Outstanding Reviewer Award
The Outstanding Reviewer Award is given annually to recognize reviewers who generously contribute their time to reviewing papers and display thoroughness and professionalism while doing so. Winners will be chosen from all previous year’s reviewers and revealed by the end of March each year.
The Prize:
–CHF 300;
–A certificate;
–A voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.
Number of Winners: Two
Genes Outstanding Reviewer Award
Winner announcement: 31 March 2027
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
–All of the reviewers for Genes in 2026 will be automatically included;
–Number of review reports;
–The quality of review reports.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Szilvia Kisvarga
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary
Mariya Levkova
Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria
Taras P. Pasternak
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
Award Committee
Dr. Selvarangan Ponnazhagan
Chairperson
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Winner
Valeria D’Argenio
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Ottmar Distl
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
Ante Ivanković
Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb, Croatia
Award Committee
Dr. Selvarangan Ponnazhagan
Chairperson
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Winner
Magdalena Mroczek
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Khurram Liaqat
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
Neus Baena
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
Winner
Magdalena Mroczek
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Federico Manuel Giorgi
University of Bologna, Italy
Jan Bocianowski
Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań
Award Committee
Dr. Genes Editorial Office
Chairperson
Winner
Pranshu Sahgal
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute-Harvard Medical School, USA
Agnieszka Lecka-Ambroziak
Instytut "Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka", Poland
Ricardo Lebrón
University of Almería Carretera Sacramento, Spain
Piotr Szymczyk
Medical University of Łódź, Poland
Dayna Dreger
Purdue University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Genes Editorial Office
Chairperson
