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Best Paper Award

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

The Prize:
– One paper will be selected.
– The 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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Quaternary Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 31 March 2026

Eligibility and Requirements:

– All papers published in the Quaternary 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
  • Jef Vandenberghe avatar imageJef Vandenberghe
    Jef Vandenberghe
    Chairman
    Vrije Universiteit
  • Anna Maria Mercuri avatar imageAnna Maria Mercuri
    Anna Maria Mercuri
    Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleobotanica, Dièartimento di Scienze dellla Vita, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
  • Juan Manuel López-García avatar imageJuan Manuel López-García
    Juan Manuel López-García
  • Xianyan Wang avatar imageXianyan Wang
    Xianyan Wang
    School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University

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