Best Paper Award

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Time to First Decision

The Actuators Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members will select three articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.

The Prize:

– Two research articles and one review will be selected.

– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.

Actuators Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 30 June 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Actuators 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

Winner

Article
19 Citations
6,913 Views
18 Pages
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Flow Control around NACA0015 Airfoil Using a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuator over a Wide Range of the Reynolds Number
Satoshi Sekimoto,
Kozo Fujii,
Masayuki Anyoji,
Yuma Miyakawa,
Shinichiro Ito,
Satoshi Shimomura,
Hiroyuki Nishida,
Taku Nonomura and
Takashi Matsuno
Actuators2023, 12(1), 43;https://doi.org/10.3390/act12010043
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16 January 2023
In this study, an experimental investigation of separation control using a dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator was performed on an NACA0015 airfoil over a wide range of Reynolds numbers, angles of attack, and nondimensional burst frequencies...
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Article
18 Citations
4,926 Views
13 Pages
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Effect of the Magnetorheological Damper Dynamic Behaviour on the Rail Vehicle Comfort: Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation
Filip Jeniš,
Michal Kubík,
Tomáš Michálek,
Zbyněk Strecker,
Jiří Žáček and
Ivan Mazůrek
Actuators2023, 12(2), 47;https://doi.org/10.3390/act12020047
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19 January 2023
Many publications show that the ride comfort of a railway vehicle can be significantly improved using a semi-active damping control of the lateral secondary dampers. However, the control efficiency depends on the selection of the control algorithm an...
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Review
25 Citations
6,990 Views
27 Pages
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A Review of Cooperative Actuator and Sensor Systems Based on Dielectric Elastomer Transducers
Gianluca Rizzello
Actuators2023, 12(2), 46;https://doi.org/10.3390/act12020046
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18 January 2023
This paper presents an overview of cooperative actuator and sensor systems based on dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers. A DE consists of a flexible capacitor made of a thin layer of soft dielectric material (e.g., acrylic, silicone) surrounded wit...
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