Best Paper Award

Dear Colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Diversity 2024 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, four winners were selected.

Articles:
The first prize:
CHF 500 plus a paper free of charge in Diversity in 2024 after peer review
The Phylogeny of Rays and Skates (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) Based on Morphological Characters Revisited
By Eduardo Villalobos-Segura, Giuseppe Marramà, Giorgio Carnevale, Kerin M. Claeson, Charlie J. Underwood, Gavin J. P. Naylor and Jürgen Kriwet
Diversity 2022, 14(6), 456; doi:10.3390/d14060456

The second prize: CHF 300 plus a paper free of charge in Diversity in 2024 after peer review
Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in European Seas
By Argyro Zenetos et. al
Diversity 2022, 14(12), 1077; doi:10.3390/d14121077

The third prize: CHF 200 plus a paper free of charge in Diversity in 2024 after peer review
Ain’t Nothing like Family—Female Brown Bears Share Their Home Range with Relatives
By Astrid Olejarz, Jouni Aspi, Ilpo Kojola, Vesa Nivala, Alina K. Niskanen and Jenni Harmoinen
Diversity 2022, 14(1), 41; doi:10.3390/d14010041

Review:
The prize:
CHF 500 plus a paper free of charge in Diversity in 2024 after peer review
The Expanding Role of DNA Barcodes: Indispensable Tools for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
By Morgan R. Gostel and W. John Kress
Diversity 2022, 14(3), 213; doi:10.3390/d14030213

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Diversity 2024 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Diversity.

Kind regards,
Diversity Editorial Office

 
Diversity 2024 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Diversity will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

61 pages, 45929 KiB  
Article
The Phylogeny of Rays and Skates (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) Based on Morphological Characters Revisited
by Eduardo Villalobos-Segura, Giuseppe Marramà, Giorgio Carnevale, Kerin M. Claeson, Charlie J. Underwood, Gavin J. P. Naylor and Jürgen Kriwet
Diversity 2022, 14(6), 456; https://doi.org/10.3390/d14060456 - 06 Jun 2022
50 pages, 2174 KiB  
Article
Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in European Seas
by Argyro Zenetos, Konstantinos Tsiamis, Marika Galanidi, Natacha Carvalho, Cátia Bartilotti, João Canning-Clode, Luca Castriota, Paula Chainho, Robert Comas-González, Ana C. Costa, Branko Dragičević, Jakov Dulčić, Marco Faasse, Ann-Britt Florin, Arjan Gittenberger, Hans Jakobsen, Anders Jelmert, Francis Kerckhof, Maiju Lehtiniemi, Silvia Livi, Kim Lundgreen, Vesna Macic, Cécile Massé, Borut Mavrič, Rahmat Naddafi, Martina Orlando-Bonaca, Slavica Petovic, Lydia Png-Gonzalez, Aina Carbonell Quetglas, Romeu S. Ribeiro, Tiago Cidade, Sander Smolders, Peter A. U. Stæhr, Frederique Viard and Okko Outinenadd Show full author list remove Hide full author list
Diversity 2022, 14(12), 1077; https://doi.org/10.3390/d14121077 - 06 Dec 2022
15 pages, 1986 KiB  
Article
Ain’t Nothing like Family—Female Brown Bears Share Their Home Range with Relatives
by Astrid Olejarz, Jouni Aspi, Ilpo Kojola, Vesa Nivala, Alina K. Niskanen and Jenni Harmoinen
Diversity 2022, 14(1), 41; https://doi.org/10.3390/d14010041 - 10 Jan 2022
23 pages, 1052 KiB  
Review
The Expanding Role of DNA Barcodes: Indispensable Tools for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
by Morgan R. Gostel and W. John Kress
Diversity 2022, 14(3), 213; https://doi.org/10.3390/d14030213 - 13 Mar 2022

Winner

14 pages, 775 KiB  
Article
Mires in Europe—Regional Diversity, Condition and Protection
by Franziska Tanneberger, Asbjørn Moen, Alexandra Barthelmes, Edward Lewis, Lera Miles, Andrey Sirin, Cosima Tegetmeyer and Hans Joosten
Diversity 2021, 13(8), 381; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13080381 - 16 Aug 2021
19 pages, 3285 KiB  
Article
The Role of Small Lowland Patches of Exotic Forests as Refuges of Rare Endemic Azorean Arthropods
by Noelline Tsafack, Simone Fattorini, Mário Boieiro, François Rigal, Alejandra Ros-Prieto, Maria Teresa Ferreira and Paulo A. V. Borges
Diversity 2021, 13(9), 443; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13090443 - 16 Sep 2021
12 pages, 1599 KiB  
Article
Origins of Six Species of Butterflies Migrating through Northeastern Mexico: New Insights from Stable Isotope (δ2H) Analyses and a Call for Documenting Butterfly Migrations
by Keith A. Hobson, Jackson W. Kusack and Blanca X. Mora-Alvarez
Diversity 2021, 13(3), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13030102 - 25 Feb 2021
15 pages, 2736 KiB  
Review
Why Is the Alpine Flora Comparatively Robust against Climatic Warming?
by Christian Körner and Erika Hiltbrunner
Diversity 2021, 13(8), 383; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13080383 - 16 Aug 2021

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink Chairman
Heidelberg University

Winner

Donatella Cogoni
Centro Conservazione Biodiversità (CCB), Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (DISVA), Università degli Studi di Cagliari,Italy
Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis
Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Greece
José L. Tella
Department of Conservation Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC. Américo Vespucio s/n, Spain
Benton N. Taylor
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Rd., Edgewater, MD 21037, USA

Winner

Donoghue, H.D.
Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College London, London, NW3 2PF, UK
Lyndon DeVantier
Coral Reef Research, 10 Benalla Rd., Oak Valley, Townsville 4810, QLD, Australia paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/9/3/25

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink Chairman
Heidelberg University
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