Best Paper Award

The Vaccines Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. Evaluation committee members will choose four articles of exceptional quality published in the journal two years prior and announce the winners online by the end of June.

The Prize:
– Two review awards: CHF 400 and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Vaccines in 2025 following peer review;
– Two research article awards: CHF 500 and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Vaccines in 2025 following peer review;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

Award FAQ

 
Vaccines Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Vaccines in 2023 are eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection 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.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

20 pages, 4599 KB  
Review
Recent Advances in Lipid Nanoparticles and Their Safety Concerns for mRNA Delivery
by Jialiang Wang, Yaopeng Ding, Kellie Chong, Meng Cui, Zeyu Cao, Chenjue Tang, Zhen Tian, Yuping Hu, Yu Zhao and Shaoyi Jiang
Vaccines 2024, 12(10), 1148; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12101148 - 8 Oct 2024
38 pages, 776 KB  
Review
Transforming Aquaculture through Vaccination: A Review on Recent Developments and Milestones
by Iosif Tammas, Konstantina Bitchava and Athanasios I. Gelasakis
Vaccines 2024, 12(7), 732; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12070732 - 1 Jul 2024
12 pages, 967 KB  
Article
Effectiveness of Nirsevimab Immunoprophylaxis Administered at Birth to Prevent Infant Hospitalisation for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: A Population-Based Cohort Study
by Guillermo Ezpeleta, Ana Navascués, Natividad Viguria, Mercedes Herranz-Aguirre, Sergio Enrique Juan Belloc, Juan Gimeno Ballester, Juan Carlos Muruzábal, Manuel García-Cenoz, Camino Trobajo-Sanmartín, Aitziber Echeverria, Iván Martínez-Baz, Noelia Vera-Punzano, Itziar Casado, Héctor López-Mendoza, Carmen Ezpeleta and Jesús Castilla
Vaccines 2024, 12(4), 383; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12040383 - 4 Apr 2024
19 pages, 4653 KB  
Article
Development of NP-Based Universal Vaccine for Influenza A Viruses
by Ekramy E. Sayedahmed, Nelly O. Elshafie, Andrea P. dos Santos, Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Suryaprakash Sambhara and Suresh K. Mittal
Vaccines 2024, 12(2), 157; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12020157 - 2 Feb 2024

Award Committee

Prof. Ger Rijkers Chairperson
University College Roosevelt
Prof. Jorge Leitão
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Dr. James Galloway
Prof. Dr. Seth Pincus
Montana State University

Winner

17 pages, 1801 KB  
Article
An RNA-Based Vaccine Platform for Use against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
by Sasha E. Larsen, Jesse H. Erasmus, Valerie A. Reese, Tiffany Pecor, Jacob Archer, Amit Kandahar, Fan-Chi Hsu, Katrina Nicholes, Steven G. Reed, Susan L. Baldwin and Rhea N. Coler
Vaccines 2023, 11(1), 130; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11010130 - 5 Jan 2023
13 pages, 1352 KB  
Article
Factors Influencing Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
by Cathrin Kodde, Sascha Tafelski, Efthimia Balamitsa, Irit Nachtigall and Marzia Bonsignore
Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 451; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020451 - 15 Feb 2023
19 pages, 4521 KB  
Systematic Review
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Real-World Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines against Infection, Symptomatic and Severe COVID-19 Disease Caused by the Omicron Variant (B.1.1.529)
by Hassen Mohammed, Dan Duy Pham-Tran, Zi Yi Michelle Yeoh, Bing Wang, Mark McMillan, Prabha H. Andraweera and Helen S. Marshall
Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 224; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020224 - 19 Jan 2023
21 pages, 1422 KB  
Review
The Potential Role of Vaccines in Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): An Update and Future Perspectives
by Vincenzo Costanzo and Giovanni N. Roviello
Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 333; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020333 - 1 Feb 2023

Award Committee

Dr. Ralph Tripp Chairperson
Univ Georgia
Prof. Christian Napoli
Department of Medical surgical sciences and translational medicine - Sapienza University of Rome
Dr. Zixin Wang
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Dr. Mariusz Skwarczynski
University of Queensland

Winner

26 pages, 748 KB  
Review
An Overview of Vaccine Adjuvants: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives
by Alessio Facciolà, Giuseppa Visalli, Antonio Laganà and Angela Di Pietro
Vaccines 2022, 10(5), 819; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050819 - 22 May 2022
20 pages, 1903 KB  
Review
Virus-like Particles as Preventive and Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines
by Anna Lucia Tornesello, Maria Tagliamonte, Franco M. Buonaguro, Maria Lina Tornesello and Luigi Buonaguro
Vaccines 2022, 10(2), 227; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020227 - 2 Feb 2022
12 pages, 4687 KB  
Article
Evaluation of Transplacental Antibody Transfer in SARS-CoV-2-Immunized Pregnant Women
by Ching-Ju Shen, Yi-Chen Fu, Yen-Pin Lin, Ching-Fen Shen, Der-Ji Sun, Huan-Yun Chen and Chao-Min Cheng
Vaccines 2022, 10(1), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10010101 - 10 Jan 2022
13 pages, 3799 KB  
Article
Therapeutic Effect of Subunit Vaccine AEC/BC02 on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Post-Chemotherapy Relapse Using a Latent Infection Murine Model
by Jinbiao Lu, Xiaonan Guo, Chunhua Wang, Weixin Du, Xiaobing Shen, Cheng Su, Yongge Wu and Miao Xu
Vaccines 2022, 10(5), 825; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050825 - 23 May 2022

Award Committee

Dr. Ralph Tripp Chairperson
Univ Georgia
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Prof. Christian Napoli
Department of Medical surgical sciences and translational medicine - Sapienza University of Rome
Prof. Sara Louise Cosby
Queen's University Belfast
Dr. Yashdeep Phanse
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Winner

11 pages, 252 KB  
Article
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 - 3 Mar 2021
8 pages, 780 KB  
Article
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 - 14 Jan 2021
30 pages, 6597 KB  
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 - 19 Jan 2021
29 pages, 13825 KB  
Review
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 - 8 Apr 2021
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