithuania
Louis LEE Shing Him
Faculty of Design and Environment, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
George K. Rogers
Palm Beach State College, 33410 Jupiter, FL, United States
Kelly Cristina Tonello
Hydrology of Forest Ecosystems Lab (Hidrolef), Department of Environmental Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, SP-310 São Carlos, Brazil
Award Committee
Dr. Giacomo Gerosa
Chairman
Catholic University of Brescia
Winner
Vasiliki Kamperidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Marek Wieruszewski
Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland
Marcin Jakubowski
Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
Miroslava Rakocevic
Embrapa Florestas, Brazil
Award Committee
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
Chairman
University of Auckland
Winner
Petr Pyszko
University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Narayan Bhusal
Seoul National University, Korea
Vasiliki Kamperidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Muhammad Adnan Akram
Lanzhou University, China.
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
University of Auckland
Winner
Tomasz Oszako
Forest Research Institute, Poland
Stelian Alexandru Borz
Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
Maricar Aguilos
North Carolina State University, USA
Narayan Bhusal
Seoul National University, Korea
Winner
Miguel Girona
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada
Vasiliki Kamperidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Maurizio Marchi
National Research Council Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR) Florence division, Italy
Maricar Aguilos
North Carolina State University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Ms. Kira Xu
MDPI
Winner
Ram P. Sharma
Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic
Maurizio Marchi
Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Italy
Miguel Montoro Girona
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Oscar Alfranca
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Winner
Choonsig Kim
Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Ivo Machar
Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17th Listopadu 12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Ram P. Sharma
Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic
Winner
Dr. Norbert Kunert
University of Göttingen, German
