Last Updated: November 20, 2025
BPG Distinguished Award for BPG Journals’ Published Articles
The “BPG Distinguished Award” (BDA) was established 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 (BPG). Their publications represent meaningful contributions towards promoting the ability of readers to learn from the latest research results actively moving the development of medical science forward. The BDA is based upon tracking of the quality of articles and subsequently awarded to the selected corresponding authors.
SELECTION METHODS
Editor(s)-in-Chief of the BPG journals are 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 BPG. 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 BPG.
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.