Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winner of the Forests 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published in the Year 2020 (1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020) in Forests were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the four winning papers have been selected.
Two Articles Awards:
Coastal Pine-Oak Glacial Refugia in the Mediterranean Basin: A Biogeographic Approach Based on Charcoal Analysis and Spatial Modelling
Forests 2020, 11(6), 673; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/f11060673
A Survey in Natural Forest Ecosystems of Vietnam Reveals High Diversity of both New and Described Phytophthora Taxa including P. ramorum
Forests 2020, 11(1), 93; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/f11010093
Two Reviews Awards:
Living in Drylands: Functional Adaptations of Trees and Shrubs to Cope with High Temperatures and Water Scarcity
Forests 2020, 11(10), 1028; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/f11101028
Advances and Promises of Epigenetics for Forest Trees
Forests 2020, 11(9), 976; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/f11090976
Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in Forests free of charge (2000 CHF) in 2022. On behalf of the assessment committee, we would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishment. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Forests and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Kind regards,
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Timothy A. Martin, on behalf of the Forests 2020 Best Paper Award Evaluation Committee
Winner
Award Committee
