Eligibility Requirements:
1. Papers published in Journal in 2021;
2. Editorial articles are not taken into consideration.

Selection Criteria:
The Best Paper will be selected by the Journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
1. Scientific merit and broad impact;
2. Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
3. Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
4. Clarity of presentation;
5. Citation and download rates in 2022.

Prizes:
1. A signed award certificate with the name of the award, the name of the paper, and the names of the authors of the paper;
2. Free APC for their next publication in the journal;
3. Announce their achievements on the website by March 2023.

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Intelligence & Robotics 2021 Best Paper Award for the following paper:

Title: Federated reinforcement learning: techniques, applications, and open challenges
Authors: Jiaju Qi¹, Qihao Zhou², Lei Lei¹, Kan Zheng^2
1School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
²Intelligent Computing and Communications (IC2) Lab, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China.
DOI: https://www.oaepublish.com/articles/ir.2021.02

Eligibility Requirements:
All reviewers in 2022 except the Editorial Board Members will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
The Best Reviewer will be selected by the Journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
1. Number of review reports (only first review reports are considered);
2. Review quality based on the rating given in MESAs;
3. Review speed.

Prizes:
1. A certificate of appreciation;
2. Free APC for their next publication in the journal;
3. Announce their achievements on the website by March 2023.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Intelligence & Robotics 2022 Reviewer Award. A total of 107 reviewers were involved in the 2022 manuscript process and we thank them for volunteering their time to review the manuscript. The journal editorial office is very grateful to the reviewers for their valuable time and hard work in the review process. It is thanks to their efforts that the high quality of the journal's publication is maintained. In appreciation of their valuable contributions, we have selected the 2022 Reviewers of the Year as:

Dr. Yilun Shang
Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK.

Prof. Zhengrong Xiang
School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.

Eligibility Requirements:
All Associate Editors for Intelligence & Robotics will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
The Best Editor will be selected by the Journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
1. The quality, speed and number of manuscript handling;
2. The number of published papers in the journal in 2022;
3. The number of invited manuscripts to the journal in 2022;
4. Others, such as promoting the journal among peers or at conferences or providing advice for input or feedback regarding new regulations on the journal.

If you want to join in the Editorial Board of the journal, please send your academic resume to editorial@intellrobot.com with the subject of "Editorial Board Application + Name"

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Intelligence & Robotics 2022 Best Editor Award. The journal editorial board is very grateful to all Associate Editors Members for their support in all aspects of the journal's development, and it is thanks to their efforts that the journal has been able to grow rapidly in 2022. In appreciation of their invaluable contributions, we have selected the 2022 Editors of the Year:

Prof. Chaomin Luo
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA.

Eligibility Requirements:
All Youth Editorial Board Members for Intelligence & Robotics will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
The Best Youth Scholar will be selected by the Journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
1. The number of published papers in the journal in 2022;
2. The quality, speed and number of participating in peer-review works in 2022;
3. Others, such as publicizing and promoting the journal at academic conferences and among peers, or providing suggestions and guidance for the development of the journal.

If you want to join in the Editorial Board of the journal, please send your academic resume to editorial@intellrobot.com with the subject of "Editorial Board Application + Name"

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Intelligence & Robotics 2022 Best Editor Award. The journal editorial board is very grateful to all Youth Editorial Board Members for their support in all aspects of the journal's development, and bringing new vitality to the journal's development. In appreciation of their invaluable contributions, we have selected the 2022 Best Youth Scholar Award of the Year:

Dr. Donglin Wang
Machine Intelligence Lab (MiLAB), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Dr. Yu Xue
School of Computer and Software, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.