Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Inorganics is now inviting nominations for the Inorganics 2023 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of Inorganic Chemistry & Materials. All nominations will be assessed by an Award Evaluation Committee led by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Duncan H. Gregory.

The Prizes:
− CHF 2000 (Swiss francs);
− Option to publish one paper free of charge in Inorganics after peer review before the end of 2024;
− An electronic certificate.

Eligibility and Requirements:
− Must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2023;
− Must have produced groundbreaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of inorganic chemistry;
− Candidates must be nominated by senior scientists.

List of Documents for Nomination:
− Detailed curriculum vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
− Birth certificate or other proof of age;
− Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
− Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule:
Open for nominations: 1 December 2022.
Nomination deadline: 31 October 2023.
Winners announcement: 15 December 2023.

How to Submit Nominations?
The nominations must be submitted online at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/inorganics/awards.

Please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] with any questions. We look forward to receiving your nominations.

Inorganics Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Inorganics 2021 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Inorganics from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. One review and two research articles will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal’s Award Committee, led by the EiCs, and the winners will be announced in late April 2023.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Inorganics from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.
– Open to all career levels.
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal’s Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– 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.
– Citation and download rates in 2022.

Prizes:
– One review award: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a free paper in Inorganics in 2023.
– One research article award: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a free paper in Inorganics in 2023.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal’s website in April 2023.

Kind regards,
Inorganics Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Inorganics 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 in Inorganics were considered for the award. After thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the three winning papers, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief and Section Editor-in-Chief, were selected.

One review:
Magnetic Materials and Systems: Domain Structure Visualization and Other Characterization Techniques for Application in Materials Science and Biomedicine
By Roberto Nisticò, Federico Cesano and Francesca Garello
Inorganics 2020, 8(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics8010006

Two research articles:
Magnetic Composite Submicron Carriers with Structure-Dependent MRI Contrast
By Anastasiia A. Kozlova, Sergey V. German, Vsevolod S. Atkin, Victor V. Zyev, Maxwell A. Astle, Daniil N. Bratashov, Yulia I. Svenskaya and Dmitry A. Gorin
Inorganics 2020, 8(2), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics8020011

A Partial Anion Disorder in SrVO₂H Induced by Biaxial Tensile Strain
By Morito Namba, Hiroshi Takatsu, Wataru Yoshimune, Aurélien Daniel, Shoichi Itoh, Takahito Terashima and Hiroshi Kageyama
Inorganics 2020, 8(4), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics8040026

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper, free of charge, in Inorganics in 2022.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Inorganics, and thank the award committee for voting and helping with this award.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Inorganics 2019 Best Paper Awards. All papers published in 2019 in Inorganics were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers were chosen, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Duncan H. Gregory. 

Halogen Bonding: A Halogen-Centered Noncovalent Interaction Yet to Be Understood
By Pradeep R. Varadwaj, Arpita Varadwaj and Helder M. Marques
Inorganics 2019, 7(3), 40 

Designing Ruthenium Anticancer Drugs: What Have We Learnt from the Key Drug Candidates?
By James P. C. Coverdale, Thaisa Laroiya-McCarron and Isolda Romero-Canelón
Inorganics 2019, 7(3), 31

The authors will receive an award of an opportunity to publish one paper free of charge before 31 December 2021, after the normal peer-review procedure, and a certificate. We believe the above papers represent valuable contributions to Inorganics and the wider scientific literature. We warmly congratulate the winners. 

Kind regards,
Inorganics Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Inorganics Best Paper Award. One review paper and two research articles published between 1 January and 31 December 2018 were selected by the Evaluation Committee according to their originality and significance as well as citations and download rates in 2019 (Web of Science). The award recipients will each receive a certificate and a quota of publishing a paper in Inorganics with all publication fees waived. The winners are listed as follows:

Review
Aghazada, S.; Nazeeruddin, M.K. Ruthenium Complexes as Sensitizers in DyeSensitized Solar Cells. Inorganics 2018, 6, 52. Available online: https://www. mdpi.com/2304-6740/6/2/52

Articles:
Porzelt, A.; Schweizer, J.I.; Baierl, R.; Altmann, P.J.; Holthausen, M.C.; Inoue, S. S–H Bond Activation in Hydrogen Sulfide by NHC-Stabilized Silyliumylidene Ions. Inorganics 2018, 6, 54. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/6/2/54

Klose, M.H.M.; Theiner, S.; Varbanov, H.P.; Hoefer, D.; Pichler, V.; Galanski, M.; Meier-Menches, S.M.; Keppler, B.K. Development and Validation of Liquid Chromatography-Based Methods to Assess the Lipophilicity of Cytotoxic Platinum(IV) Complexes. Inorganics 2018, 6, 130. Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/6/4/130

We wish to congratulate all the authors and thank them for having chosen Inorganics to publish their work.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Inorganics Travel Award. This award was granted to Marta Falcone, a PhD student in Professor Marinella Mazzanti’s group at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Ms. Falcone is planning to present her work “Small Molecule Activation at Multimetallic Uranium Nitrides” at the Gordon Inorganic Chemistry Conference “Innovative Advancements and Technical Challenges that Span the Periodic Table”. The award consists of 800 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.

The final decision was extremely difficult to make given the extraordinary number of high quality applications that were received. We would particularly like to thank all the applicants for their submissions and congratulate Ms. Falcone on her success.

Editor-in-Chief,
Prof. Dr. Duncan H. Gregory

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Inorganics Travel Award. This award was granted to Daniel Franz, a postdoc researcher in Professor Shigeyoshi Inoue’s group at the Technical University of Munich.
Dr. Franz’s research interests focus on the isolation of low-coordinate and electron deficient main group metal complexes, as well as molecular higher-coordinate metal hydrides. He is planning to present his work “Coordination chemistry and applications of N-heterocyclic imino complexes of boron and silicon” at the International Conference on Phosphorus, Boron and Silicon—PBSI 2017. The award consists of 800 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.
The final decision was extremely difficult to make given the extraordinary number of high quality applications that were received. We would particularly like to thank all the applicants for their submissions and congratulate Dr. Franz on his success.