Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the Best Paper Award has been postponed to 31 August 2026.
The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The JMSE Best Paper Award is awarded annually, in order to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose four articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal during the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.
The winners and prizes are as follows:
– Two research articles and two reviews will be selected.
– The first prize (awarded to one research article and one review article): CHF 500 each;
– The second prize (awarded to one research article and one review article): CHF 300 each;
– Each winner will receive an electronic certificate, and a voucher granting a full discount on the article processing charge, valid for one year.
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in JMSE will be eligible (including 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 uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Water quality prediction, a well-established field with broad implications across various sectors, is thoroughly examined in this comprehensive review. Through an exhaustive analysis of over 170 studies conducted in the last five years, we focus on t...
Autonomous underwater vehicles equipped with target recognition algorithms are a primary means of removing marine debris. However, due to poor underwater visibility, light scattering by suspended particles, and the coexistence of organisms and debris...
The growing use of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) in hybrid propulsion systems is aimed at replacing traditional internal combustion engines and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Effective power distribution between the fuel cell and t...
Fatigue damage represents a key failure mode in ship structures. Such damage typically begins at vulnerable points in the structure, like welded joints, stress concentration areas, and cracks. Cyclic loading, particularly from waves, encountered by s...
João Miguel Dias
Weicheng Cui
Erkan Oterkus
María Isabel Lamas Galdo
Liliana Rusu
