Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Symmetry 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published in Symmetry from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the four winning papers, which were nominated by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor in Chief, Prof. Sergei Odintsov, have been selected.

Two Reviews

1. On the Remarkable Superconductivity of FeSe and Its Close Cousins
By Andreas Kreisel, Peter J. Hirschfeld and Brian M. Andersen
Symmetry 2020, 12(9), 1402; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/sym12091402

2. Bilaterally Symmetrical: To Be or Not to Be?
By Michael C. Corballis
Symmetry 2020, 12(3), 326; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/sym12030326

Each winner of which will receive CHF 300 and a chance to publish a free paper in Symmetry in 2022.

Two Research Articles:

3. Are MCDA Methods Benchmarkable? A Comparative Study of TOPSIS, VIKOR, COPRAS, and PROMETHEE II Methods
By Wojciech Sałabun, Jarosław Wątróbski and Andrii Shekhovtsov
Symmetry 2020, 12(9), 1549; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/sym12091549

4. Empirical Consequences of Emergent Mass
By Craig D. Roberts
Symmetry 2020, 12(9), 1468; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/sym12091468

Each winner of which will receive CHF 400 and a chance to publish a free paper in Symmetry in 2022.

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

Prof. Sergei Odintsov
Editor-in-Chief, Symmetry