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.聽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.聽
2026
- August: A/Prof Dominic Glover 鈥� '鈥�, published in Advanced Functional Materials聽(IF 19.9).
- July: Prof Paul Curmi 鈥� '鈥�, published in Nature Nanotechnology (IF 37.5).
- June: Prof Andrew Brown 鈥� '鈥�, published in聽Journal of Hepatology聽(IF 40.1).
- May: A/Prof聽Matthew Baker 聽鈥� '鈥�, published in Trends in Biotechnology聽(IF 16.6).
- April: Prof聽Kate Quinlan 鈥� '鈥�, published in Clinical Science聽(IF 7.7).
- 惭补谤肠丑:听no entries submitted
- February: A/Prof聽Robert Weatheritt 鈥� '鈥�, published聽in聽Nucleic Acids Research (IF 13.1).
- January: Prof聽Andrew Brown聽鈥� '鈥�, published聽in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Nature Press)聽(IF 51).
2025
- December: Prof聽Irina Voineagu聽鈥� '鈥�, published聽in Nature Neuroscience聽(IF 20).
- 狈辞惫别尘产别谤:听Dr Megan Lenardon聽鈥� '鈥�, published聽in聽European Polymer Journal聽(IF 6.3).
- 翱肠迟辞产别谤:听Prof聽Ruiting Lan 鈥� '鈥�, published聽in聽尘厂测蝉迟别尘蝉听(IF 4.6).
- September: Prof John Mattick 鈥� 鈥樷��, published聽in聽Nature Reviews Neuroscience聽(IF 26.7).
- August: A/Prof Jai Tree聽聽鈥撀犫�樷��,聽published in Nucleic Acids Research聽(IF 16.8) AND聽Prof Martin Smith 鈥撀犫�樷��, also published in聽Nucleic Acids Research聽(IF 16.8).
- July:聽Prof Merlin Crossley聽鈥� 鈥樷��, published聽in聽Nature Communications聽(IF 15.7).
- June:聽A/Prof Jai Tree聽聽鈥� 鈥樷��, published聽in聽Nucleic Acids Research (IF 16.8).
- May: no entries submitted
- April:聽Prof Marc Wilkins 鈥撀犫�樷��,聽published in Cell Reports聽(IF 7.5).
- March:聽Dr Frances Byrne聽鈥撀犫�樷��,聽published in RSC Medicinal Chemistry聽(IF 4).
- February:聽Dr Emily Oates聽鈥� 鈥樷��,聽published in Briefings in Bioinformatics聽(IF 6.8).
- January:聽Dr Emily Oates聽鈥� '', published聽in聽Annals of Neurology聽(IF 8.1).
2024
- 顿别肠别尘产别谤:听Prof Belinda Ferrari聽鈥� 鈥樷��, published聽in聽Science of the Total Environment聽(IF 8.2).
- 狈辞惫别尘产别谤:听Prof Mark Tanaka聽鈥� '鈥�, published聽in聽PNAS聽(IF 9.4).
- 翱肠迟辞产别谤:听Prof Ruiting Lan聽鈥� 鈥樷��, published聽in聽Nature Communications聽(IF 14.7).
- September: A/Prof Paul Waters 鈥� 鈥樷��, published聽in 笔狈础厂听(IF 9.4).
- 础耻驳耻蝉迟:听Dr Megan Lenardon 鈥� 鈥樷��, published聽in聽Nature Communications聽(IF 14.7).
- July:聽Dr Joshua Hamm 鈥� 鈥樷��,听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听颈苍听Nature Communications (IF 14.7).
- June:聽no entries submitted
- 惭补测:听no entries submitted
- April:聽A/Prof Chris Marquis 鈥� 鈥樷��,听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听颈苍听Trends in Biochemical Sciences聽(IF 13.8).
- March:聽Prof Belinda Ferrari 鈥� 鈥樷��,听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听颈苍 Chemosphere聽(IF 8.8).
- February:聽A/Prof Fatemeh Vafaee 鈥� 鈥樷��,听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听颈苍听Artificial Intelligence Review聽(IF 12).
- January:聽Prof Marc Wilkins 鈥� 鈥樷��,听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听颈苍听Trends in Biochemical Sciences聽(IF 13.8).
2023听
- December:聽Prof Ruiting Lan聽聽鈥� 鈥樷��,听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听颈苍听Emerging Microbes and Infections聽(IF 13.2).
- November:聽Prof Belinda Ferrari聽鈥� 鈥樷��,听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听颈苍听Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews聽(IF 12.9).
- October:聽A/Prof Fatemeh Vafaee 鈥� 鈥樷��,听辫耻产濒颈蝉丑别诲听颈苍听Nucleic Acids Research聽(IF 14.9).
- September:聽no entries submitted
- August: Prof Ruiting Lan 鈥� 鈥樷��, published in Frontiers in Microbiology聽(IF 5.2).
- July:聽A/Prof Vladimir Sytnyk 鈥� 鈥樷��, published in Cerebral Cortex (IF 3.7).
- June:聽Prof Belinda Ferrari 鈥� 鈥樷��, published in Frontiers in Microbiology (IF 5.2).
- 惭补测:听Prof Rob Yang聽鈥� 鈥樷��, published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology (IF 47.766).
- April:聽Prof Marc Wilkins 鈥� 鈥樷��, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (IF 12.779).
- March:聽Prof Marc Wilkins 鈥� 鈥樷��, published in mSystems (IF 7.328).
- February:聽A/Prof Tatyana Chtanova聽鈥� 鈥樷��, published in Cancer Research, (IF 13.312).
- 闯补苍耻补谤测:听Prof John Mattick聽鈥� 鈥樷��, published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (IF 113.915).