Each month, the school awards a Paper of the Month prize to an academic who has published a paper in a journal with the highest impact factor (IF) of all the submissions for that month. To be eligible, the paper must have an IF =/>3, and the submitting academic must be the first or the corresponding author for the paper.
Winners
This award recognises the expertise, work and research that goes into carrying out and publishing academic papers. Read our winning papers and the impact our research has on solving complex problems.Â
2025
- August: A/Prof Jai Tree  – ‘’, published in Nucleic Acids Research (IF 16.8) AND Prof Martin Smith – ‘’, also published in Nucleic Acids Research (IF 16.8).
- July: Prof Merlin Crossley – ‘’, published in Nature Communications (IF 15.7).
- June: A/Prof Jai Tree  – ‘’, published in Nucleic Acids Research (IF 16.8).
- May: no entries submitted
- April: Prof Marc Wilkins – ‘’, published in Cell Reports (IF 7.5).
- March: Dr Frances Byrne – ‘’, published in RSC Medicinal Chemistry (IF 4).
- February: Dr Emily Oates – ‘’, published in Briefings in Bioinformatics (IF 6.8).
- January: Dr Emily Oates – '', published in Annals of Neurology (IF 8.1).
2024
- ¶Ù±ð³¦±ð³¾²ú±ð°ù:ÌýProf Belinda Ferrari – ‘’, published in Science of the Total Environment (IF 8.2).
- ±·´Ç±¹±ð³¾²ú±ð°ù:ÌýProf Mark Tanaka – '’, published in PNAS (IF 9.4).
- °¿³¦³Ù´Ç²ú±ð°ù:ÌýProf Ruiting Lan – ‘’, published in Nature Communications (IF 14.7).
- September: A/Prof Paul Waters – ‘’, published in ±Ê±·´¡³§Ìý(IF 9.4).
- ´¡³Ü²µ³Ü²õ³Ù:ÌýDr Megan Lenardon – ‘’, published in Nature Communications (IF 14.7).
- July: Dr Joshua Hamm – ‘’,Ìý±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±²õ³ó±ð»åÌý¾±²ÔÌýNature Communications (IF 14.7).
- June:Â no entries submitted
- ²Ñ²¹²â:Ìýno entries submitted
- April: A/Prof Chris Marquis – ‘’,Ìý±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±²õ³ó±ð»åÌý¾±²ÔÌýTrends in Biochemical Sciences (IF 13.8).
- March: Prof Belinda Ferrari – ‘’,Ìý±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±²õ³ó±ð»åÌý¾±²Ô Chemosphere (IF 8.8).
- February: A/Prof Fatemeh Vafaee – ‘’,Ìý±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±²õ³ó±ð»åÌý¾±²ÔÌýArtificial Intelligence Review (IF 12).
- January: Prof Marc Wilkins – ‘’,Ìý±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±²õ³ó±ð»åÌý¾±²ÔÌýTrends in Biochemical Sciences (IF 13.8).
2023Ìý
- December: Prof Ruiting Lan  – ‘’,Ìý±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±²õ³ó±ð»åÌý¾±²ÔÌýEmerging Microbes and Infections (IF 13.2).
- November: Prof Belinda Ferrari – ‘’,Ìý±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±²õ³ó±ð»åÌý¾±²ÔÌýMicrobiology and Molecular Biology Reviews (IF 12.9).
- October: A/Prof Fatemeh Vafaee – ‘’,Ìý±è³Ü²ú±ô¾±²õ³ó±ð»åÌý¾±²ÔÌýNucleic Acids Research (IF 14.9).
- September:Â no entries submitted
- August: Prof Ruiting Lan – ‘’, published in Frontiers in Microbiology (IF 5.2).
- July: A/Prof Vladimir Sytnyk – ‘’, published in Cerebral Cortex (IF 3.7).
- June: Prof Belinda Ferrari – ‘’, published in Frontiers in Microbiology (IF 5.2).
- ²Ñ²¹²â:ÌýProf Rob Yang – ‘’, published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology (IF 47.766).
- April: Prof Marc Wilkins – ‘’, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (IF 12.779).
- March: Prof Marc Wilkins – ‘’, published in mSystems (IF 7.328).
- February: A/Prof Tatyana Chtanova – ‘’, published in Cancer Research, (IF 13.312).
- ´³²¹²Ô³Ü²¹°ù²â:ÌýProf John Mattick – ‘’, published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (IF 113.915).