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Best Paper Award

The Genes 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 Genes the year prior to the previous year, announcing them online by the end of June.

The Prize:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees, valid for one year.

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Genes Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 31 March 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Journal Name 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
  • Selvarangan Ponnazhagan avatar imageSelvarangan Ponnazhagan
    Selvarangan Ponnazhagan
    Chairman
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Giulio Piluso avatar imageGiulio Piluso
    Giulio Piluso
    University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
  • Maria Chahrour avatar imageMaria Chahrour
    Maria Chahrour
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Stefania Bortoluzzi avatar imageStefania Bortoluzzi
    Stefania Bortoluzzi
    University of Padova
  • Clifford Steer avatar imageClifford Steer
    Clifford Steer
    University of Minnesota
  • SZStefania Zampatti
    Stefania Zampatti
    IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia
  • Valeria D'Argenio avatar imageValeria D'Argenio
    Valeria D'Argenio
    Department of Human Sciences and Quality of Life Promotion San Raffaele Open University Rome, and CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate
  • Laurent Metzinger avatar imageLaurent Metzinger
    Laurent Metzinger
    University Picardie Jules Verne
  • Albert Jeltsch avatar imageAlbert Jeltsch
    Albert Jeltsch
    University of Stuttgart

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