Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Toxins 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 in Toxins were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, three winners were selected.

One Review:
Zearalenone and Its Metabolites—General Overview, Occurrence, and Toxicity
By Karolina Ropejko and Magdalena Twarużek
Toxins 2021, 13(1), 35; doi:10.3390/toxins13010035

Two Articles:
Co-Occurrence of 35 Mycotoxins: A Seven-Year Survey of Corn Grain and Corn Silage in the United States
By Alexandra C. Weaver, Daniel M. Weaver, Nicholas Adams and Alexandros Yiannikouris
Toxins 2021, 13(8), 516; doi:10.3390/toxins13080516

Co-Occurrence of Regulated and Emerging Mycotoxins in Corn Silage: Relationships with Fermentation Quality and Bacterial Communities
By Antonio Gallo, Francesca Ghilardelli, Alberto Stanislao Atzori, Severino Zara, Barbara Novak, Johannes Faas and Francesco Fancello
Toxins 2021, 13(3), 232; doi:10.3390/toxins13030232

Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper in Toxins free of charge in 2024 after peer review.

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

Kind regards,
Toxins Editorial Office