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Best Paper Award

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

The Prize:

– Two research articles and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.

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Minerals Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 30 June 2026

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

Winner
Award Committee
  • Leonid Dubrovinsky avatar imageLeonid Dubrovinsky
    Leonid Dubrovinsky
    Chairman
    BGI, Bayreuth University
  • Michael S. Zhdanov avatar imageMichael S. Zhdanov
    Michael S. Zhdanov
    University of Utah
  • Andrey G. Kalinichev avatar imageAndrey G. Kalinichev
    Andrey G. Kalinichev
    Institut Mines-Télécom Atlantique
  • Huifang Xu avatar imageHuifang Xu
    Huifang Xu
    University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • SASytle Antao
    Sytle Antao
    University of Calgary
  • Jianhua Chen avatar imageJianhua Chen
    Jianhua Chen
  • Alexander R Cruden avatar imageAlexander R Cruden
    Alexander R Cruden
  • Stanisław Mazur avatar imageStanisław Mazur
    Stanisław Mazur
    Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Yannicke Dauphin avatar imageYannicke Dauphin
    Yannicke Dauphin
    museum national d'histoire naturelle

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