Water Best Paper Award—Winners Announced

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Water 2024 Best Paper Award, chosen by a selection committee chaired by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Jean-Luc Probst. All papers published in 2024 in Water (ISSN: 2073-4441) were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, four winners were selected.

First prize:
CHF 800, an electronic certificate, and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Water by the end of March 2027.

Article:
“Groundwater Sustainability and Land Subsidence in California’s Central Valley”
by Claudia C. Faunt, Jonathan A. Traum, Scott E. Boyce, Whitney A. Seymour, Elizabeth R. Jachens, Justin T. Brandt, Michelle Sneed, Sandra Bond and Marina F. Marcelli
Water 2024, 16(8), 1189; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16081189

Review:
“The Convergence of Antibiotic Contamination, Resistance, and Climate Dynamics in Freshwater Ecosystems”
by Marcelo Pedrosa Gomes
Water 2024, 16(18), 2606; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16182606

Second prize:
CHF 500, an electronic certificate, and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Water by the end of March 2027.

Article:
“Flood Susceptibility Assessment for Improving the Resilience Capacity of Railway Infrastructure Networks”
by Giada Varra, Renata Della Morte, Mario Tartaglia, Andrea Fiduccia, Alessandra Zammuto, Ivan Agostino, Colin A. Booth, Nevil Quinn, Jessica E. Lamond and Luca Cozzolino
Water 2024, 16(18), 2592; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16182592

Review:
“Challenges to Water Resource Management: The Role of Economic and Modeling Approaches”
by Ariel Dinar
Water 2024, 16(4), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16040610

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

Water Editorial Office