Excellent Science

About

Browse

The Excellent Science pillar aims to increase the EU’s global scientific competitiveness. It supports frontier research projects defined and driven by top researchers themselves through the European Research Council, funds fellowships for experienced researchers, doctoral training networks and exchanges for researchers through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and invests in world-class research infrastructures

Research Article

Peer review process completed

Pathways for pragmatic decolonisation in research

Authors: Monique Kwachou

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Pitshou MOLEKA, Wadzanai Faith Mkwananzi

Published: April 17, 2025
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Screening Actinomycetes extracts for antimicrobial compounds against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and helper-compounds against aminoglycoside-resistant E. coli

Authors: Dina Al Nahhas, Sandra Marina Wellner, Margherita Sosio, Sonia I Maffioli, Salvatore Pisanu, Sergio Uzzau, Daniela Pagnozzi, Stefano Donadio, John Elmerdahl Olsen

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Galal Yahya, Jonathan Parra, SUNISH SACHITH

Published: August 11, 2025
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Preliminary characterisation of titanium nitride kinetic inductance travelling-wave parametric amplifiers

Authors: Joseph Longden, Christine Chaumont, Nikita Klimovich, Samuel Wood, Faouzi Boussaha, Boon-Kok Tan

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Logan Howe, Luca Fasolo

Published: April 17, 2025
Software Tool Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

The Network of National COVID-19 Data Portals: public health equity through collaboration

Authors: Marianna Ventouratou, Liane Hughes, Katarina Öjefors Stark, Johan Rung, Natalia Koralewska, Marzena Ciechomska, Krzysztof Kurowski, Cezary Mazurek, Eva Alloza, Alberto Hornos-Vidal, Salvador Capella-Gutierrez, Robin Navest, Erik Hjerde, Aitana Neves, Colman O'Cathail, Alfonso Valencia, Henning Hermjakob, Matt Pearce, Manish Kumar, Nadim Rahman, Carla Cummins, Guy Cochrane

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Chizaram Onyeaghala, David Horsfall, Flavia Bernardini, Gopi Battineni, Muskan Kapoor

Published: August 10, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

An automated sex estimation method for lower and upper limbs from European populations

Authors: Andreas Bertsatos, Despoina E Flouri, Antonios Papadomanolakis, Elena F Kranioti, María Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera, Efstratios D Valakos, Efthymia Nikita

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Dr. Jyothi Thomas, Siam KNECHT

Published: July 21, 2025
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Genome wide association study of vaginal microbiota genetic diversity in French women

Authors: Samuel Alizon, Claire Bernat, Vanina Boué, Sophie Grasset, Soraya Groc, Tsukushi Kamiya, Massilva Rahmoun, Christian Selinger, Nicolas Tessandier, Marine Bonneau, Vincent Foulongne, Christelle Graf, Jacques Reynes, Michel Segondy, Vincent Tribout, Jacques Ravel, Nathalie Boulle, Carmen Lia Murall, Vincent Pedergnana, Jean-François Deleuze

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Antonio Charlys da-Costa, Luisa Hugerth

Published: March 11, 2026
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

The Ditch and the House. Construction Energetics in Early 7th-century BC Megara Hyblaia: A Preliminary Study.

Authors: Frédéric Mège, Eleonora Delpozzo

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Felat Dursun, Ifechukwu Gil-ozoudeh, Vasiliki Palieraki, İrfan Kocaman

Published: December 3, 2025
Study Protocol

Peer review process completed

Indigenous knowledges, practices and resilience in Pacific university students before and during COVID-19 pandemic: protocol for an interdisciplinary and mixed methods

Authors: Olivier Galy, Anne-Laure Dotte, Vaimoe Albanese, Amelle Aoudia, Jane Awi, Séverine Bouard, Ben Boulekouran, Jonas Brouillon, Christian Bugajim, Marineth Magi Dereveke, Jean Marie Fotsing, Patterson Giza, Lindon Havimana, Shirlene Hiru, George Horoasia, Juliane Kaoh, Serema Kwato’o, Floriane Lawac, jean François Loisel, Alexander Makini, Yane Meltetineath, Pierre Metsan, Pascal Michon, Patrick Miniti, Adeline Mweleul, Ariane Nialupis, Alois Ndrewou, Felicity Nilwo Rogers, Lovelyn Otoiasi, Nixon Panda, Arno Pascht, Matthew Pok, Jasmine Tora’aeke Rahi’i, Emily Nosepaqo Rohoana, Grace Rohoana, Patrick Rory, Catherine Sabinot, Danny Saka, Christophe Serra-Mallol, Miriam Arzienta Sulu, Annette Theophile, Frank Thomas, Isaake Tuikalepa, Layda Viva, Waixen Waikata, Akila Nedjar Guerre, Louis Lagarde

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Karabo Justice Chuene, ROBBY ZIDNY

Published: July 14, 2025
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Miniature vacuum chamber for electrical characterization of air-sensitive nanodevices

Authors: Juan José Riquelme, Rafael Luque Merino, Andrés Castellanos-Gómez

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Edgar Eduardo Mosquera Vargas, Ehsan Elahi

Published: July 8, 2025
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Investigating the cortical mechanisms of conspecific voice perception in anesthetized marmosets using 3T fMRI

Authors: Manon Obliger-Debouche, Régis Trapeau, Lina Robinet, Julien Sein, Bruno Nazarian, Jean-Luc Anton, Emilie Rapha, Luc Renaud, Sabrina Ravel, Pascal Belin

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Alessandro Zanini, Francesca Morfini

Published: May 9, 2025
Data Note
Revised
Peer review process completed

Lexibank 2: pre-computed features for large-scale lexical data

Authors: Frederic Blum, Carlos Barrientos, Johannes Englisch, Robert Forkel, Simon J. Greenhill, Christoph Rzymski, Johann-Mattis List

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Cesar Espin, Chundra Cathcart, Dan Dediu

Published: June 23, 2025
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Delineating the contours of citizen science: Development of the ECSA characteristics of citizen science

Authors: Dilek FRAISL, Muki Haklay, Gerid Hager, Uta Wehn, Linda See, Susanne Hecker, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, Margaret Gold, Luigi Ceccaroni, Barbara Kieslinger, Sasha Woods, Christian Nold, Bálint Balázs, Marzia Mazzonetto, Simone Rüfenacht, Lea A. Shanley, Alice Motion, Andrea Sforzi, Daniel Dörler, Florian Heigl, Katrin Vohland, Katherin Wagenknecht, Teresa Schaefer, Dorte Riemenschneider, Ariel B. Lindner, Maike Weißpflug, Monika Mačiulienė

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Dolores Mumelaš, Isabelle Bonhoure, Petteri LAIHONEN, Shane Orchard

Published: April 24, 2026
Method Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Encouraging reusability of computational research through Data-to-Knowledge Packages - A hydrological use case

Authors: Markus Konkol, Astra Labuce, Sami Domisch, Merret Buurman, Vanessa Bremerich

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: David Tarboton, Miguel Colom, lushv1@aston.ac.uk Victoria Lush

Published: September 22, 2025
Method Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Cell motility influences microfluidics capturing in scRNA-seq

Authors: Lara López-Escobar, Ana M Nascimento, Tomás Gomes, Luis Graça, Luisa M Figueiredo

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Carolina Catta Preta, Igor Cestari, Virginia Howick

Published: April 8, 2026
Open Letter
Revised
Peer review process completed

Questioning the kidney-protective effects of tolvaptan: a testable hypothesis to revisit the current narrative

Authors: Dion Groothof, Nicole S. Erler, Stephan J.L. Bakker

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Amaryllis Van Craenenbroeck, EllenMelse Hoogeveen, Michiel Betjes

Published: July 16, 2026
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Overcoming Challenges in Implementing Condition Monitoring Services: Recommendations from an Expert Elicitation Exploratory Study

Authors: Ion Iriarte, Hien Nguyen Ngoc, Ganix Lasa

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Erik Flores Garcia, Muztoba Khan, Shaun West

Published: August 4, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Magnetic mineralogy of the Baringo core (HSPDP-BTB13-1A, Kenya) shows astronomical forcing with implications for retrieving meaningful paleointensity

Authors: Mark J. SIER, Bianca R. Spiering, Mark J. Dekkers, Frits J. Hilgen

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Julie Carlut, Tesfaye Kidane Birke, Tilo von Dobeneck

Published: July 4, 2025
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Using feature vectors for automated phonological reconstruction and reflex prediction

Authors: Tim Wientzek

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: James Hutson, Johann-Mattis List

Published: June 30, 2025
Review

Peer review process completed

Label-free processing of microalgal biomass for high-throughput bioprocess development using external fields and microfluidics

Authors: Ruoxi Zhang, Jacques R.N. Kieffer, Vittorio Saggiomo, Antoinette Kazbar, Giuseppe Olivieri, Judit Hunyadkurti, Maria Barbosa, Michel H. Eppink, Rene H. Wijffels, Iulian Z. Boboescu

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Jialan Cao, sakina Bensalem

Published: June 30, 2025
Study Protocol

Peer review process completed

A personalized mHealth intervention for the universal prevention of perinatal mental disorders in routine maternal care (e-Perinatal): A protocol study for a hybrid feasibility pilot trial

Authors: Francisco J. Nieto-Casado, Irene Gómez-Gómez, Ignacio Aznar-Lou, Carlos Barquero-Jiménez, Isabel Cáceres, Stephanie Carretero, Rosalba Company-Córdoba, Paula De-Juan-Iglesias, Sara Domínguez-Salas, José J. Gil-Cosano, Lennert Goossens, Carmen Rodríguez-Domínguez, Emma Motrico

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Isabel Almeida, Ritika Behl, Vivek Nemane

Published: June 27, 2025
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Reconstructing Italy’s rural landscape before the Great Acceleration: A geospatial baseline from the Catasto Agrario (1929)

Authors: Filippo Brandolini

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Ebrahim Jahanshiri, Giuseppe Cillis, Vassilis Detsis, ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΧΑΛΚΙΑΣ

Published: June 27, 2025
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Application of the Newcomb-Benford Law in biological exposure studies: Data manipulation versus physiological pattern identification

Authors: Dayna R. Schultz, Öykü Dinçkol, Silvia Valentini, Elena De Felip, Gemma Calamandrei, Spyros Karakitsios, Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis, Anna Pino, Byron Fuentes

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Carina Ladeira

Published: November 6, 2025
Open Letter

Peer review process completed

Considerations on user identity within metaverse environments

Authors: Kata Szita, Lauren Buck, Nicola Palladino, Qian Xiao, Pat Treusch, Dalila Burin, Jennifer O’Meara, Vincent Wade

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Dimitrios Kogias, Dr. Stavros Kaperonis

Published: June 16, 2025
Systematic Review
Revised
Peer review process completed

Exploring the Role of AI in Achieving the SDGs: A Systematic Review of Academic Studies on AI in the Industry Sector

Authors: Lalita Phatthanachaisuksiri, Meng Cai, Hiba Karam, Vijay Palliyil, Niklas Suhre, Eva Kaßens-Noor

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Wahbi Mankai, Wolfgang Mayer

Published: September 23, 2026
Essay
Revised
Peer review process completed

Platform gentrification: The production of urban inequalities in the on-demand city

Authors: Jorge Sequera

Funders: Excellent Science, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Luis Lozano-Paredes, Pascale Joassart-Marcelli

Published: November 11, 2025