Best Paper Award

Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the 2023 Best Paper Award has been postponed to 30 April 2024. The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Toxins 2023 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Toxins from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. One review and two research articles will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Jay Fox.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Toxins 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 papers 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:
– One review award: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Toxins in 2024 after peer review;
– Two research article awards: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Toxins in 2024 after peer review.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.

Kind regards,
Toxins Editorial Office

 
Toxins 2023 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

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

Winner

12 pages, 525 KiB  
Review
Zearalenone and Its Metabolites—General Overview, Occurrence, and Toxicity
by Karolina Ropejko and Magdalena Twarużek
Toxins 2021, 13(1), 35; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13010035 - 06 Jan 2021
23 pages, 778 KiB  
Article
Co-Occurrence of 35 Mycotoxins: A Seven-Year Survey of Corn Grain and Corn Silage in the United States
by Alexandra C. Weaver, Daniel M. Weaver, Nicholas Adams and Alexandros Yiannikouris
Toxins 2021, 13(8), 516; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13080516 - 23 Jul 2021
25 pages, 3609 KiB  
Article
Co-Occurrence of Regulated and Emerging Mycotoxins in Corn Silage: Relationships with Fermentation Quality and Bacterial Communities
by Antonio Gallo, Francesca Ghilardelli, Alberto Stanislao Atzori, Severino Zara, Barbara Novak, Johannes Faas and Francesco Fancello
Toxins 2021, 13(3), 232; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13030232 - 23 Mar 2021

Winner

Keith Lyons
Macroecology Lab, School of Natural Sciences, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland
Jean-Denis Bailly
Toxalim (Research Center in Food Toxicology), Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, EI-Purpan, 313000 Toulouse, France

Award Committee

Prof. Jay William Fox Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology

Winner

Susan Costantini
Experimental Pharmacology Unit—Mercogliano Laboratory, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS “Fondazione G. Pascale”, 80131 Naples, Italy
Evanthia Mantzouki
Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland

Award Committee

Prof. Jay William Fox Chairman
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Cancer Biology
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