Announcement on inauguration of Jiayong Chen Prize

Prof. Jiayong Chen, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the most influential chemical engineering scientists in China and the founder of the Chinese hydrometallurgy discipline, is one of the co-founders of Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering (the official English journal of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, published by the Chemical Industry Press Co. Ltd). The “Jiayong Chen Prize” was established in 2020 by the Journal along with Dr. Jiayong Chen’s Student Union to encourage the vast young chemical researchers in producing top-quality innovative research achievements in the field of chemical engineering science/technology to promote multifaceted development of the discipline and the journal. The award also aims to recognize the contribution of individuals and their research groups who published prime papers in Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering.

Scope of Candidate Papers

1. Content

Candidate paper should include the breaking-through results of basic scientific research and applied basic research in chemical engineering and related fields, which was officially published in Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. Review and Perspective articles are not qualified.

2. Publication time

The candidate must be an academic paper published in Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering in the previous two years of the year of recommendation (for example: the candidate papers for the 2020 prize must be ones published in the calendar years of 2018 and 2019).

Criteria

1. The topic of candidate papers should be the frontiers, hotspots, key points, and difficulties to the chemical engineering peers at home and abroad;

2. The work is academically innovative and has achieved breakthrough results, reaching the advanced level of the disciplines at home and abroad, with potential social/economic benefits and application prospects;

3. It is included in the relevant retrieval system, cited in other academic journals, and has certain influence;

4. The paper is informative, written with standard style, well organized, with accurate descriptions.

Selection and Award

1. Selection

The candidate articles are mainly based on the recommendation of peer experts. According to the ranking by combined qualitative and quantitative scores, the list of award-winning papers is finally determined after the procedures of format screening, expert preliminary review, meeting review and confirmation.

2. Rewards

Each year, two excellent papers are awarded, with honorary certificate and monetary benefits (CNY 10,000 each paper). The prize is awarded to the corresponding author representing the winning research team.

The Recommendation Form

1. The recommendation form of a paper that meets the award requirements should be submitted to the editorial office of Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering by the first author or corresponding author, and two forms should be filed.

2. The deadline for declaration is by July 31, 2020. The recommendation forms (both sealed and scanned versions required) and supporting materials can be sent first electronically, then followed by mailing the original copies. The full text of the published paper is only sent as an electronic version.

Contact Information

Contact: Yujuan He

Inquiries: 010-64519488

Email address: cjche@cip.com.cn; heyujuan@cip.com.cn

Mailing address: Suite A, No. 13, Qingnianhu South Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100011, China

Attachment:   Jiayong Chen Prize Recommendation Form