Last Updated: August 25, 2023
Baishideng Distinguished Award for Baishideng Journals’ Published Articles
To praise the authors who have made outstanding contributions by publishing original and innovative studies in any of the open-access journals of Baishideng Publishing Group Inc (Baishideng). Their publications represent meaningful contributions towards promoting the ability of readers to get the latest research results and towards the development of medical science. To thank such authors for their contributions, we have set up the “Baishideng Distinguished Award” (BDA) to track the quality of articles and award the corresponding authors.
SELECTION METHODS
The Editor(s)-in-Chief of the Baishideng journal is responsible for selecting candidates of the annual BDA. There are three levels of awards, namely First Prize, Second Prize, and Third Prize, and the respective certificates and bonuses will be issued by Baishideng. Original innovative Basic Research, Clinical Research, Frontier, Review, Guideline, Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Case report articles will be considered for the award.
AWARD AMOUNTS
The BDA prizes are $5000 for the First Prize, $3000 for the Second Prize, and $2000 for the Third Prize. The list of BDA winners will be formally announced on the official website of Baishideng.
THE CRITERIA FOR THE ANNUAL BDA
First Prize: Article scientific quality is given triple-A rating by peer-reviewers prior to publication, and after publication the article is given three First Prize recommendations by the editorial board members when they track the scientific quality of the article, or the number of citations reaches more than 30 in the year, excluding self-citations.
Second Prize: Article scientific quality is given double-A rating by peer-reviewers prior to publication, and after publication the article is given three Second Prize recommendations by the editorial board members when they track the scientific quality of the article, or the number of citations reaches 20 in the year, excluding self-citations.
Third Prize: Article scientific quality is given triple-B rating by peer-reviewers prior to publication, and after publication the article is given three Third Prize recommendations by the editorial board members when they track the scientific quality of the article, or the number of citations reaches 10 in the year, excluding self-citations.