BioMed Central’s Annual Research Awards celebrate excellence in scientific research made freely available through open access publishing within our portfolio of over 200 journals. Nominations are open to the scientific community and the winning articles, selected by dedicated judging panels, are chosen for their innovation and high-quality execution and discussion.

The awards also acknowledge outstanding individual or institutional efforts made to support open access to research.

BioMed Central Research Award
10 new award categories have been introduced for the 6th Annual Research Awards, the winners of which will be shortlisted for the BioMed Central Research Award.

These award categories are:

Other award categories:

Cancer and Cardiovascular Research

Articles nominated for this category should present outstanding research in the field of cancer or cardiovascular disease. This includes all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis, pathophysiology epidemiology and management for these disorders.

Judges for this award are:
Ian Cree (Warwick Medical School, Coventry UK)
Michel Noutsias (Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Marburg, Germany)

Clinical and Translational Medicine

Articles nominated for this category should present clinical research that has a clear potential to optimize patient care, or research in basic medical sciences that has a direct relevance to, or the potential to inform, future research in clinical medicine.

Judges for this award are:
Francesco Marincola (National Institutes of Health, USA)
Jigisha Patel, Associate Editorial Director, Medicine, BioMed Central

General Biology

Articles nominated for this category should present research in any biology subspecialty, that does not fit into any other category, from the microscopic to macroscopic level, including research focused on biophysics, structural biology, biotechnology and systems biology.

Judges for this award are:
Tim Hunt (Cancer Research UK)
Michaela Torkar, Editorial Director, BioMed Central

General Medicine

Articles nominated for this category should present research in any medical subspecialty that does not fit into any other category including research focused on, medical education, health information technologies, complementary medicine, the methodological and ethical aspects of biomedical research and also research that spans multiple disciplines.

Judges for this award are:
Mike Clarke (All Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Queen's University, Belfast, UK)
Trish Greenhalgh (Global Health, Biology and Innovation Unit, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK)

Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolution

Articles nominated for this category should further our understanding of the function and evolution of biological systems through the analysis of genetic, genomic, proteomic or other high throughput data types, or the creation of novel methods for the analysis of such data.

Judges for this award are:
Steven Salzberg (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
Laurence Hurst (University of Bath, UK)

Microbiology, Immunology, Infection and Inflammation

Articles nominated for this category should include studies of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses and small parasites, and microbe-host interactions; prevention, diagnosis, management and epidemiology of infectious diseases, inflammatory responses, and molecular, cellular, tissue-level, functional and developmental aspects of the immune system.

Judges for this award are:
Kuan Teh Jeang (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA)
Jonathan Howard (University of Cologne, Germany)
Thomas Dorner (Charite Humboldt University, Germany)

Molecular and Cellular Science

Articles nominated for this category should present research covering all aspects of the biology of cells and DNA and RNA in a cellular context, including organelles and cellular compartments, cell division, differentiation and programmed cell death and encompassing investigations of chromatin, replication, transcription, translation and RNA processing and function.

Judges for this award are:
John Rossi (City of Hope National Medical Center, USA)
Bruce Mayer (University of Connecticut Health Center, USA)
Sean Munro (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK)

Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry

Articles nominated for this category should present research into any aspect of the nervous system. This category includes, molecular, cellular, developmental and animal model studies, cognitive and behavioral research, computational modeling and articles describing research into the prevention, diagnosis and management of neurological and psychiatric disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

Judges for this award are:
Amos Korczin (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Charles Stevens (Salk Institute, USA)
Andrew Lumsden (King's College London, UK)

Plant, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Research

Articles nominated for this category should be for research covering all aspects of plant, animal and veterinary sciences, including biodiversity research, behavioral studies, animal health, epidemiology of animal diseases and tissue, organ and whole organism research.

Judges for this award are:
Virginia Walbot (Stanford University, USA)
Elliot Meyerowitz (Cambridge University, UK)
Alun Williams (The Royal Veterinary College, UK)

Public Health

Articles nominated for this category should present research on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioural and occupational correlates of health and disease, as well as all aspects of health services research and the impact of health policies and regulations.

Judges for this award are:
Omar Khan (University of Vermont, USA)
Lea Maes (Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium)

Open Data sponsored by LabArchives

Data sharing, its preservation and re-use, is an increasingly important part of scientific research and the publication process but there are many challenges associated with openly sharing scientific data, particularly when sharing goes against cultural or community norms. We recognize researchers who have published in BioMed Central journals and have demonstrated leadership in the sharing, standardization, publication, or re-use of biomedical research data.

Case Report of the Year

This award is given to the authors of the best case report published in our specialist case report journal, Journal of Medical Case Reports. The winning case report is selected for originality and significance to clinical practice, and can be from any area of medicine. This award is not open to the public.

Open Access Advocate/Institution of the Year

This award recognizes institutions which have done most to show leadership in taking steps to expand access to the published results of scholarly research. This award is not open to the public.

Editor of the Year

Our growing portfolio of journals depends heavily on the dedicated work of our Editors-in-Chief. This award recognizes the significant contribution made to one of our journals by an Editor. This award is not open to the public.

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