Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Urban Science 2020 Best Paper Award. All of the papers published from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 in Urban Science were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the one winning paper, which was nominated by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Peter Smith, has been selected.

How Might the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect 21st Century Urban Design, Planning, and Development?

By Bradley Bereitschaft and Daniel Scheller
Urban Sci. 2020, 4(4), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci4040056

The winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 300 and a certificate. In addition, the winner will be given the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Urban Science in 2022 after the normal peer review procedure.

On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their
contributions to Urban Science as well as thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Michael Peter Smith, Urban Science