Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Safety 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Safety in 2022. Three articles will receive the awards. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Raphael Grzebieta.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Safety in 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the Safety Award Committee according to the following 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.

The Prize:
– The first prize (one paper): 300 CHF;
– The second prize (one paper): 200 CHF;
– The third prize (one paper): 100 CHF;
– Each winner will also receive an electronic certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in July 2024.

Kind regards,
Safety Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Safety 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2021 in Safety were considered for this award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, three winners were selected.

The First Prize: CHF 300 plus an electronic certificate
Physical Ergonomic Improvement and Safe Design of an Assembly Workstation through Collaborative Robotics
By Ana Colim, Carlos Faria, João Cunha, João Oliveira, Nuno Sousa and Luis A. Rocha
Safety 2021, 7(1), 14; doi:10.3390/safety7010014

The Second Prize: CHF 200 plus an electronic certificate
Comparative Analyses of Parameters Influencing Children Pedestrian Behavior in Conflict Zones of Urban Intersections
By Aleksandra Deluka-Tibljaš, Irena Ištoka Otković, Tiziana Campisi and Sanja Šurdonja
Safety 2021, 7(1), 5; doi:10.3390/safety7010005

The Third Prize: CHF 100 plus an electronic certificate
Integrated IEW-TOPSIS and Fire Dynamics Simulation for Agent-Based Evacuation Modeling in Industrial Safety
By Wattana Chanthakhot and Kasin Ransikarbum
Safety 2021, 7(2), 47; doi:10.3390/safety7020047

Please join us in congratulating the winners of Safety 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Safety.

Kind regards,
Safety Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues, 

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Safety 2020 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a Selection Committee chaired by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Raphael Grzebieta. Following a review process by the Safety Award Committee, three winners were selected. The recipients are as follows:

Rank 1 Award: (CHF 300 + one free publication in Safety before 31 December 2022, following the normal peer review procedure)
A Novel Method for Safety Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems—Application to a Ship Exhaust Gas Scrubber System (doi:10.3390/safety6020026)
By Victor Bolbot, Gerasimos Theotokatos, Evangelos Boulougouris, George Psarros and Rainer Hamann.

Rank 2 Award: (CHF 200 + one free publication in Safety before 31 December 2022, following the normal peer review procedure)
Characteristics of Commuters’ Single-Bicycle Crashes in Insurance Data (doi:10.3390/safety6010013)
By Roni Utriainen.

Rank 3 Award: (CHF 100 + one free publication in Safety before 31 December 2022, following the normal peer review procedure)
Effect of Road Markings and Traffic Signs Presence on Young Driver Stress Level, Eye Movement and Behaviour in Night-Time Conditions: A Driving Simulator Study (doi:10.3390/safety6020024)
By Darko Babić, Dario Babić, Hrvoje Cajner, Ana Sruk and Mario Fiolić.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Safety 2020 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Safety.

Kind regards,
Safety Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Safety 2020 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Amy Peden.

Dr. Amy Peden is a lecturer and researcher with the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney. She lectures in injury prevention and conducts research in injury epidemiology and prevention with a focus on drowning prevention. Dr. Peden’s specific areas of interest include issues facing regional communities, the impact of alcohol on injury risk and drowning data collection and communication methods. She has authored 73 peer-reviewed articles to date as well as over 60 professional reports. Dr. Peden holds honorary positions with the George Institute for Global Health, James Cook University and is also a senior research fellow with Royal Life Saving Society – Australia. She is a member of the executive committee of the Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) and regularly appears in the media discussing drowning prevention issues.

As the awardee, Dr. Amy Peden will receive an honorarium of 1000 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of June 2021 in Safety after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.

Prof. Dr. Raphael Grzebieta
Editor-in-Chief, Safety

Dear Colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the “Safety 2019 Best Paper Awards”, who were chosen by a Selection Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Raphael Grzebieta. All papers published from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019 in Safety were considered for the award. Following a review process by the Evaluation Committee, three winners were selected. The recipients of the “Safety 2019 Best Paper Awards” are as follows:

1st Place Award: (300 CHF + one free publication)
Evaluating Food Safety Knowledge and Practices among Foodservice Staff in Al Madinah Hospitals, Saudi Arabia (doi: 10.3390/safety5010009)
By Nada Ahmad Alqurashi, Anushree Priyadarshini and Amit K. Jaiswal
Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/safety5010009

2nd Place Awards: (200 CHF + one free publication)
Occupational Accidents Assessment by Field of Activity and Investigation Model for Prevention and Control (doi: 10.3390/safety5010012)
By Larisa Ivascu and Lucian-Ionel Cioca
Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/safety5010012

3rd Place Awards: (100 CHF + one free publication)
Safety Vision of Agricultural Tractors: An Engineering Perspective Based on Recent Studies (2009–2019) (doi: 10.3390/safety6010001)
By Mario Fargnoli and Mara Lombardi
Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/safety6010001

We believe the above papers represent valuable contributions to Industrial and Human Health Safety. Please join us in congratulating the winners of Safety 2019 Best Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for their continued support. We wish to extend our sincerest gratitude for your valuable contribution to the journal. We look forward to further collaboration with you.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Safety 2019 Travel Awards for postdoctoral fellows and PhD students. These awards will support travel costs for one postdoctoral fellow and one PhD student to present their data, in poster or oral presentation formats, at a scientific conference in 2019. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee presided by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Raphael Grzebieta.

Candidates’ Requirements:

1. Postdoctoral Fellows (within three years of receiving their PhD) or PhD students undertaking industrial and human health safety.
2. Will present their own, original work as a poster or an oral presentation at the conference in 2019 for which the travel award application is being submitted.

Required Application Documents:

1. Outline of current and future work (500 words).
2. Curriculum vitae, including a complete list of publications.
3. The conference to be attended, and a copy of the abstract and acceptance letter or anticipated date of decision.
4. Current grant funding and travel budget, if any, and why the applicant wishes to receive support from Safety.
5. A letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head.

The awards will consist of 800 CHF each and a certificate.

Please apply online (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/safety/awards) before
30 October 2018. The winners will then be announced by 30 December 2018.

Dear Authors

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Safety Best Paper Award. Three reviews and three research articles were selected by the journal award committee according to their originality; significance; as well as citation, download, and view rates in 2019 (Web of Science and Database of MDPI). The award recipients will each receive a certificate and an invitation to publish a paper free of charge in Safety, after the normal peer-review procedure. Each paper will additionally receive a bonus based on the award class. The winners list is as follows:

First Award (one research paper), 500 CHF;
Newman, S.; Keefe, R.; Brooks, R.; Ahonen, E.; Wempe, A. Human Factors Affecting Logging Injury Incidents in Idaho and the Potential for Real-Time Location-Sharing Technology to Improve Safety. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/4/4/43

Second Award (one research paper), 300 CHF;
Uddin, M.; Ahmed, F. Pedestrian Injury Severity Analysis in Motor Vehicle Crashes in Ohio. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/4/2/20

Third Award (series of papers), 300 CHF.
Myers, M.; Durborow, R.; Kane, A. Gulf of Mexico Seafood Harvesters: Part 1. Occupational Injury and Fatigue Risk Factors. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/4/3/31

Myers, M.; Durborow, R.; Kane, A. Gulf of Mexico Seafood Harvesters, Part 2: Occupational Health-Related Risk Factors. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/4/3/27

Myers, M.; Durborow, R.; Kane, A. Gulf of Mexico Seafood Harvesters: Part 3. Potential Occupational Risk Reduction Measures. https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/4/3/33

We congratulate the authors and thank them for having chosen Safety to publish their work.