Animals 2021, 11(5), 1422; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051422 - 16 May 2021
Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Animals 2024 Best Paper Award for research and review articles published in Animals from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. Two reviews and three research articles will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal’s Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Clive J. C. Phillips.
Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Animals in 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.
Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal’s Award Committee according to the following 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.
The Prize:
– The first prize (one review and one research article): CHF 500 each;
– The second prize (one review and two research articles): CHF 300 each;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Animals in 2024 after peer review.
The winners will be announced on the journal website in February 2024.
Kind regards,
Animals Editorial Office
Animals 2024 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Animals will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
First Description of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Two Feral American Mink (Neovison vison) Caught in the Wild
SARS-CoV-2 in Danish Mink Farms: Course of the Epidemic and a Descriptive Analysis of the Outbreaks in 2020
Animals 2021, 11(1), 164; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010164 - 12 Jan 2021
“I Couldn’t Have Asked for a Better Quarantine Partner!”: Experiences with Companion Dogs during Covid-19
Animals 2021, 11(2), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020330 - 28 Jan 2021
A Review on Mitigating Fear and Aggression in Dogs and Cats in a Veterinary Setting
Animals 2021, 11(1), 158; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010158 - 12 Jan 2021
Phytogenic Feed Additives in Poultry: Achievements, Prospective and Challenges
Animals 2021, 11(12), 3471; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11123471 - 06 Dec 2021
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairman
Retired
Winner
Robert M. Christley
Department of Livestock and One Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, 8 West Derby Street, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK
Andrés Horrillo
Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Daniel S. Mills
University of Lincoln
Rajesh Jha
Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822
Ivan Rychlik
Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Award Committee
Dr. Clive Julian Phillips
Chairman
Retired
Winner
Zhihui Zhao
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
Peter Coals
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney OX13 5QL, UK
Giovanni Sogari
Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
Winner
Joao H.C. Costa
Department of Animal & Food Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
Zhijun Cao
State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
