Insects 2023, 14(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010049 - 3 Jan 2023
Best Paper Award
Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the 2023 Best Paper Award has been postponed to 31 July 2025.
The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The Insects Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members will choose five articles of exceptional quality that were published in Insects between 1 January and 31 December 2023 and announce the winners online by the end of April 2025.
The prize:
– Five articles will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 200, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.
Insects Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 31 July 2025
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Insects 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 the uniqueness of approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Global Distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in a Climate Change Scenario of Regional Rivalry
Dynamic Roles of Insect Carboxyl/Cholinesterases in Chemical Adaptation
Insects 2023, 14(2), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020194 - 16 Feb 2023
Isolation and Identification of Antioxidant Peptides Derived from Cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) Protein Fractions
Insects 2023, 14(8), 674; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14080674 - 29 Jul 2023
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Brian T. Forschler
Chairman
University of Georgia
Dr. Changlu Wang
Rutgers University
Dr. António Onofre Soares
University of the Azores
Dr. Ralf Nauen
Bayer AG
Winner
Integrating Global Citizen Science Platforms to Enable Next-Generation Surveillance of Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes
Insects 2022, 13(8), 675; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080675 - 27 Jul 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Brian Forschler
Chairman
University of Georgia
Dr. Emma Despland
Concordia University
Prof. Patrizia Falabella
University of Basilicata
Dr. Olivia Louise Reynolds
Susentom
Winner
Louis-Clément Gouagna
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôledisabled, Montpellier, France
Vaclav Stejskal
Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague, Czech Republic
Sandra Skendžić
Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
