This prize is awarded annually to authors of best paper published in the SSS&T. The winners are carefully chosen by the editorial board. Past recipients of the Best Paper Award are listed below.

Best Paper Award of 2024

Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Analysis of Chemically Cross-linked ClpB Chaperone Protein from Moderate Halophile
Vol.5, pp. 22-26
Masao TOKUNAGA1, Teruo AKUTA2, Yuhei TOKUNAGA1, Yui TOMIOKA2, Tsutomu ARAKAWA3, Matsujiro ISHIBASHI1
(1 Kagoshima University, 2 Kyokuto Pharmaceutical Industrial Co. Ltd., 3 Alliance Protein Laboratories)

Best Paper Award of 2023

Quantifying Inorganic Phosphate in Salts Using Capillary Zone Electrophoresis with Transient Isotachophoresis
Vol.4, pp. 15-19
Keiichi FUKUSHI, Jun-ichi TSUJIMOTO, Hiroki HOTTA, Hideo OKAMURA and Hideyuki INUI (Kobe University)

Best Paper Award of 2022

Simultaneous Determination of Iodide and Iodate in Salts Using Capillary Zone Electrophoresis with Transient Isotachophoresis
Vol.3, pp. 37-44
Keiichi FUKUSHI, Hiroki HOTTA, Hideo OKAMURA and Hideyuki INUI (Kobe University)