Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Joeri Van Mierlo, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously offer their time to review the papers submitted to WEVJ by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for WEVJ.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
– All of the reviewers for WEVJ in 2023 will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

What will the winners receive?
There will be two winners this year, and each will receive the following:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2024 after peer review in WEVJ;
– A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?
– The winners will be announced in February 2024 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?
– If you have not yet reviewed papers for WEVJ, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
WEVJ Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the WEVJ 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021 in WEVJ were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by Journal Award Committee, have been selected.

Beyond the State of the Art of Electric Vehicles: A Fact-Based Paper of the Current and Prospective Electric Vehicle Technologies

By Joeri Van Mierlo, Maitane Berecibar, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Cedric De Cauwer, Maarten Messagie, Thierry Coosemans, Valéry Ann Jacobs and Omar Hegazy

World Electr. Veh. J. 2021, 12(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj12010020

An Overview of Parameter and Cost for Battery Electric Vehicles

By Adrian König, Lorenzo Nicoletti, Daniel Schröder, Sebastian Wolff, Adam Waclaw and Markus Lienkamp

World Electr. Veh. J. 2021, 12(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj12010021

Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper in WEVJ in 2022.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to WEVJ and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Joeri Van Mierlo, WEVJ

Dear colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of WEVJ, I am pleased to announce the winner of the WEVJ 2021 Best Paper Award.

The award has been granted to: 

Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Charging Infrastructure for Future EVs: From Experimental Track to Real Circulated Roads Demonstrations

By Stéphane Laporte, Gérard Coquery, Virginie Deniau, Alexandre De Bernardinis and Nicolas Hautière
World Electr. Veh. J. 2019, 10(4), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj10040084 

The winner will receive a certificate, a cash award of CHF 500, and a quota for publishing an additional paper, with all publication fees waived, in open access format in WEVJ in 2021, after the standard peer-review procedure. 

On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to WEVJ, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards. 

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Joeri Van Mierlo , WEVJ

WEVJ established the Best Paper Awards to recognize its best published original research articles.

Nominations were selected by the Editorial Office of WEVJ based on the number of citations, views and downloads from the website. All research articles published between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2018 were eligible for consideration.

The Evaluation Committee was presided by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Joeri Van Mierlo, who carefully examined each paper and expressed his recommendations for the ranking of the “WEVJ Best Paper Awards” 2019.

Joining Technologies for Automotive Battery Systems Manufacturing
Abhishek Das, Dezhi Li, David Williams and David Greenwood
World Electr. Veh. J. 2018, 9(2), 22; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj9020022
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/9/2/22

Sustainability Assessment of Second Use Applications of Automotive Batteries: Ageing of Li-Ion Battery Cells in Automotive and Grid-Scale Applications
Andreas Podias, Andreas Pfrang, Franco Di Persio, Akos Kriston, Silvia Bobba, Fabrice Mathieux, Maarten Messagie and Lois Boon-Brett
World Electr. Veh. J. 2018, 9(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj9020024
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/9/2/24

Dimensioning and Optimization of Hybrid Li-Ion Battery Systems for EVs
Jan Becker, Thomas Nemeth, Raphael Wegmann and Dirk Uwe Sauer
World Electr. Veh. J. 2018, 9(2), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj9020019
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/9/2/19

These three papers are valuable contributions to WEVJ. On behalf of the WEVJ Best Paper Awards Committee and the Editorial Board of WEVJ, we congratulate the winners for their significant contributions and thank them for choosing WEVJ to publish their best work. In recognition of their accomplishments, Dr. Abhishek Das, Dr. Andreas Pfrang and Dr. Jan Becker will be awarded the privilege of publishing an additional research paper, with all publication fees waived, in open access format in WEVJ, after the standard peer-review procedure.

WEVJ Editorial Office