Acta Physiologica Award: outperforming original articles from 2015 to 2017

On top: Another great year for Acta Physiologica

“…Of course, our launched Acta Physiologica Award over $100 000 (probably the greatest prize of its type) was reason of great delight, not only for the awardees from Regensburg . Because we had so many outstanding manuscripts to choose from, we will include manuscripts from 2016 in 2017 once more for our next Acta Physiologica Award selection.…”

The case against personalized impact factors

“…Indeed, several institutions are using just that index. It eliminates some of the paramount flaws of using the journal impact factors as a measure for individual achievement: The journal impact factors rely heavily on a few very well cited articles, mostly reviews . Several publications (even in Acta Physiologica) go without any citation.…”

One hundred thousand US Dollars to battle scientific logorrhoea

“…That is why the Acta‐Physiologica‐Award was created. US$ 100 000 to the authors of our best original article, that is, hard to beat and is probably the greatest prize in scientific publishing …”