Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Insects is now inviting applications for the Insects 2022 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be awarded to one young investigator, in recognition of her/his excellence in the field of entomology. All applicates will be assessed by an evaluation committee, which will be led by the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Brian T. Forschler.

The Prize:
– CHF 2000;
– Option to publish one paper, free of charge, in Insects before the end of 2023, following peer review;
– An electronic certificate.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– Have completed and/or received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2022;
– Must have achieved notable recognition, have publications in peer-reviewed journals, and have made a research contribution that has meaningfully advanced the field of entomology;
– Candidates must be nominated by two senior scientists/researchers.

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

Schedule:
Application deadline: 31 October 2022.
Winners announced: 31 December 2022.

Contact:
Mr. Jonathan Liu
Marketing Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Insects will be granting the 2022 Travel Award to two junior scientists. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Insects Editorial Board. 

This award provides financial support for the winners to attend an international conference in the field of entomology to be held between October and December 2022, in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Candidate Requirements:
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students in the field of entomology;
– Plans to attend an international conference between October and December 2022 (oral presentation or poster). Online or offline conferences are both eligible.

Required Application Documents:
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;
– Curriculum vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

The winners (two awardees) will each be awarded CHF 500 and a certificate. 

Please submit your applications for the Insects 2022 Travel Award online by 31 August 2022. Prizes will be awarded at the end of September 2022 and announced on the Insects website.

Kind Regards,
Insects Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

To award the excellence of the papers in the Special Issue “Insect Symbionts: Evolution and Application”, we are pleased to launch our new Best Paper Award. One paper will receive this award. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee, led by the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Brian T. Forschler.

Eligibility for the Award:

– Open to all career levels;
– ONLY submissions in the Special Issue “Insect Symbionts: Evolution and Application” will be considered.

Selection Criteria:

The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– 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 by the end of August 2022.

Prizes:

– 500 CHF and a chance to publish a paper with publication fees waived in Insects by the end of August 2023;
– The winner will also receive a certificate.

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

If you want to know more details about the Special Issue and submit your paper, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/insects/special_issues/insects_symbionts

Kind regards,
Insects Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Insects 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Insects Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers to check manuscripts submitted to Insects. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround can be maintained.

The following three reviewers have been selected on the basis of the number, quality, and timeliness of their review reports (in no particular order):

Dr. Carmelo Peter Bonsignore
Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Research Interests: insect ecology; pest management; forest entomology; biological control; tritrophic interactions

Prof. Dr. Klaus H. Hoffmann
Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Research Interests: entomology; ecology; endocrinology; invertebrate biochemistry and physiology

Prof. Dr. Ivan Milosavljević
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Research Interests: biological invasions; invasive species; biological control; IPM; parasitoids; species distribution models; ecological modeling; multivariate analysis; life-table invasion models; temperature; insect development

Each winner will receive a prize of CHF 500, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper in the Insects free of charge in 2022.

Kind regards,
Dr. Brian T. Forschler
Editor-in-Chief, Insects

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Insects 2021 Best Paper Awards. All papers published in 2019 in Insects were considered for the awards. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the three winning papers, which were nominated by the journal’s Award Committee, have been selected.

Articles:

Olfactory Preference of Drosophila suzukii Shifts between Fruit and Fermentation Cues over the Season: Effects of Physiological Status
By: Rik Clymans, Vincent Van Kerckvoorde, Eva Bangels, Wannes Akkermans, Ammar Alhmedi, Patrick De Clercq, Tim Beliën and Dany Bylemans
Insects 2019, 10(7), 200

Telenomus remus, a Candidate Parasitoid for the Biological Control of Spodoptera frugiperda in Africa, is already Present on the Continent
By: Marc Kenis, Hannalene du Plessis, Johnnie Van den Berg, Malick Niango Ba, Georg Goergen, Koffi Eric Kwadjo, Ibrahim Baoua, Tadele Tefera, Alan Buddie, Giovanni Cafà, Lisa Offord, Ivan Rwomushana and Andrew Polaszek
Insects 2019, 10(4), 92

Review:

Symbiotic Plant Biomass Decomposition in Fungus-Growing Termites
By: Rafael R. da Costa, Haofu Hu, Hongjie Li and Michael Poulsen
Insects 2019, 10(4), 87

The authors will receive an award of 500 CHF and an opportunity to publish one paper free of charge in Insects in 2021, after the normal peer review procedure. We believe the above papers represent valuable contributions to Insects and the scientific literature. We warmly congratulate the winners.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Insects 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The Insects Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Insects. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

The following three reviewers have been awarded the Insects 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards (in no particular order):

Dr. Luis Carlos Martínez
Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-000, Brazil.

Dr. Daniele Sommaggio
(1) Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences—DISTAL, University of Bologna, 42-40127 Bologna, Italy.
(2) Biology Department, University of Padua, Via G. Colombo 3-35131 Padova, Italy.

Prof. Dr. Klaus H. Hoffmann
Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.

Each winner will receive 500 Swiss francs and a certificate, as well as the chance to publish one paper free of charge in Insects after peer review before the end of 2021.

Kind regards,
Dr. Brian T. Forschler
Editor-in-Chief, Insects

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Insectes 2020 Best Paper Awards, who were chosen by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Brian T. Forschler and Journal’s Award Committee. The recipients of the “Insectes 2020 Best Paper Awards” are as follows:

Article:

Phenotypic Plasticity Promotes Overwintering Survival in A Globally Invasive Crop Pest, Drosophila suzukii

Dara G. Stockton, Anna K. Wallingford and Gregory M. Loeb

Insects 2018, 9(3), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects9030105

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/9/3/105

Review:

Transmission Success of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Used in Pest Control

Sophie Labaude and Christine T. Griffin

Insects 2018, 9(2), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects9020072

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/9/2/72

The winners will each receive a certificate and an additional bonus as follows:

500 CHF + one free publication in Insects before the end of 2021

Please join us in congratulating the winners of Insects 2020 Best Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Insects.

As Editor-in-Chief of Insects, I am pleased to announce the two awardees of the Insects 2017 graduate student/postdoctoral associate travel awards. Dr. Carl Nick Keizer is a postdoctoral fellow at Rice University who will be attending the 2017 Animal Behavior Society Annual meeting in Toronto, Canada and Dr. Charlene Jamison-Scheepers, a postdoctoral fellow at Monash University will be attending the 2017 Ecological Society of America Annual meeting in Portland, USA. We had over 30 very impressive applications and we congratulate our recipients. More information on their programs and the award can be found at the following websites:
http://cnkeiser.wixsite.com/stegodyphus
http://chownlab.com/dr-charlene-janion-scheepers/

The competition for the 2018 Insects Graduate Student/Post-Doc Travel Award will be opened in early September 2017. Please check www.mdpi.com/journal/insects and follow us @Insects_MDPI for more information closer to this date.