Best Paper Award

The Minerals Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose 2 articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year prior and announce them online by the end of June.

The Prize:
– 1 research article and 1 review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher that enables the winner to publish an article free of charge and is valid for one year.

 
Minerals 2024 Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 June 2024

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Minerals 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 uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

15 pages, 3454 KiB  
Article
A Study of Thermal Stability of Hydroxyapatite
by Natalia V. Bulina, Svetlana V. Makarova, Sergey G. Baev, Alexander A. Matvienko, Konstantin B. Gerasimov, Olga A. Logutenko and Vladimir S. Bystrov
Minerals 2021, 11(12), 1310; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11121310 - 24 Nov 2021
23 pages, 2915 KiB  
Review
Common Problems and Pitfalls in Fluid Inclusion Study: A Review and Discussion
by Guoxiang Chi, Larryn W. Diamond, Huanzhang Lu, Jianqing Lai and Haixia Chu
Minerals 2021, 11(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/min11010007 - 24 Dec 2020

Winner

Wencai Zhang
Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Bernhard Schulz
Institute of Mineralogy, Economic Geology and Petrology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Brennhausgasse 14, D-09599 Freiberg, Germany
Kenneth N. Han
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701-3995, USA
Christopher D. Henry
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Seungyeol Lee
1. Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA 2. NASA Johnson Space Center & Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, USA

Award Committee

Prof. Paul Sylvester Chairman
Texas Tech University

Winner

Gaston Giuliani
Université Paul Sabatier, GET/IRD et Université de Lorraine, CRPG/CNRS, 15 rue Notre-Dame des Pauvres, BP 20, 54501 Vandœuvre cedex, France
Laura Tusa
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Chemnitzer Str. 40, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
Yue Zhao
School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

Award Committee

Prof. Paul Sylvester Chairman
Texas Tech University

Winner

Shuai Cao
doi:10.3390/min8080352
Johannes Vind
doi:10.3390/min8020077
Yu Zhang
https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/1/31
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