Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Vaccines 2023 Best Paper Award. All papers published in Vaccines from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, four winners were selected.

Two Reviews
(CHF 400 and a chance to publish a free paper in 2023 after peer review):
Acceptance of a COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Masaki Machida, Itaru Nakamura, Takako Kojima, Reiko Saito, Tomoki Nakaya, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Tomoko Takamiya, Yuko Odagiri, Noritoshi Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Shiho Amagasa, Hidehiro Watanabe and Shigeru Inoue
Vaccines 2021, 9(3), 210; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030210

Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination in Japan
By Takeshi Yoda and Hironobu Katsuyama
Vaccines 2021, 9(1), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9010048

Two Articles
(CHF 500 and a chance to publish a free paper in 2023 after peer review):
Nanomaterial Delivery Systems for mRNA Vaccines
By Michael D. Buschmann, Manuel J. Carrasco, Suman Alishetty, Mikell Paige, Mohamad Gabriel Alameh and Drew Weissman
Vaccines 2021, 9(1), 65; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9010065

Lipid-Based Nanoparticles in the Clinic and Clinical Trials: From Cancer Nanomedicine to COVID-19 Vaccines
By Thai Thanh Hoang Thi, Estelle J. A. Suys, Jung Seok Lee, Dai Hai Nguyen, Ki Dong Park and Nghia P. Truong
Vaccines 2021, 9(4), 359; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9040359

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Vaccines 2023 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Vaccines.

Kind regards,
Vaccines Editorial Office