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.

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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

18 pages, 3412 KiB  
Article
Global Distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in a Climate Change Scenario of Regional Rivalry
by Gabriel Z. Laporta, Alexander M. Potter, Janeide F. A. Oliveira, Brian P. Bourke, David B. Pecor and Yvonne-Marie Linton
Insects 2023, 14(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010049 - 3 Jan 2023
36 pages, 1629 KiB  
Review
Mosquito-Borne Diseases and Their Control Strategies: An Overview Focused on Green Synthesized Plant-Based Metallic Nanoparticles
by Hudson Onen, Miryam M. Luzala, Stephen Kigozi, Rebecca M. Sikumbili, Claude-Josué K. Muanga, Eunice N. Zola, Sébastien N. Wendji, Aristote B. Buya, Aiste Balciunaitiene, Jonas Viškelis, Martha A. Kaddumukasa and Patrick B. Memvanga
Insects 2023, 14(3), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14030221 - 23 Feb 2023
17 pages, 1378 KiB  
Review
Dynamic Roles of Insect Carboxyl/Cholinesterases in Chemical Adaptation
by Casey Cruse, Timothy Walter Moural and Fang Zhu
Insects 2023, 14(2), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020194 - 16 Feb 2023
19 pages, 723 KiB  
Article
Bioconversion of Different Waste Streams of Animal and Vegetal Origin and Manure by Black Soldier Fly Larvae Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
by Somaya Naser El Deen, Klaas van Rozen, Hellen Elissen, Piet van Wikselaar, Istvan Fodor, Rommie van der Weide, Elise Federica Hoek-van den Hil, Arya Rezaei Far and Teun Veldkamp
Insects 2023, 14(2), 204; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020204 - 17 Feb 2023
19 pages, 3116 KiB  
Article
Isolation and Identification of Antioxidant Peptides Derived from Cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) Protein Fractions
by Olumide Oluwatoyosi Fashakin, Pipat Tangjaidee, Kridsada Unban, Wannaporn Klangpetch, Tabkrich Khumsap, Korawan Sringarm, Saroat Rawdkuen and Suphat Phongthai
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

13 pages, 623 KiB  
Article
Utilization of Pomelo (Citrus maxima) Peel Waste into Bioactive Essential Oils: Chemical Composition and Insecticidal Properties
by Naduvilthara U. Visakh, Berin Pathrose, Arunaksharan Narayanankutty, Ahmed Alfarhan and Varsha Ramesh
Insects 2022, 13(5), 480; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050480 - 20 May 2022
24 pages, 22527 KiB  
Article
Integrating Global Citizen Science Platforms to Enable Next-Generation Surveillance of Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes
by Ryan M. Carney, Connor Mapes, Russanne D. Low, Alex Long, Anne Bowser, David Durieux, Karlene Rivera, Berj Dekramanjian, Frederic Bartumeus, Daniel Guerrero, Carrie E. Seltzer, Farhat Azam, Sriram Chellappan and John R. B. Palmer
Insects 2022, 13(8), 675; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080675 - 27 Jul 2022
26 pages, 821 KiB  
Article
Temperature-Specific and Sex-Specific Fitness Effects of Sympatric Mitochondrial and Mito-Nuclear Variation in Drosophila obscura
by Pavle Erić, Aleksandra Patenković, Katarina Erić, Marija Tanasković, Slobodan Davidović, Mina Rakić, Marija Savić Veselinović, Marina Stamenković-Radak and Mihailo Jelić
Insects 2022, 13(2), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020139 - 28 Jan 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
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