Dear Authors,

We are pleased to announce the “Galaxies 2022 Special Issue Best Paper Award for Lorentz Violation in Astroparticles and Gravitational Waves” for research and review articles published in this special issue in Galaxies. One review or research article in the Special Issue will receive this award. The paper will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, and the winner will be announced on 30 June 2022.

Each award nominee will be assessed on her/his paper’s originality, quality, and contribution to the field by the Evaluation Committee.

Eligibility for the award:

— Papers published in the Special Issue “Lorentz Violation in Astroparticles and Gravitational Waves”;
— Open to all career levels;
— Reviews and research articles will be considered.

Selection criteria:

The papers will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:

— Originality and significance;
— Citation and download rates until the 31 December 2021;
— Scientific merit and broad impact.

Prizes:

The winner will receive the following:

— A certificate;
— 500 CHF;
— A waiver to publish a feature paper free of charge in Galaxies (following the normal peer review procedure). The waiver will be available for 1 year.

Dear Authors,

We are pleased to announce the “Galaxies Special Issue Best Paper Award for Gravitational Wave Detectors” for research and review articles published in this special issue in Galaxies. One review or research article in the Special Issue will receive this award. The paper will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, and the winner will be announced in 31 March 2022.

Each award nominee will be assessed on his/her paper’s originality, quality, and contribution to the field by the Evaluation Committee.

Eligibility for the award:

— Papers published in the Special Issue “Gravitational Wave Detectors”;
— Open to all career levels;
— Reviews and research articles will be considered.

Selection criteria:

The papers will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:

— Originality and significance;
— Citation and download rates until the 31 December 2021;
— Scientific merit and broad impact.

Prizes:

The winner will receive the following:

— A certificate;
— 500 CHF;
— A waiver to publish a feature paper free of charge in Galaxies (following the normal peer-review procedure). The waiver will be available for 1 year.

Dear Colleague,

The Galaxies 2021 Travel Awards have been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. The application period is still open, and the new submission deadline is 31 May 2021.

The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee consisting of senior scholars from the Galaxies editorial board.

This prize provides financial support for the winners to attend an international conference in the field of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology to be held in 2021, where they will deliver a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Requirements:

• Candidates must be postdoctoral fellows or PhD students involved in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology, broadly defined as any discipline covered within the scope of Galaxies.
• Candidates must have plans to attend an international conference in 2021 (oral presentation or poster).

Required application documents:

• Outline of current and future research;
• CV, including a complete list of publications;
• Details of the conference to be attended (conference name and website) and an abstract of the work that will be presented;
• Letter of recommendation from their supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

The award will be 800 CHF (Swiss francs) for each winner, with two winners in total.

Please apply by clicking the link (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/galaxies/awards/1061) before 31 May 2021. The winners will be announced at the end of June 2021.

Kind regards,
Galaxies Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

To award the excellence of the papers in Special Issue: X-ray Binary Formation and Evolution, we are pleased to launch our new Best Paper Award. One review or research article will receive this award. The paper will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee, led by the EiC, Prof. Dr. Emilio Elizalde.

Eligibility for the award:

– Open to all career levels;
– ONLY submissions in “X-ray Binary Formation and Evolution”, excluding feature papers invited by the Guest Editor.

Selection criteria:

The paper will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broadness of impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– Originality of research objectives and/or presented ideas;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates by 1 August 2022;
– Authorship (first author, teamwork, and collaboration with other institutions).

Prizes:

The winner will receive the following:
– A certificate;
– 500 CHF;
– A waiver to publish a feature paper in Galaxies (following the normal peerreview procedure, within one year after the award is announced).

The winner will be announced on the journal website in September 2022.

If you want to know more details about the Special Issue and submit your paper, please see this link: (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/galaxies/special_issues/X-ray_Binary_Formation_and_Evolution), with a better chance for more citations and to win the award the earlier it is published.

Kind regards,
Galaxies Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

To recognize the excellence of the papers in the Special Issue “Global Understanding of Accretion and Ejection around Black Holes”, we are pleased to launch our new Best Paper Award. One review or research article will receive this award. The paper will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee, led by the EiC, Prof. Dr. Emilio Elizalde.

Eligibility for the award:

• Authors of all career levels are eligible;
• Only submissions in “Global Understanding of Accretion and Ejection around Black Holes”, excluding feature papers invited by the Guest Editor, are eligible.

Selection criteria:

The paper will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to

the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):

• Scientific merit and broadness of impact;
• Relevance to the journal’s field;
• Originality of research objectives and/or presented ideas;
• Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of approaches and concepts;
• Clarity of presentation;
• Citation and download rates by 30 June 2022;
• Authorship (first author, teamwork, and collaboration with other institutions).

Prizes:

The winner will receive the following:

• A certificate;
• 500 CHF;
• A waiver to publish a feature paper in Galaxies (following the standard peer review procedure, within one year after the award is announced).

The winner will be announced on the journal website in September 2022.

For more details about the Special Issue and to submit your paper, please visit the Special Issue website (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/galaxies/special_issues/Accretion_and_Ejection_around_Black_Holes).

Kind regards,

Galaxies Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

To award the excellence of the papers in Special Issue: Gamma-Ray Burst Science in 2030, we are pleased to launch our new Best Paper Award. One review or research article will receive this award. The paper will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee, led by the EiC, Prof. Dr. Emilio Elizalde.

Eligibility for the award:

– Open to all career levels;
– ONLY submissions in “Gamma-Ray Burst Science in 2030”, excluding feature papers invited by the Guest Editor.

Selection criteria:

The paper will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broadness of impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– Originality of research objectives and/or presented ideas;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates by 28 April 2022;
– Authorship (first author, teamwork, and collaboration with other institutions).

Prizes:

The winner will receive the following:
– A certificate;
– 500 CHF;
– A waiver to publish a feature paper in Galaxies (following the standard peer review procedure, within one year after the award is announced).

The winner will be announced on the journal website in June 2022.

If you want to know more details about the Special Issue and submit your paper, please see this link: (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/galaxies/special_issues/Gamma-Ray_Burst), with a better chance for more citations and to win the award the earlier it is published.

Kind regards,
Galaxies Editorial Office

Galaxies 2022 Best Paper Award for the Topical Collection "A Trip across the Universe: Our Present Knowledge and Future Perspectives" aims to celebrate the 70th birthday of Prof. Dr. Emilio Elizalde (800 CHF)

Winner Announcement Deadline: 31 January 2022

Galaxies Editorial Office is inviting submissions to the Topical Collection "A Trip across the Universe: Our Present Knowledge and Future Perspectives". You can see more details about the Topical Collection here (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/galaxies/special_issues/UniversePerspectives). One winner will be selected for this award based on the citations by 31 December 2021.

Judging Criteria

• Scientific merit and broad impact;
• Relevance to the Topical Collection’s field;
• Originality of research objectives and/or ideas presented;
• Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of approaches and concepts;
• Clarity of presentation.

Please submit your paper here (https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=galaxies), the sooner the better.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winners of 2020 Galaxies Travel Awards:

Dr. Carolina Casadio, a Postdoctoral Fellow from IA-FORTH (Crete), will attend “15th EVN Symposium”, 6–10 July 2020 in Cork/IRL, to present her paper “Search for 10⁶ to 10¹⁰ Solar Masses Gravitational Lenses”.

Dr. Daniele Gregoris, a Fostdoctoral Fellow from Yangzhou University, will attend “The Fourth Zeldovich meeting”, 20–24 April 2020 in Minsk, Belarus, to present his paper “Curvature Invariants, and Black Holes Horizons”.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for their submissions which, collectively, represent a diverse and fascinating range of research topics. I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Emilio Elizalde

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Galaxies Travel Awards:

Andrea Rossi, a post-doctoral fellow from INAF, will attend the conference “Gamma-ray Bursts in the Gravitational Wave Era 2019”, 28 October–1 November 2019, in Yokohama, Japan, to present his paper “A Comparison between Short GRB afterglows and KN170817: Shedding Light on Kilonovae Properties”.

Maria Tiongco, a post-doctoral fellow from Indiana University, will attend the conference “IAU Symposium 351: Star Clusters: from the Milky Way to the Early Universe”, 27-31 May 2019, in Bologna, Italy, to present her paper “Kinematical Evolution of Multiple Stellar Populations in Star Clusters”.

Due to the high quality of applications, this was a difficult decision. We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their excellent CVs and we appreciate the recommendations from senior researchers. I congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Emilio Elizalde, Editor-in-Chief

Galaxies provides an advanced forum for studies related to astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology, including all of their subfields. Different formats, such as specialized research articles, reviews, communications, and technical notes are welcomed. Manuscripts containing original and creative research proposals and ideas are especially appreciated.

We encourage scientists to publish their astronomical observations and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the paper length and full experimental and methodological details, as applicable, should be provided. All papers will be peer reviewed promptly. On behalf of the distinguished members of the editorial board, I extend my welcome to all researchers working on these subjects to contribute to Galaxies.

Please click here for more information on Galaxies:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/galaxies

As Editor-in-Chief of Galaxies, I am pleased to announce the two winners of the 2018 Travel Awards sponsored by Galaxies:

Travel Awards were granted to Dr. Rosa Valiante, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) at the Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Italy, and Dr. Mar Mezcua, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona, Spain. The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each, to attend any academic conference in 2018.

Dr. Rosa Valiante’s research involves elaborating models on the evolution of the first galaxies and their immediate descendants, and aims to compare model predictions with existing observational data. She addresses questions on the evolution of the first cosmic structures, with the aim of determining the origin and properties of high-z dust, which have major implications on the interpretation of observational surveys and on the design of selection criteria to search for the first galaxies.

Dr. Mar Mezcua’s work aims at understanding how supermassive black holes form and grow and how this growth affects the galaxy itself. She investigates a wide range of astronomical objects, such as intermediate-mass black holes, dwarf galaxies, ultra-luminous X-ray sources, active galactic nuclei, radio jets, galaxy mergers, and supermassive binary black holes, following a multiwavelength approach, which involves radio, optical, infrared and X-ray observations.