Best Paper Award

The Vaccines Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. Evaluation committee members will choose four articles of exceptional quality published in the journal two years prior and announce the winners online by the end of June.

The Prize:
– Two review awards: CHF 400 and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Vaccines in 2025 following peer review;
– Two research article awards: CHF 500 and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Vaccines in 2025 following peer review;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

 
Vaccines Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 June 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Vaccines in 2023 are eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection 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.

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

26 pages, 748 KiB  
Review
An Overview of Vaccine Adjuvants: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives
by Alessio Facciolà, Giuseppa Visalli, Antonio Laganà and Angela Di Pietro
Vaccines 2022, 10(5), 819; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050819 - 22 May 2022
20 pages, 1903 KiB  
Review
Virus-like Particles as Preventive and Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines
by Anna Lucia Tornesello, Maria Tagliamonte, Franco M. Buonaguro, Maria Lina Tornesello and Luigi Buonaguro
Vaccines 2022, 10(2), 227; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020227 - 2 Feb 2022
12 pages, 4687 KiB  
Article
Evaluation of Transplacental Antibody Transfer in SARS-CoV-2-Immunized Pregnant Women
by Ching-Ju Shen, Yi-Chen Fu, Yen-Pin Lin, Ching-Fen Shen, Der-Ji Sun, Huan-Yun Chen and Chao-Min Cheng
Vaccines 2022, 10(1), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10010101 - 10 Jan 2022
13 pages, 3799 KiB  
Article
Therapeutic Effect of Subunit Vaccine AEC/BC02 on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Post-Chemotherapy Relapse Using a Latent Infection Murine Model
by Jinbiao Lu, Xiaonan Guo, Chunhua Wang, Weixin Du, Xiaobing Shen, Cheng Su, Yongge Wu and Miao Xu
Vaccines 2022, 10(5), 825; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050825 - 23 May 2022

Award Committee

Dr. Ralph Tripp Chairman
Univ Georgia
Prof. Michael Bukrinsky
The George Washington University
Prof. Christian Napoli
Department of Medical surgical sciences and translational medicine - Sapienza University of Rome
Prof. Sara Louise Cosby
Queen's University Belfast
Dr. Yashdeep Phanse
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Winner

11 pages, 252 KiB  
Article
Acceptance of a COVID-19 Vaccine in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Masaki Machida, Itaru Nakamura, Takako Kojima, Reiko Saito, Tomoki Nakaya, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Tomoko Takamiya, Yuko Odagiri, Noritoshi Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Shiho Amagasa, Hidehiro Watanabe and Shigeru Inoue
Vaccines 2021, 9(3), 210; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030210 - 3 Mar 2021
8 pages, 780 KiB  
Article
Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccination in Japan
by Takeshi Yoda and Hironobu Katsuyama
Vaccines 2021, 9(1), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9010048 - 14 Jan 2021
30 pages, 6597 KiB  
Review
Nanomaterial Delivery Systems for mRNA Vaccines
by Michael D. Buschmann, Manuel J. Carrasco, Suman Alishetty, Mikell Paige, Mohamad Gabriel Alameh and Drew Weissman
Vaccines 2021, 9(1), 65; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9010065 - 19 Jan 2021
29 pages, 13825 KiB  
Review
Lipid-Based Nanoparticles in the Clinic and Clinical Trials: From Cancer Nanomedicine to COVID-19 Vaccines
by Thai Thanh Hoang Thi, Estelle J. A. Suys, Jung Seok Lee, Dai Hai Nguyen, Ki Dong Park and Nghia P. Truong
Vaccines 2021, 9(4), 359; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9040359 - 8 Apr 2021
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