Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Data 2022 Best Paper Award” for papers published in Data from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. The award will be given to one paper, which will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Jamal Jokar Arsanjani.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Data from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The paper will be selected by the journal 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.

Prizes:
The award will consist of CHF 500 and a certificate. In addition, the winner can publish a paper free of charge in Data in 2024 after the normal peer review procedure.

The winner will be announced on the journal website in April 2024.

Kind regards,
Data Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Data 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published in Data 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, the winning paper has been selected.

Aircraft Engine Run-to-Failure Dataset under Real Flight Conditions for Prognostics and Diagnostics
By Manuel Arias Chao, Chetan Kulkarni, Kai Goebel and Olga Fink
Data 2021, 6(1), 5; doi:10.3390/data6010005

The winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Data in 2023 after peer review.

Please join us in congratulating the winner of the Data 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Data.

Kind regards,
Data Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Data 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published in from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 in Data were considered for this award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, as well as the number of citations and downloads, the winning paper, which was nominated by the Award Committee, has been selected:

Trend Analysis on Adoption of Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry
by Noghabaei Mojtaba, Arsalan Heydarian, Vahid Balali, and Kevin Han
Data 2020, 5(1), 26; doi:10.3390/data5010026

The winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and the opportunity to publish a paper in Data in 2022 free of charge.

On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winner’s team on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of these exceptional papers for their contributions to Data, and to extend our gratitude to the Award Committee for voting and for their assistance with this award.