We are pleased to announce that Virologica Sinica has formally established an annual award “VS Highly Cited Paper Award” since 2017. The authors of the awarded articles will be recognized with a certificate personally signed by the editor-in-chief.
Selection criteria:
Based on the core database of Web of Science–SCIE, most cited articles were selected according to the citations from the beginning of 2015 to Dec 31 2017 of the articles published in 2015 and 2016. The awarded papers in 2017 are as following:
First Prize
The role of Epstein-Barr virus infection in the pathogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Chi Man Tsang, Sai Wah Tsao
Times cited:15
Virologica Sinica, Vol. 30, Iss. 2, pp. 107–121, 2015
Full Text:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12250-015-3592-5
Or:http://www.virosin.org/Paper/2015/30/02/s12250-015-3592-5
First Prize
Phylogenetic analysis revealed the central roles of two African countries in the evolution and worldwide spread of Zika virus
Shu Shen, Junming Shi, Jun Wang, Shuang Tang, Hualin Wang, Zhihong Hu, Fei Deng
Times cited:15
Virologica Sinica, Vol. 31, Iss. 2, pp. 118–130, 2016
Full Text:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12250-016-3774-9
Or:http://www.virosin.org/Paper/2016/31/02/10.1007s12250-016-3774-9
Second Prize
Experience of the Eliava Institute in bacteriophage therapy
Mzia Kutateladze
Times cited: 10
Virologica Sinica, Vol. 30, Iss. 1, pp. 80–81, 2015
Or:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12250-014-3557-0
Or:http://www.virosin.org/Paper/2015/30/01/VS12250-014-3557-0
Second Prize
Isolation and characterization of Zika virus imported to
China using C6/36 mosquito cells
Chenglin Deng, Siqing Liu, Qiuyan Zhang, Mingyue Xu, Honglei Zhang, Dayong Gu, Lei Shi, Jian’an He, Gengfu Xiao, Bo Zhang
Times cited: 10
Virologica Sinica, Vol. 31, Iss. 2, pp. 176–179, 2016
Full Text:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12250-016-3778-5
Or:http://www.virosin.org/Paper/2016/31/02/10.1007s12250-016-3778-
Congratulations to the authors of these articles!