Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Climate 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Climate from 1 January to 31 December 2022. One review and one research article will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the Climate Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Steven McNulty. The winners will be announced in February 2024.

Eligibility for the award:
– Papers published in Climate from 1 January 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 Climate Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– 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;
– Citation and download rates in 2023.

Prizes:
– One review award: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a free paper in Climate in 2024 after peer review.
– One research article award: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a free paper in Climate in 2024 after peer review.
– Each winner will also receive a e-certificate.

The winners will be announced on the Climate website by the end of February 2024.

Kind regards,
Climate Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the editor-in-chief, Dr. Steven McNulty, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously give their time to review the papers submitted to Climate by presenting an award to reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Climate.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
All of the reviewers for Climate in 2022 will be automatically included.

Select Criteria:
– Number of review reports (only first review reports are considered);
– Review quality based on the rating given in SuSy;
– Review speed.

What will the winner receive?
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge before the end of December 2023 after peer review;
– A certificate.

When will the winner be announced?
The winner will be announced in February 2023 on the Climate website.

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

Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the “Climate 2021 Best Paper Awards” for papers published in Climate from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. Two papers will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Steven McNult, and the winners will be announced by the end of January 2023.

Eligibility for the awards:
– Papers published in Climate from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
– Open to all career levels;
– All types of articles are eligible;
– 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 (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– 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;
– Citation and download rates till the end of 2022.

Prizes:
– Two papers award: 600 CHF each and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Climate in 2023;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website by the end of January 2023.

Kind regards,
Climate Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Climate, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Climate 2022 Travel Award.

The award has been granted to:
Dr. Pavani Misra
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I would also like to congratulate the winner on her accomplishment.

Dr. Steven McNulty
Editor-in-Chief, Climate

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Climate 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Climate Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Climate. It is due to your efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround is maintained.

The winner of the Climate 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award is:

Dr. Piotr F. Borowski
Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
Research Interest: sustainable development; reduction in CO₂ emission; innovation; management of enterprises

Kind regards,
Dr. Steven McNulty
Editor-in-Chief, Climate

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Climate Travel Awards for 2021.

The awards have been granted to: Dr. Agostino Niyonkuru Meroni, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; and Mr. Platon Patlakas, a Ph.D. student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, we congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Dr. Steven Mcnulty
Editor-in-Chief, Climate

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Climate, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Travel Awards sponsored by Climate.

The awards have been granted to Dr. Marco Reale, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and Dr. Christopher Aden Armatas, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT, USA.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their work, collectively covering a diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Dr. Gordon Huang
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

We have received many applications for 2017 Climate Travel Award for Young Scientists. Many applicants have an outstanding record of academic achievements in climate related research. The award selection committee is highly impressed with the quality of our applicants.

As Editor-in-Chief of Climate, it is my pleasure to announce that the winner of the 2017 Climate Travel Award for Young Scientists is Mr. Spyridon Paparrizos. Mr. Paparrizos is a Ph.D. candidate in the Chair of Environmental Meteorology under Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis, Faculty of Environmental and Natural Recourses, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany. On behalf of Climate, Mr. Paparrizos will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend the 17th European Meteorological Society Annual meeting and the 12th European Conference on Applied Climatology to be held in Dublin,
Ireland during 4–8 September 2017.

Mr. Paparrizos’s main research fields are environmental science, geographic information systems (GIS), spatial and applied hydrometeorology, hydrology, erosion, forest and agricultural climatology. His current research focuses on climatological data analysis and model applications on climate change conditions using GIS and statistical analysis methods, which is highly interdisciplinary. During his PhD dissertation research, he is developing the approaches for the assessment and the impact of climate and the climate change factors on the hydrological regime in various regions in Greece. Mr. Paparrizos has published 13 journal articles since 2014, he first authored 10 of them. In addition, three of them have already been cited several times.

Please join me in congratulating Mr. Paparrizos on his 2017 Climate Travel Award.

Prof. Dr. Yang Zhang
Editor-in-Chief of Climate