Winners of the Mini-invasive Surgery 2024 Best Paper Awards

We are pleased to announce the winners of the "Mini-invasive Surgery 2024 Best Paper Awards", which recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to the field of mini-invasive surgery. The awards honor research articles published between January 1 and December 31, 2023. Three exceptional papers have been selected - congratulations to the recipients!

Selection Process

The selection process was rigorous and conducted by the Journal’s Scientific Committee, led by Prof. Giulio Belli (Editor-in-Chief). The evaluation was based on the following criteria:
1.Overall contribution to scientific research;
2. Originality of research objectives;
3. Novelty in perspectives or methodologies;
4. Significance to the field and relevance to readers;
5. Scientific soundness and data quality;
6. Citations in 2024 (Sources: Web of Science, Google Scholar).

Eligibility Requirements:

-Original Articles published in Mini-invasive Surgery between January 1 and December 31, 2023;
-Both regular and Special Issue submissions were eligible.

Awards:

-First Prize: $500
-Second Prize: $300 each
-All winners will receive an official award certificate signed by the Editor-in-Chief

Best Papers:

First Prize
Title: Robotic liver surgery, technique, liver parenchyma dissection, the Robotic Harmonic curved shears, Trans-parenchymal Glissonian first approach
Authors: Daisuke Fukumori, Christoph Tschuor, Luit Penninga, Jens Hillingsø, Lars Bo Svendsen, Peter Nørgaard Larsen
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1225.2023.44

Second Prize
Title: Will robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy improve patient outcomes compared to conventional minimally invasive esophagectomy?
Authors: Tetsuya Abe, Eiji Higaki, Hironori Fujieda, Hisafumi Saito, Kiyoshi Narita, Koji Komori, Seiji Ito, Yasuhiro Shimizu
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1225.2023.15

Title: Cyclic pulse loads pave the road to the GRIP concept in abdominal wall reconstruction
Authors: Carolin Lesch, Yannique Ludwig, Fabio Kugel, Katharina Uhr, Matthias Vollmer, Regine Nessel, Friedrich Kallinowski
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1225.2023.31

We sincerely appreciate all the authors who contributed excellent works to our journal. Moving forward, we expect to cooperate with more world-leading researchers to publish high-quality papers and promote academic communication in the field.

As part of the recognition, award recipients will be invited to serve as Guest Speakers in upcoming webinars or participate in special interviews, subject to their availability. The awarded papers will also be widely promoted across all platforms of Mini-invasive Surgery and OAE Publishing Inc.

For more information about Mini-invasive Surgery or to submit your work, please visit:
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Editor: Irene Liu
Language Editor: Catherine Yang
Production Editor: Ting Xu
Respectfully Submitted by the Editorial Office of Mini-invasive Surgery