Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously offer their time to review the papers submitted to Sustainability by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Sustainability.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
All of the reviewers for Sustainability in 2023 will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

What will the winners receive?
The Committee will select thirty-two dedicated reviewers to receive Recognition Award for Manuscript Review and eight reviewers to receive the Outstanding Award for Excellence in Manuscript Review.
–  The Recognition Award for Manuscript Review will consist of the following:
    a. An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Sustainability before the end of March 2025;
    b. A certificate.
–  The Outstanding Award for Excellence in Manuscript Review will consist of the following:
    a. CHF 500;
    b. An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Sustainability before the end of March 2025;
    c. A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?
The winners will be announced in March 2024 on the Sustainability website.

How can I make myself eligible?
If you have not yet reviewed papers for Sustainability, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Sustainability 2022 Best Paper Award for research and review articles published in Sustainability from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. One review and three research articles will each receive an award. The papers will be selected following thorough evaluation by the Sustainability Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Sustainability from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the Sustainability 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:
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Sustainability in 2024 after peer review;
– Three research article awards:
First prize: CHF 800 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Sustainability in 2024 after peer review;
Second prize: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Sustainability in 2024 after peer review;
Third prize: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Sustainability in 2024 after peer review;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the Sustainability website in February 2024.

Kind regards,
Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Authors,

We are pleased to announce that Sustainability is now inviting applicants for the Sustainability 2022 Carbon Neutrality Award. Applicants may be Senior Individual researchers or groups of researchers from the international research community. This prize will be given to applicants who have made, and continue to make, a unique and outstanding academic or societal contribution to carbon neutrality in general or to a carbon-neutrality-relevant issue in particular. All applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen.

The Prize:
– First Prize: CHF 1500, one winner;
– Second Prize: CHF 1000, one winner;
– Third Prize: CHF 500 each, three winners.

Eligibility and Requirements:
Applicants must have a PhD and have made a unique and outstanding academic or societal contribution to carbon neutrality in general or to a carbon-neutrality-relevant issue in particular. (Group applicants only need one member of the group to have a PhD.)

Application Materials:
The application materials will contain two parts: a self-recommendation summary and a related work summary.
1) The self-recommendation summary will include the following requirements:
– Title, first name, middle name, and last name;
– Position and institutional affiliation of applicants;
– Postal address of institution of affiliation;
– Postal address of applicants;
– Email address;
– Photo of applicants.
2) The related work summary will include the following requirements:
– A detailed description of the applicant’s work (max. 3000 words), highlighting the contributions to carbon neutrality;
– Applicant’s detailed CV;
– Applicant’s carbon-neutrality-related publications or social work;
– Applicant’s list of funded projects (if available);
– Other relevant information (supplementary materials).

Schedule:
Application deadline: 31 December 2022
Winner announcement: 28 April 2023

How to Submit Application Materials?
All application materials should be sent to the Editorial Office’s email: [email protected], and the email subject should be “Sustainability 2022 Carbon Neutrality Award Application – Name”.

Kind Regards,
Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sustainability, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability 2023 Travel Award. The award has been granted to:

Ms. Adriana Hofmann Trevisan
University of São Paulo, Brazil

Mr. Samuel Yousefi
University of British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Munkhbaatar Buuveibaatar
Kyungpook National University, Korea

Dr. Gina Hawkes
University of Wollongong, Australia

Mr. Theodoros Papalas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

As the awardees, they will each receive an honorarium of CHF 600 and an electronic certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Editor-in-Chief, Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the following referees (in alphabetical order by surname) have been selected to receive the “Sustainability 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award”. The Journal Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to acknowledge the time and effort dedicated by reviewers to checking the manuscripts submitted to Sustainability. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround have been maintained.

The Outstanding Awards for Excellence in Manuscript Reviews
(CHF 500, an electronic certificate, and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Sustainability before the end of March 2024):

The Recognition Awards for Manuscript Reviews
(An electronic certificate, and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Sustainability before the end of March 2024):

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Editor-in-Chief, Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Sustainability is now inviting nominations for the Sustainability 2022 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be awarded to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of sustainability and sustainable development. All nominations will be assessed by an award evaluation committee, which will be led by the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen.

The Prize:
– CHF 2000;
– An engraved plaque.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– Must have a Ph.D. degree;
– Must be no more than 35 years of age by 31 December 2022;
– Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of sustainability and sustainable development;
– Candidates must be nominated by senior scientists.

List of Documents for Nomination:
– Detailed curriculum vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
– Birth certificate or other proof of age;
– Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule:
– Nomination deadline: 31 January 2023;
– Winner announcement: 30 April 2023.

How to Submit Nominations?
The nominations must be submitted online.

Contact:
Ms. Louisa Zhou
Marketing Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Sustainability, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability 2022 Travel Award.

This award provides financial support to help the winners to attend an international conference (both virtual and physical conferences included) in the field of sustainability and sustainable development to be held in 2022 in order to give a presentation, present a poster, or both.

The award has been granted to:

Dr. Morteza Nazari-Heris
Pennsylvania State University, USA

Dr. Domenico Mazzeo
University of Calabria, Italy

Dr. Yuan Chen
The University of Sydney, Australia

Dr. Sonia Khadija Maïté Gueroun
Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI), Portugal

Dr. Konstantina Tsigkou
University of Patras, Greece

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Editor-in-Chief, Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Sustainability 2021 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, four winners were selected.

Article:
The First Prize: CHF 800 plus an e-certificate
Assessing Health Damages from Improper Disposal of Solid Waste in Metropolitan Islamabad–Rawalpindi, Pakistan
By Tanzila Akmal and Faisal Jamil
Sustainability 2021, 13(5), 2717; doi: 10.3390/su13052717

The Second Prize: CHF 500 plus an e-certificate
The Unsustainable Use of Sand: Reporting on a Global Problem
By Walter Leal Filho, Julian Hunt, Alexandros Lingos, Johannes Platje, Lara Werncke Vieira, Markus Will and Marius Dan Gavriletea
Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3356; doi: 10.3390/su13063356

The Third Prize: CHF 300 plus an e-certificate
15-Minute City: Decomposing the New Urban Planning Eutopia
By Georgia Pozoukidou and Zoi Chatziyiannaki
Sustainability 2021, 13(2), 928; doi: 10.3390/su13020928

Review:
CHF 500 plus an e-certificate
Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Its Mitigation Strategies: A Review
By Gurdeep Singh Malhi, Manpreet Kaur and Prashant Kaushik
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1318; doi: 10.3390/su13031318

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

Kind regards,
Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Sustainability Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Sustainability. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround time are maintained.

Dr. Piotr Borowski
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

Dr. Raffaele Carli
Politecnico di Bari, Italy

Dr. Elena Lucchi
Eurac Research, Institute for Renewable Energy, Italy

Dr. Socrates Basbas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Dr. Gina Ionela Butnaru
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania

Prizes:
– CHF 500;
– A certificate.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Editor-in-Chief, Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Sustainability 2021 Young Investigator Award is Prof. Dr. Baojie He.

Prof. Dr. Baojie He is a Research Professor of urban climate and sustainable built environments at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, China.

Prior to Chongqing University, Baojie He was a PhD researcher at the School of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Australia. Baojie is working on cool cities and communities as well as net-zero-carbon built environments. Baojie has strong academic capability, with about 80 peer-reviewed papers published in high-ranking journals as well as oral presentations at reputable conferences. Baojie’s outcomes have large impacts on urban climate as well as built environments and have been widely cited by peers, which enables Baojie to have more than 14 highly cited/hot papers recognized by the world-known database of Web of Science in addition to a high H-index. Baojie has been involved in several large research projects on urban climate and built environments in Australia under the titles of Research Associate and Research Assistant. Baojie has been invited to act as a Topic Editor-in-Chief, Leading Guest Editor, Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, Conference Chair, Sessional Chair, and on the Scientific Committee of a variety of reputable international journals and conferences. Dr. He received the Green Talents Award (Germany) and National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-Funded Foreign Students (China) and he was ranked as one of the single-year and career 100,000 global scientists (2%) by Mendeley, 2021.

As the awardee, Prof. Dr. Baojie He will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000 and an engraved plaque.

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

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Editor-in-Chief, Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability Travel Awards for 2021.

The awards have been granted to:

Sayyed Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia;

Georgia A. Papacharalampous from Roma Tre University, Italy;

Raquel Filipa da Costa Viveiros from NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal;

Rajesh Pathak from South Dakota State University, USA.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate all of the winners on their accomplishments.

Sustainability 2021 Travel Awards Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Sustainability 2020 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a Selection Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen. Following a review process by the Evaluation Committee, four winners were selected. The recipients are as follows:

Review:
Award: CHF 500 + one certificate
COVID-19 Could Leverage a Sustainable Built Environment
By Manuel Duarte Pinheiro and Nuno Cardoso Luís
Sustainability 2020, 12(14), 5863; doi: 10.3390/su12145863

Article:
First Place Award: CHF 800 + one certificate
Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals Relationships
By Luis Miguel Fonseca, José Pedro Domingues and Alina Mihaela Dima
Sustainability 2020, 12(8), 3359; doi: 10.3390/su12083359

Second Place Award: CHF 500 + one certificate
The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Resilience of Sustainable Mobility in Sicily
By Tiziana Campisi, Socrates Basbas, Anastasios Skoufas, Nurten Akgün, Dario Ticali and Giovanni Tesoriere
Sustainability 2020, 12(21), 8829; doi: 10.3390/su12218829

Third Place Award: CHF 300 + one certificate
Artificial Intelligence in the Agri-Food System: Rethinking Sustainable Business Models in the COVID-19 Scenario
By Assunta Di Vaio, Flavio Boccia, Loris Landriani and Rosa Palladino
Sustainability 2020, 12(12), 4851; doi: 10.3390/su12124851

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

Kind regards,
Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The Sustainability Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by all of our reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Sustainability. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Jose Manuel Diaz-Sarachaga
Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

Otilia Manta
Romanian Academy, Romania

Elżbieta Macioszek
Silesian University of Technology, Poland

Kind regards,

Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Sustainability 2020 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Alvaro de Gracia.

Dr. de Gracia is a post-doctoral researcher and assistant professor at the University of Lleida. He produced groundbreaking research in the field of renewable energy systems, heat storage and LCA studies and contributed significantly to the advancement of sustainability and sustainable development.

He has co-authored about 80 journal papers, published in leading professional venues (60 of his papers were published in Q1 journals defined by ISI). The Scopus database lists 96 of his publications since 2010, the majority of them in peer-reviewed journals. The overall citations reached 3952, or 3724 without self-citations. His Google Scholar profile lists more than 6000 citations, with an H-index of 35.

As the awardee, Dr. de Gracia will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF and an engraved plaque.

We would like to express our gratitude to all the participants of the Sustainability 2020 Young Investigator Award and the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of all the excellent nominations.

Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Sustainability Travel Awards for 2020.

The awards have been granted to Margarita Triguero-Mas, who is from Autonomous University of Barcelona; Baojie He, who is from the University of New South Wales; Marco Schiavon, who is from the University of Trento and Heewon Lee, who is from Florida State University.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

The Sustainability Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Sustainability. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

The following referees have been selected to receive Sustainability 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Awards for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2019.

Frank Li
Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University

Otilia Manta
Romanian Academy, Center for Financial and Monetary Research

Hossein Azadi
Department of Geography, Ghent University

Haozhi Pan
School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Dmitry Ruban
K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (the First Cossack University)

Each winner will receive a certificate and 500 CHF.

Sustainability Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Sustainability Travel Awards. In the aim of helping PhD students or postdoctoral fellows in sustainable environment, sustainable economy, sustainable energy, and sustainable urban communities travel to an international scientific meeting of their choice in 2019, the Travel Awards have been granted to the following exceptional individuals:

Hao Li, a PhD student from University of Texas at Austin, will attend the ‘3rd International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering’, 25–27 February 2019, in Houston TX, USA, to present his research, via the following paper: “Rational Design of High-Performance Environmentally Sustainable Catalysts: A Fast Theoretical Guide to Experiments”.

Francesco Aletta is a Post-doctoral fellow from University College London. He will attend the conference ‘23rd International Congress On Acoustics (ICA 2019)’ to present his research, via the following paper: “Positive health-related effects of experiencing urban soundscapes: A systematic review”.

Monika Egerer is a PhD student from University of California. Her research involves ecology and agroecology; biodiversity and ecosystem services; urban ecology; climate change and sustainable food systems. She will attend the ‘International Association for Landscape Ecology (iale) World Congress’ in July 2019 in Milano, Italy.

Claudia Schwirplies, a Post-doctoral fellow from Universität Hamburg, will attend ‘Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economist (EAERE)’, 26–29 June 2019, in Manchester, UK. She will present her paper “Meaty arguments: Field experimental evidence on the effectiveness of different reasons to reduce meat consumption”.

With many high-quality applications for the awards, the evaluation and decision process was difficult, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of all at Sustainability, I congratulate the winners for their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen, Editor-in-Chief
Chair of Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

The Editor-in-Chief of Sustainability, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen; the Editorial Board and the Editorial Team gratefully acknowledge all those who have kindly given their time to referee papers submitted to Sustainability and are delighted to announce the winners of the 2018 Sustainability Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The criteria used for the selection of the winning reviewers included the quantity of papers reviewed, quality of reviews, and speed of reviews.

Congratulations to the following referees, who have been selected to receive an Outstanding Reviewer Award in recognition of their significant contributions over the past year:

Roberto Cerchione, University of Naples Parthenope
Ştefan Cristian Gherghina, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Tamás Bányai, University of Miskolc
Kathy Lewis, University of Hertfordshire

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 Sustainability Young Investigator Award is Dr. Riccardo Accorsi.

Dr. Accorsi is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy. He has an extremely strong track record, and exemplary references and publications. Furthermore, he has carried out ground-breaking research in sustainable food supply chain management and has thereby made a significant contribution to the advancement of an important area in the field of sustainability. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Accorsi on receiving this award, and for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Accorsi will receive an honorarium of 2000 CHF and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant, excellent applications.

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Editor-in-Chief, Sustainability

The Sustainability Editor-in-chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen, the Editorial Board and the Editorial Team gratefully acknowledge all those who have kindly given their time to referee papers submitted to Sustainability, and are delighted to announce the winners of the Sustainability Outstanding Reviewer Awards for 2017. The criteria used for the selection of the winning reviewers were quantity, quality and speed of reviews.
Congratulations to the following referees who have been selected to receive an ‘Outstanding Reviewer Award’ in recognition of their significant contributions over the past year:

Rui Cunha Marques, University of Lisbon
Miguel Amado, University of Lisbon
John Coulter, Griffith University
Yongrok Choi, Inha University