Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability - Best Paper Award
Each year, the Editors-in-Chief of Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability acknowledge and honor the authors of an outstanding paper published in the journal as the Best Paper of the Year.
The best papers are selected based on assessment of reviewer reports, citation and download statistics, as well as the expert judgment of how papers contribute scientifically to the journal’s core priority areas. The winning paper will be announced in an editorial note in the first issue of each volume.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the PIOS Best Paper Award for 2017-2022:
Volume 1, 2017:
A Shortcut Approach to the Multi-scale Atomic Targeting and Design of C–H–O Symbiosis Networks
Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi
Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, vol.1, pp 3–13. Read here (this opens in a new tab).
Volume 2, 2018:
Prioritizing the Drivers of Green Supply Chain Management in Indian Manufacturing Industries Using Fuzzy TOPSIS Method: Government, Industry, Environment, and Public Perspectives
Sunil Dhull and M. S. Narwal
Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, vol.2, pp 47–60. Read here (this opens in a new tab).
Volume 3, 2019:
PCA Method for Debottlenecking of Sustainability Performance in Integrated Biomass Supply Chain
Bing Shen How and Hon Loong Lam
Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, vol.3, pp 43–64. Read here (this opens in a new tab).
Volume 4, 2020:
Optimal Planning for Satisfying Future Electricity Demands Involving Simultaneously Economic, Emissions, and Water Concerns
Tania Itzel Serrano-Arévalo, Maricruz Juárez-García and José María Ponce-Ortega
Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, vol.4, pp 379–389. Read here (this opens in a new tab).
Volume 5, 2021:
Industrial Energy Retrofit Planning Using Automated Retrofit Targeting
Nathan S. Lal, Timothy G. Walmsley, Martin J. Atkins & Michael R. W. Walmsley
Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, vol.5, pp 75–98. Read here (this opens in a new tab).
Volume 6, 2022:
Sustainable Planning of Precious and Rare Elements’ Recycling from Waste Electronic Products: A Multi-objective Model and Application
Eda Simsek, Zeynep Ozdemir, and Sule Itir Satoglu
Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, vol.6, pp 723–735. Read here (this opens in a new tab).
Winners will receive:
- Springer book voucher worth EUR 1000
- Special mention in editorial note (first issue of each volume) and Best Paper Award section
- Free article access for 4 weeks
- Official award certificate