ASP Authors' Paper Award Policy

To recognize papers of high quality, scientific excellence and wide impact for journals in order to promote and encourage the dissemination of high-quality research results. The following two incentive policies have been established:

1. Highly Cited Paper Award

The Highly Cited Paper Award is awarded annually, and the jury selects three papers of exceptional quality from those published in the journal in the previous year.

Awards:
Each winner will receive $100, a certificate, and a 100% discount coupon of Article Processing Charge (APC) valid for one year.

High citations are selected based on databases such as Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar.

2. Highly Downloadable Paper Award

More and more researchers are recognizing and choosing AccScience Publishing to publish their research in an open access format, so that it can be discovered, downloaded, and cited by readers around the world in the first place.AccScience Publishing's special awards for each journal are designed to identify and recognize high-profile and influential open access articles and their authors in international journals in order to promote and encourage the dissemination of high-quality research.

The award will be presented annually starting in 2024.

The award will be given to the top three papers in terms of article downloads:
1. A certificate and a 100% discount coupon of Article Processing Charge (APC), valid for one year.
2. A certificate and a 50% discount coupon of Article Processing Charge (APC), valid for one year.
3. A certificate and a 30% discount coupon of Article Processing Charge (APC), valid for one year.

Selection Criteria: High downloads are based on the number of downloads on the ASP website.

The above incentive policy will be implemented from December 13, 2024, and the publisher reserves the right to supplement or adjust the incentives according to the milestones during the implementation process.