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Signals 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Santiago Marco, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously offer their time to review the papers submitted to Signals by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Signals.
What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
– All of the reviewers for Signals in 2023 will be automatically included.
Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.
What will the winners receive?
There will be two winners this year, and each will receive the following:
– CHF 300;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Signals in 2024 after peer review;
– An electronic certificate.
When will the winners be announced?
– The winners will be announced on 28 February 2024 on the Signals website.
How can I make myself eligible?
– If you have not yet reviewed papers for Signals, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link:
susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.
Kind regards,
Signals Editorial Office
Signals 2022 Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the launch of the “Signals 2022 Best Paper Award”, which will be presented to research and review articles published in Signals in 2022. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, and the winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.
Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Signals 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 journal award committee, according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– 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 over a certain amount of time.
Prizes:
– The First Prize: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper, free of charge after peer review in Signals in 2024;
– The Second Prize: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper, free of charge after peer review in Signals in 2024;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.
The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.
Kind regards,
Signals Editorial Office
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Signals 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Signals 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Signals Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers to checking the manuscripts submitted to Signals. It is due to their efforts that the high quality and quick turnaround of the journal are maintained.
Dr. Dumitrescu Catalin
Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Transportation Engineering Faculty, University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB), București, Romania
Research interests: brain–computer interfaces; deep learning; medical imaging; machine learning; drone detection
Dr. Gheorghe Sebestyen
Computers Department, Automation and Computers Faculty, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Research interests: industrial communication networks; distributed control systems; real-time systems; signal and image processing embedded systems
The Prize for Each Winner
– CHF 300;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Signals in 2023 after peer review;
– A certificate.
Kind regards,
Signals Editorial Office
Signals 2021 Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Signals 2021 Best Paper Awards. All papers published in 2021 in Signals have been considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor-in-Chief, have been selected.
First Award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in 2022
Recognition of Blinks Activity Patterns during Stress Conditions Using CNN and Markovian Analysis
By Alexandra I. Korda, Giorgos Giannakakis, Errikos Ventouras, Pantelis A. Asvestas, Nikolaos Smyrnis, Kostas Marias and George K. Matsopoulos
Signals 2021, 2(1), 55-71; DOI:10.3390/signals2010006
Second Award: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a free paper in 2022
An Educational Guide through the FMP Notebooks for Teaching and Learning Fundamentals of Music Processing
By Meinard Müller
Signals 2021, 2(2), 245-285; DOI:10.3390/signals2020018
We warmly congratulate the winners.
Kind regards,
Signals Editorial Office
Signals 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award
We are pleased to announce that the following reviewers have been selected as the winners of the Signals 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. This award is granted in appreciation of the high number, timeliness, and quality of reviews submitted from 2020 to 30 June 2021. The winners will receive a certificate, 300 CHF, and an opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2022.
Nina Golyandina
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia.
Research interests: singular spectrum analysis.
Cataldo Guaragnella
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione, Politecnico di Bari, Italy.
Research interests: signal processing; signal; image and video coding; pattern recognition; multidimensional signal processing.
We wish to extend our congratulations to all winners in appreciation of their excellent reviews and well-earned awards!
The Signals Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to acknowledge all reviewers who have generously dedicated their time and effort to reviewing manuscripts submitted to Signals. Their outstanding contributions are what allow us to maintain the high scientific quality of the journal and the fast article processing time.