ATHENA European University 2022 highlights

December 22, 2022

As we all start counting down the days to the New Year, 2023, it is time to look back and take stock of what we have had. For ATHENA European University, 2022 has been an exciting year! A lot has happened, so here is a brief overview of ATHENA 2022 highlights.

ATHENA Alliance grows! 

There is no better news than that the Alliance is growing. In 2022 University of Vigo (Spain) and Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Poland) joined ATHENA as partners. Our associate partners' family grows too with Carinthia Applied Science University (Austria), National Technical University of Ukraine (Ukraine), Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine), Association of 157 African universities – RUFORUM (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture) and Association of Federal higher education institutions in Brasil – CONIF (Conselho Nacional das Instituições da Rede Federal de Educação).

January – starting a year at the Forum of Universities for the Future of Europe
 
In January, ATHENA contributed to the online Forum of Universities for the Future of Europe, organised under the French Presidency of the European Union, where the Alliance's joint courses and competence cluster approach was presented in the International Cooperation section.

January was also a busy month establishing ATHENA alliance governance structures and bodies as well as planning future activities for 2022.

February – ATHENA Alliance signs a Consortium Agreement 

February was dedicated to a real business – as part of the French Presidency of the European Union, a round table discussion about the future of "European Universities" was organised at the University of Orléans. The ATHENA alliance rectors signed the Consortium Agreement, confirming the partners' commitment to jointly pursue the European University Initiative's ambitious goals. 

March – the launch of ATHENA Soft Skills Academy

March was about getting soft skills! This month the ATHENA European University launched the ATHENA Soft Skills Academy! 90-minute online courses are dedicated to the development of leadership, collaboration, resilience skills, emotional and cultural intelligence etc. Each course is independent, therefore, easily accessible for ATHENA students and staff.

April – very first ATHENA's Blended Intensive Programme 

In the spring semester of 2021/2022, VILNIUS TECH organised the first "Smart Community" Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) for the students of the Alliance. 

In April, we focused on intellectual property – ATHENA organised World Intellectual Property Day 2022, dedicated to "IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future". 

May – ATHENATHON got us moving 

From May to June, the ATHENA Alliance community members ran, cycled, walked and recorded their movement in ATHENATHON. Together we covered 31,518.43 km, almost triple the distance connecting all ATHENA partner campuses! 

ATHENA intensified links with industry: companies from Siegen and the region of South Westphalia met researchers from the ATHENA partner universities at the networking event organised at the research and education centre "Campus Buschhütten" in Kreuztal (Germany). This was a great opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss future cooperation in the Internet of Things and Robotics. 

June – strengthening the Alliance!

ATHENA European University representatives from the University of'Orléans and VILNIUS TECH were participating in the Campus of European Universities in Versailles – a unique event organised under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. 41 European University Alliances and more than 300 higher education institutions showcased their achievements. They highlighted their contribution to developing the globally competitive and attractive European Higher Education Area. 

The 4th ATHENA Alliance annual meeting, hosted by the Hellenic Mediterranean University in Heraklion (Greece), took place in June! Members discussed the Alliance's progress, and all work groups set the plans for ATHENA's future actions.

October – Fifth ATHENA European University meeting in Porto

The 5th ATHENA European University meeting landed in Porto (Portugal). Hosted by the Alliance's coordinating institution, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, the meeting was attended by more than 90 representatives from all partner universities and associated partners. ATHENA partners also explored regional industries – visited start-up incubator and local companies. 

October was also rich for events. ATHENA Career Event for students took place online and involved 10 international and local organisations from partner countries. 

Alliance launched the Shared Research Infrastructure Directory, allowing partner university researchers to find facilities, equipment and team members for their research, innovation, and technology transfer activities.

Moreover, ATHENA European University promoted the European University Initiative at the ICP2DC6 – 2022 event at Yerevan Armenia MIFP.

November – launch of ATHENA ESN Board and ATHENA Research Book

In November, ATHENA established the ATHENA ESN (Erasmus Student Network) Board, the first ESN body among the European university alliances. 

November was also a fruitful month for research, with the publication of the ATHENA Research Book, Volume 1. The open-access book is available via DOI here. Check to download!

That's not the end – in November, ATHENA launched a collaboration between partner universities FabLabs and makerspaces with the first meeting at FabLab Siegen (Germany).  
 
December – summing up and moving forward 

In December, the University – Business collaboration model of the ATHENA alliance was presented at the 18th RUFORUM Annual General Meeting in Harare (Zimbabwe). Great to share our expertise with ATHENA associate partners beyond the EU! 

We also counted 25 ATHENA Talks, organised by the Hellenic Mediterranean University in cooperation with partner universities in 2022. What a number, right? From laser printing to hydrothermal carbonisation of biomass – the ATHENA Talks are the source of knowledge delivered by the highest-class academics and industry experts. The good news is you can find all ATHENA Talks here.

We are grateful to all those who contributed and joined us on this journey. We are looking forward to seeing what 2023 will bring!

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Winners of the best Vilnius Gediminas Technical University research articles contest
Winners of the best Vilnius Gediminas Technical University research articles contest
We are pleased to announce the results of the best VILNIUS TECH research articles contest. Research articles (having VILNIUS TECH affiliation, publishing data, being not Online First or Online Ready, and not being published in conference material publications) published during 2025 in international journals ranked in Q1, Q2 quartiles in Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) database editions Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) or Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) (quartiles according to Journal Impact Factor values), or in Scopus database (quartiles according to CiteScore values) were evaluated in the contest.   In total, 78 articles met the contest criteria and were evaluated in 10 different contest research areas: Civil Engineering 4 Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Physics 10 Energetics & Power Engineering 2 Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry 18 Informatics Engineering, Mathematics, Informatics 3 Management, Economics, Communication & Information 18 Materials Engineering 6 Mechanical Engineering, Measurement Engineering Field 4 Theory of Arts, Philosophy, Philology 7 Transport Engineering 6   The articles were evaluated by the Commission, led by the vice-rector for science and innovations – prof. dr. D. Navakauskas. During the contest every member of the Commission presented the papers submitted to the contest, the assessments of external experts were presented by the Commission’s secretarial member doc. dr. Vaidotas Vaišis, suggestions for article evaluations were proposed. The final decisions were made by the majority of Commission members votes in open voting.   The assessment of articles submitted to the contest within individual research areas:   CIVIL ENGINEERING: First place – Misiūnaitė, Ieva; Rimkus, Arvydas; Gribniak, Viktor. Developing lightweight steel profile and lattice polymeric core composite for structural use // Thin–Walled Structures. London : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 0263–8231. eISSN 1879–3223. 2025, vol. 206, pt. A, art. no. 112697, p. 1–15. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; ScienceDirect] [M.kr.: T 002,T 008] [IF: 6,600; AIF: 4,566; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 10,40; SNIP: 1,965; SJR: 1,625; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2024.112697 Second place – Skuodis, Šarūnas; Zakarka, Mindaugas; Bielskus, Juozas; Dirgėlienė, Neringa. Comparison of methods for determining the frost depth // Bulletin of engineering geology and the environment. Heidelberg : Springer Heidelberg. ISSN 1435–9529. eISSN 1435–9537. 2025, vol. 84, iss. 11, art. no. 496, p. 1–15. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 002] [IF: 4,200; AIF: 5,866; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 7,70; SNIP: 1,364; SJR: 1,161; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064–025–04507–5 Third place – Chou, Jui–Sheng; Nguyen, Hoang–Minh; Zagorskas, Jurgis; Turskis, Zenonas. Decision–informed artificial intelligence for optimizing zero–energy building design: Integration of solar orientation and climatic factors // Energy Conversion and Management. Oxford : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 0196–8904. 2025, vol. 341, art. no. 120069, p. 1–16. [Scopus; ScienceDirect; Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)] [M.kr.: T 002,T 007] [IF: 10,900; AIF: 5,733; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 19,80; SNIP: 2,261; SJR: 2,659; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120069   ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, PHYSICS: First place – Bui, Trong–An; Lee, Pei–Jun; Liobe, John Charles; Barzdėnas, Vaidotas; Udris, Dainius. Region of Interest-focused Dynamic Enhancement (RoIDE) for satellite images // IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). ISSN 0196–2892. eISSN 1558–0644. 2025, vol. 63, p. 1–14. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); IEEE Xplore; Scopus] [M.kr.: T 001] [IF: 8,600; AIF: 4,550; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 13,60; SNIP: 2,369; SJR: 2,397; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2024.3525411 Second place – Maskeliūnas, Rytis; Katkevičius, Andrius; Zagorskis, Alvydas; Hołubowski, Waldemar; Damaševičius, Robertas; Plonis, Darius. Directional Pareto optimized Kalman filtering with Demyanov–Rubinov subdifferentials for robust pollution concentration prediction // Advanced engineering informatics. London : Elsevier. ISSN 1474–0346. eISSN 1873–5320. 2025, vol. 67, art. no. 103542, p. 1–15. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 001,T 007,T 004] [IF: 9,900; AIF: 4,750; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 13,10; SNIP: 2,484; SJR: 1,993; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/11016/j.aei.2025.103542 Third place – Čeponis, Andrius; Mažeika, Dalius; Bareikis, Regimantas. 3–DOF inertial piezoelectric actuator for angular positioning of the optical mirror // IEEE Access. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. ISSN 2169–3536. 2025, vol. 13, p. 20025–20039. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 009] [IF: 3,600; AIF: 4,500; kvartilis: Q2 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 9,00; SNIP: 1,504; SJR: 0,849; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3534847   ENERGETICS & POWER ENGINEERING: First place – Pakalka, Saulius; Donėlienė, Jolanta; Rudzikas, Matas; Valančius, Kęstutis; Streckienė, Giedrė. Development and experimental investigation of hybrid phase change material thermal energy storage prototype by utilising power-to-heat concept // Applied thermal engineering. Oxford : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 1359–4311. 2025, vol. 271, art. no. 126377, p. 1–13. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; ScienceDirect] [M.kr.: T 006] [IF: 6,900; AIF: 5,350; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 11,00; SNIP: 1,990; SJR: 1,579; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.126377 Second place – Masiukiewicz, Maciej; Tańczuk, Mariusz; Anweiler, Stanisław; Streckienė, Giedrė; Boldyryev, Stanislav. Long–term climate–based sizing and economic assessment of air–water heat pumps for residential heating // Applied thermal engineering. Oxford : Elsevier B.V. ISSN 1359–4311. eISSN 1873–5606. 2025, vol. 258, Part A, art. no. 124627, p. 1–16. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 006] [IF: 6,900; AIF: 5,350; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 11,00; SNIP: 1,990; SJR: 1,579; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.124627   ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, BIOCHEMISTRY: First place – Biyada, Saloua; Urbonavičius, Jaunius. Could bioplastics mitigate and solve world's plastic invasion? // Journal of environmental chemical engineering. London : Elsevier BV. ISSN 2213–2929. eISSN 2213–3437. 2025, vol. 13, iss. 4, art. no. 117226, p. 1–11. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 008] [IF: 7,200; AIF: 8,100; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 12,50; SNIP: 1,286; SJR: 1,454; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.117226 Second place – Marčiulaitienė, Eglė; Malaiškienė, Jurgita; Boris, Renata; Urbonavičius, Jaunius; Tauraitė, Daiva; Biyada, Saloua. Role of ammonia–oxidising bacteria in the removal of odorous gases by the use of plastic recycling waste as a biofilter // World journal of microbiology and biotechnology. Dordrecht : Springer Nature. ISSN 0959–3993. eISSN 1573–0972. 2025, vol. 41, art. no. 172, p. 1–14. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; Dimensions; CAB Abstracts; MEDLINE; AGRICOLA] [M.kr.: T 008] [IF: 4,200; AIF: 4,700; kvartilis: Q2 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 6,70; SNIP: 1,047; SJR: 0,892; kvartilis: Q2 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274–025–04392–w Third place – Naimušin, Andrej; Kizinievič, Olga; Astrauskas, Tomas; Januševičius, Tomas. Layered acoustic structures made of plastic microfibre pulp waste with metamaterial for low– and middle–frequency sound absorption applications // Journal of low frequency noise, vibration and active control. London : SAGE Publications. ISSN 1461–3484. eISSN 2048–4046. 2025, vol. 44, iss. 4, p. 2242–2260. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; DOAJ] [M.kr.: T 004] [IF: 2,400; AIF: 3,400; kvartilis: Q2 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 6,00; SNIP: 1,056; SJR: 0,488; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1177/14613484251328177   INFORMATICS ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, INFORMATICS: First place – Saha, Abhijit; V, Pavan Kumar; Chatterjee, Prasenjit; Zakeri, Shervin; Vinogradova–Zinkevič, Irina. Evaluating autonomous urban freight solutions for smart and sustainable cities: A single valued neutrosophic multiple triangles scenarios model // Engineering applications of artificial intelligence. Oxford : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 0952–1976. eISSN 1873–6769. 2025, vol. 162, pt. 2, art. no. 112700, p. 1–17. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; ScienceDirect] [M.kr.: N 009,T 007] [IF: 8,000; AIF: 4,775; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 9,50; SNIP: 1,888; SJR: 1,652; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2025.112700 Second place – Telksnienė, Inga; Telksnys, Tadas; Marcinkevičius, Romas; Navickas, Zenonas; Čiegis, Raimondas; Ragulskis, Minvydas. Framework for the structural analysis of fractional differential equations via optimized model reduction // Computer modeling in engineering & sciences. Henderson, NV : Tech Science Press. ISSN 1526–1492. eISSN 1526–1506. 2025, vol. 145, iss. 2, p. 2131–2156. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: N 001,N 009] [IF: 2,500; AIF: 3,400; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 4,40; SNIP: 0,693; SJR: 0,450; kvartilis: Q2 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2025.072938 Third place – Sledevič, Tomyslav; Serackis, Artūras; Matuzevičius, Dalius; Plonis, Darius; Vdoviak, Gabriela. Visual recognition of honeybee behavior patterns at the hive entrance // PLOS ONE. San Francisco : Public Library of Science. eISSN 1932–6203. 2025, vol. 20, iss. 2, p. 1–28. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; Scilit] [M.kr.: T 001] [IF: 2,600; AIF: 5,800; kvartilis: Q2 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 5,40; SNIP: 1,065; SJR: 0,803; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318401   MANAGEMENT, ECONOMICS, COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION: First place – Lapinskaitė, Indrė; Stasytytė, Viktorija; Skvarciany, Viktorija. Unveiling how efficiently sustainability transforms into intangible assets of financial institutions // Research in international business and finance. Amsterdam : Elsevier. ISSN 0275–5319. eISSN 1878–3384. 2025, vol. 76, art. no. 102835, p. 1–10. [Scopus; Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); ScienceDirect] [M.kr.: S 004] [IF: 6,900; AIF: 3,700; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SSCI)] [CiteScore: 11,10; SNIP: 1,869; SJR: 1,415; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102835 Second place – Chang, Yu–Yu; Davidavičienė, Vida; Bronner, Alexandre; Raj, Yeshwant S. Overqualified yet motivated: Work motivation, technology uncertainty and overqualified employees' innovative behavior // IEEE transactions on engineering management. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). ISSN 0018–9391. eISSN 1558–0040. 2025, vol. 72, p. 952–965. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: S 003] [IF: 5,200; AIF: 4,850; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SSCI); IF: 5,200; AIF: 6,300; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 9,70; SNIP: 2,262; SJR: 1,134; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2025.3546164 Third place – Valantinaitė, Ilona; Sederevičiūtė–Pačiauskienė, Živilė; Asakavičiūtė, Vaida. Debutant teachers’ perceptions of the benefits of the discussion method in university studies // Journal of education culture and society : Foundation Pro Scientia Publica. ISSN 2081–1640. eISSN 2081–1640. 2025, vol. 16, iss. 1, p. 615–633. [Scopus] [M.kr.: S 008] [CiteScore: 2,10; SNIP: 0,708; SJR: 0,323; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs2025.2.615.63   MATERIALS ENGINEERING: First place – Gribniak, Viktor; Plioplys, Linas; Antonovič, Valentin; Sokolov, Aleksandr; Kudžma, Andrius. Systematic investigation of the bond performance of steel reinforcement in refractory castables after high–temperature treatment // Construction and Building Materials. London : Elsevier. ISSN 0950–0618. 2025, vol. 491, art. no. 142715, p. 1–18. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); ScienceDirect; Scopus] [M.kr.: T 008,T 002] [IF: 8,000; AIF: 5,566; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 13,90; SNIP: 2,084; SJR: 2,094; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142715 Second place – Ustaoğlu, Abid; Bayram, Muhammed; Sarı, Ahmet; Hekimoğlu, Gökhan; Erdoğmuş, Ertuğrul; Kizinievič, Olga; Kizinievič, Viktor; Ozbakkaloglu, Togay; Gencel, Osman. Properties of energy–effective lightweight concrete with shape–stable activated carbon/phase change material composites and scoria // Construction and building materials. London : Elsevier B.V. ISSN 0950–0618. eISSN 1879–0526. 2025, vol. 503, art. no. 144403, p. 1–15. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 008,T 004,T 002] [IF: 8,000; AIF: 5,566; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 13,90; SNIP: 2,084; SJR: 2,094; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.144403 Third place – Vėjelis, Sigitas; Vaitkus, Saulius; Šeputytė–Jucikė, Jurga; Kairytė, Agnė; Balčiūnas, Giedrius; Kremensas, Arūnas. Ten–year duration experiment of compression test kinetics of extruded polystyrene foam // Case Studies in Construction Materials. Amsterdam : Elsevier BV. ISSN 2214–5095. 2025, vol. 23, art. no. e05372, p. 1–14. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); ScienceDirect; Scopus] [M.kr.: T 008] [IF: 6,600; AIF: 5,566; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 9,70; SNIP: 1,859; SJR: 1,613; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e05372   MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MEASUREMENT ENGINEERING FIELD: First place – Čeponis, Andrius; Vainorius, Darius; Kilikevičienė, Kristina; Kilikevičius, Artūras. Investigation of a multifrequency ultrasonic acoustic pressure source for acoustic agglomeration // Ultrasonics. Amsterdam : Elsevier. ISSN 0041–624X. eISSN 1874–9968. 2025, vol. 148, art. no. 107554, p. 1–17. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 009] [IF: 4,100; AIF: 3,350; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 7,90; SNIP: 1,654; SJR: 1,049; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2024.107554 Second place – Stosiak, Michał; Bury, Paweł; Karpenko, Mykola. The influence of hydraulic hose length on dynamic pressure waveforms including wave phenomena // Scientific reports. Berlin : Nature Portfolio. eISSN 2045–2322. 2025, vol. 15, art. no. 31548, p. 1–13. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: T 003,T 009] [IF: 3,900; AIF: 5,800; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 6,70; SNIP: 1,213; SJR: 0,874; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598–025–17433–z Third place – Dabrowski, Pawel S; Zienkiewicz, Marek H.; Tysiąc, Paweł; Burdziakowski, Paweł; Bražiūnas, Rokas; Szulwic, Jakub; Sužiedelytė Visockienė, Jūratė; Paršeliūnas, Eimuntas Kazimieras; Obuchovski, Romuald; Ossowski, Rafał. HBIM symmetry parametrization using TLS and UAV LiDAR measurements // Measurement. London : Elsevier Ltd. ISSN 0263–2241. eISSN 1873–412X. 2025, vol. 253, pt. D, art. no. 117750, p. 1–19. [Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science); Scopus; EI Compendex Plus] [M.kr.: T 004,T 010] [IF: 5,600; AIF: 3,700; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SCIE)] [CiteScore: 11,50; SNIP: 1,814; SJR: 1,244; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2025.117750   THEORY OF ARTS, PHILOSOPHY, PHILOLOGY: First place – Dynel, Marta Joanna. What would you do if you could narrate your wonder years?: Interactional pragmatics of voice–over narration // Journal of Pragmatics. Amsterdam : Elsevier BV. ISSN 0378–2166. eISSN 1879–1387. 2025, vol. 242, p. 156–174. [Scopus; ScienceDirect; Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)] [M.kr.: S 008] [IF: 1,700; AIF: 1,800; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SSCI)] [CiteScore: 4,60; SNIP: 1,914; SJR: 1,206; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2025.04.010 Second place – Dijokienė, Dalia; Alistratovaitė–Kurtinaitienė, Inesa. Methodology for the analysis and assessment of panoramic views of urbanised landscape // Landscape architecture and art. Jelgava : Latvia University of Agriculture. ISSN 2255–8632. eISSN 2255–8640. 2024, vol. 25, iss. 25, p. 25–35. [Scopus; Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science)] [M.kr.: H 003] [CiteScore: 1,00; SNIP: 0,546; SJR: 0,299; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.22616/j.landarchart.2024.25.03 Third place – Poppi, Fabio Indìo Massimo. Conformans novas selves: The significance of Balkan route migrants’ possible and future narrative identities // Migration studies. Oxford : Oxford University Press (OUP). ISSN 2049–5838. eISSN 2049–5846. 2025, vol. 13, iss. 1, art. no. mnaf004, p. 1–24. [Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science); Scopus] [M.kr.: S 008] [IF: 2,700; AIF: 2,000; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Clarivate JCR SSCI)] [CiteScore: 5,50; SNIP: 1,909; SJR: 1,004; kvartilis: Q1 (2024, Scopus Sources)] https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaf004   TRANSPORT ENGINEERING: First place – Karpenko, Mykola; Prentkovskis, Olegas; Skačkauskas, Paulius. Analysing the impact of electric kick–scooters on drivers: vibration and frequency transmission during the ride on different types of urban pavements // Eksploatacja i niezawodnosc – Maintenance and reliability. Warsaw : Polish Maintenance Society. ISSN 1507–2711. eISSN 2956–3860. 2025, vol. 27, iss. 2, art. no. 199893, p. 1–14. 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