Authors of top publications received awards

This year, the Presidium of the SAS also evaluated successful scientists who published the results of their work in scientific journals of extraordinary prestige. By annually awarding top publications, it wants to stimulate and appreciate the international visibility of research in the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The awards were presented by the President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences prof. Pavel Šajgalík and the Vice-President of the SAS for Science, Research and Innovation were received on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at the Small Congress Center of the SAS VEDA Publishing House

“Publishing in top publications is something like a successful product of the company and it confirms to us that the Slovak Academy of Sciences does not lag behind compared to similar institutions in neighboring countries,” said the President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Prof. Pavol Šajgalík, in his speech. “With each publication, the SAS enters the international scene, which allows its scientists to become part of great discoveries – regardless of whether it is in the field of social sciences, natural sciences or technology.” At the end of his speech, the President thanked not only all the awardees “who raise the reputation of the SAS with this activity”, but also those who came up with the idea of awarding and thus motivating scientists publishing in top publications, and especially highlighted the work of the Vice-President of the SAS, Peter Samuely. He also addressed the attendees and reminded that the SAS analysis was at the origin of this idea seven years ago. “It has been confirmed to us that the SAS keeps up with the surrounding institutions. The fact that we manage to motivate scientists in this way proves that publication in top publications is also included in the implementation of performance contracts,” said Prof. Peter Samuel, Vice-President of the SAS for Science, Research and Innovation.

In the TOP MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONScategory, the award was received by:

  • Mgr. Miroslav Kocifaj, DrSc., and Dr. Stefan Wallner from the Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication in Science entitled Measurement and Monitoring of Light Pollution: Current Approaches and Challenges;
  • Mgr. Karol Végsö, PhD., Bc. Simon Mičky, Dr. Rer. Nat. Peter Šiffalovič, DrSc., from the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication published in ACS Nano entitled Adjustable subnanometer gaps in self-organized monolayers of superlattices of gold nanoparticles enabling strong plasmonic field capture;
  • Mgr. Karol Végsö, PhD., RNDr. Naďa Mrkývková, PhD., Dr. Rer. Nat. Peter Šiffalovič, DrSc., from the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication in Nano Energy entitled Flexible Panel of High-Performance and Stable Perovskite Photodetectors;
  • Mgr. Slavomír Adamčík, PhD., from the Institute of Botany of the Centre of Plant Biology and Biodiversity of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication in Mycosphere entitled Species Diversity and Phylogeny of the Genus Hygrophorus in China;
  • Ing. Eva Scholtzová, CSc., from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication Carbon cathode without boundary/boundary sites and with rich topological defects for high-performance lithium-oxygen batteries published in Advanced Science;
  • RNDr. Daniel Dítě, PhD., from the Institute of Botany, Centre of Plant Biology and Biodiversity SAS, for the publication in Global Change Biology entitled Habitat-Dependent Biodiversity Responses to Macroclimatic and Soil Factors in European Peatlands;
  • Mgr. Dominik Želinský, PhD., from the Institute of Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the publication in Sociological Theory entitled Charismatic Mimicry: Innovation and Imitation in the Case of Volodymyr Zelensky;
  • Mgr. Barbara Lášticová, PhD., Mgr. Xenia Daniela Poslon, PhD., doc. Mgr. Miroslav Popper, CSc., from the Institute for Research in Social Communication of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the publication in Political psychology entitled “Put a little love in your heart”: Accepting paternalistic and allied political discourse leads to solidarity towards Roma through their moral inclusion.

In the TOP SCIENTIFIC MONOGRAPHS category, the following were awarded:

  • Dr. Johannes Kaminski, PhD., from the Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the monograph The Lives and Deaths of Werther: Interpretation, Translation and Adaptation in Europe and East Asia, published by Oxford University Press;
  • Priv.-Doz. Dr. phil. habil. Dirk Dalberg, M.A., from the Institute of Political Science of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication Political Thought in Czechoslovak Dissent: Egon Bondy, Miroslav Kusý, Milan Šimečka and Petr Uhl (1968-1989), published by the Stuttgart publishing house: Ibidem – Verlag;
  • Mgr. Zuzana Panczová, PhD., PhDr. Gabriela Kiliánová, CSc., and PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Kubisa, PhD., from the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the monograph Ethnography in the Service of the Third Reich. German Researchers in Slovakia, published in Münster: Lit Verlag, 2023;
  • Dr. Jon Stewart, Ph.D., Ph.D. Phil. et theol., from the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the monograph History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness, published in Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2023.

In the NATURE INDEX PUBLICATIONS category, the award was received by:

  • Mgr. David Davalos Gonzalez, PhD., and Doc. Mgr. Mário Ziman, PhD., from the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the publication in Physical Review Letters entitled Kvant dynamics is not strictly bidivisible;
  • Mgr. Ján Brndiar, PhD., from the Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, RNDr. Robert Turanský, PhD., from the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and prof. Ing. Ivan Štich, DrSc., (Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences) for the publication Catalysis on one atom activated by the tip of a microscope: Oxidation of a CO molecule on a gold atom adsorbed on an oxidized surface of TiO2,  published in Science Advances;
  • Dr. RNDr. Matúš Mihálik, PhD., and RNDr. Marián Mihálik, PhD., from the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the publication in Inorganic Chemistry entitled Photophysical behavior of triethylmethylammonium tetrabromoferritane (III) at high pressure;
  • Mgr. Peter Hutár, PhD., Mgr. Karol Végsö, PhD., Dr. Rer. Nat. Peter Šiffalovič, DrSc., from the Institute of Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication in Inorganic Chemistry: Green colloidal synthesis of two-dimensional MoS2 nanocrystals;
  • Ing. Markéta Ilčíková PhD., RNDr. Dmitrij Bondarev, PhD., Mgr. Zuzana Kroneková, PhD., Mgr. Juraj Kronek, PhD., Mgr. Jaroslav Mosnáček, DrSc., from the Institute of Polymers of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the publication entitled Radical polymerization with transfer of 2-isopropenyl-2-oxazolin atom in solution and from the surface of carbonyl iron particles for the preparation of a cytocompatible filler reversibly reacting to a magnetic field, published in Macromolecules, 2023;
  • Ing. František Šimko, PhD., Ing. Zuzana Netriová, PhD., MSc. Dhiya Krishnan and Ing. Michal Korenko, PhD., from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication Oxo-fluoro-aluminate cesne in the CsF-Al2O3 system: Synthesis and Structural Characterization, published in Inorganic Chemistry;
  • RNDr. Barbora Šingliarová, PhD., from the Institute of Botany, Centre of Plant Biology and Biodiversity SAS, for the publication Expression of a new type of clonality after genome-wide multiplication compensates for the reduced fertility of natural autopolyploids, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society;
  • Mgr. Roman Bystrický, PhD., from the Centre for the Use of Advanced Materials of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., and doc. Ing. Tomáš Bučko, PhD., from the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication How temperature and composition affect the structure and bandwidth of zirconium-based chalcogenide perovskites, published in Inorganic Chemistry;
  • Mgr. Nikoleta Alchus Laiferová, PhD., prof. MUDr. Barbara Ukropcová, PhD., and Mgr. Jozef Ukropec, DrSc., from the Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center SAS, for the study entitled Activation of PDGF signaling in the microenvironment (immediate vicinity) of stem cells of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism;

In the category PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS INCLUDED IN THE NORWEGIAN REGISTER OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS (the category is primarily intended for disciplines in the field of humanities and social sciences and for art sciences), the prizes were received by

  • Mgr. Miroslav Štefánik, PhD., prof. Ing. Štefan Lyócsa, PhD., Matúš Bilka from the Institute of Economics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the publication The Use of Online Job Advertising in Forecasting Labour Market Indicators, published in Social Science Computer Review;
  • Dr. Pavol Hudáček from the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the study The Royal Forests of the Árpád family in the eleventh and twelfth centuries published in the Journal of Medieval History;
  • Mgr. Adam Gašpar, Ph.D., from the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for the study entitled Beyond Technology: Ceramics Reveal Translocal Social Relations at the Monumental Site of Bell Cups in Central Europe, published in the European Journal of Archaeology;
  • Mgr. Ing. Miloš Kosterec, PhD., from the Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, for his studies in Erkenntnis: Hyperintensional Theory of (Empty) Names;
  • Ing. Petr Mezihorák, PhD., from the Institute of Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for the publication in Work, Employment and Society: Representation of the Self-Employed: Strengthening the Links between Traditional and New Actors in Collective Labour Relations.

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