2024 MDPI Topics Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the 2024 MDPI Topics Award. The 2024 MDPI Topics Award seeks to acknowledge those Topic Editor teams who have made outstanding contributions to the scientific community by supporting our rigorous editorial processes and helping the MDPI Topics produce exciting multidisciplinary content. Topics that closed in 2024 will be eligible for the award. The Topics Subject Editors (https://www.mdpi.com/topics/editors) will be invited to evaluate the candidates of the 2024 MDPI Topics Award.
What Are the Prerequisites to Be Eligible for This Award?
MDPI Topics with submission deadlines in 2024 are automatically eligible for this award.
Evaluation criteria of topics:
- Article-level impact metrics;
- Author-level impact metrics;
- Subject novelty and coverage of the Topics.
What will the five winners receive?
There will be five winners this year, and each Topic Editor team will receive the following:
- A monetary award of CHF 1500;
- A certificate of recognition.
When will the winners be announced?
The winners will be announced on 31 October 2025 on the MDPI Topics website (mdpi.com/topics/award).
Best regards,
MDPI Topics office
[email protected]
2023 MDPI Topics Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 MDPI Topics Award. This award recognizes the outstanding contributions of Topic Editor teams who have significantly supported the editorial process and enriched the multidisciplinary content of MDPI Topics in 2023.
The winners were selected based on rigorous evaluation criteria, including article-level impact metrics, author-level impact metrics, and subject novelty. They are as follows:
1. Advances in Biomaterials
Topic Editors: Dr. Satoshi Komasa, Dr. Yoshiro Tahara, Prof. Dr. Tohru Sekino, and Prof. Dr. Joji Okazaki
Participating journals: Applied Biosciences, Applied Sciences, Bioengineering, Dentistry Journal, Materials, Polymers, and Technologies
https://www.mdpi.com/topics/Advances_in_Biomaterials
2. Antioxidant Activity in Plants, Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds and Foods
Topic Editors: Dr. Andrei Mocan and Dr. Simone Carradori
Participating journals: Antioxidants, Foods, Molecules, Oxygen, and Plants
https://www.mdpi.com/topics/Anti_Foods
3. Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructures
Topic Editors: Prof. Dr. Leandros Maglaras, Prof. Dr. Helge Janicke, and Dr. Mohamed Amine Ferrag
Participating journals: Applied Sciences, Electronics, Future Internet, JCP, and Sensors
https://www.mdpi.com/topics/Cyber_Security_Critical_Infrastructures
4. Sustainable Built Environment
Topic Editors: Dr. Siu-Kit Lau, Dr. Vesna Kosorić, Dr. Abel Tablada, Dr. Zdravko Trivic, Dr. Miljana Horvat, Dr. Milena Vukmirovic, Dr. Silvia Domingo-Irigoyen, Prof. Dr. Marija Todorović, Dr. Jérôme H. Kaempf, Dr. Kosa Golić, and Dr. Ana Peric
Participating journals: Buildings, Energies, Environments, Sustainability, and Urban Science
https://www.mdpi.com/topics/Sustainable_Built_Environment
5. Sustainable Environmental Technologies
Topic Editors: Prof. Dr. Dibyendu Sarkar, Prof. Dr. Rupali Datta, Dr. Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, and Dr. Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman
Participating journals: Applied Sciences, Energies, Environments, Toxics, and Water
https://www.mdpi.com/topics/Sustainable_Environmental_Technologies
Each winning Topic Editor team will receive the following:
- A monetary award of CHF 1500;
- A certificate of recognition.
We would like to extend our gratitude to all Topic Editors from various fields for their contributions. Additionally, we extend our appreciation to the Award Committee Members Prof. Dr. Abdeltif Amrane, Prof. Dr. Antonio Formisano, Prof. Dr. Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle, Prof. Dr. Francisco Guillen-Grima, Prof. Dr. Guanying Chen, and Prof. Dr. Masayoshi Yamaguchi for their careful evaluation of numerous excellent candidates.
Congratulations to all the winning Topic Editor teams for their exceptional contributions to the scientific community.
Best regards,
MDPI Topics office
[email protected]
MDPI 2022 Interdisciplinary Topic Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the MDPI 2022 Interdisciplinary Topic Award. This award has been granted to the topic editors of the following three topics:
Artificial Intelligence in Sensor
https://www.mdpi.com/topics/Artificial_Intelligence_in_Sensors
Processing, Analysis, Modelling and Mechanics of Materials and Structures
https://www.mdpi.com/topics/mat_struct
Synthesis, Characterization and Performance of Materials for a Sustainable Future
https://www.mdpi.com/topics/Characterization_Materials
The Topic editor teams of these three topic collections will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000 and an electronic certificate.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Kind regards,
Topics Project Office
