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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

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Contact and recruit – the importance of acoustic communication in the foraging strategy of a flightless seabird

Authors: Andréa Thiebault, Chloé Huetz, Thierry Aubin, Lorien Pichegru, Tegan Carpenter-Kling, Alistair McInnes, Isabelle Charrier

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

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: September 10, 2026
Research Article

Awaiting peer review

Development of high-efficiency micropixel avalanche photodiodes with fast recovery time and enhanced photon detection efficiency

Authors: Arzu Mammadli, Gadir Ahmadov, Sebuhi Nuruyev, Daniyar Berikov, Azer Sadygov, Alisher Temirzhanov, Kairat Mendibayev, Murad Kenessarin, Ramil Akbarov, Farid Ahmadov

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

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: September 8, 2026
Research Article
Revised
Peer review process completed

Exploring Actinomycetes-derived natural products for activity against Streptococcus suis

Authors: Ayelén Perez Falcón, Marianna Iorio, Margherita Sosio, Florencia Correa-Fiz, Stefano Donadio, Virginia Aragón

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

Peer reviewers: Ali Majhool, Iqbal Ahmad

Published: October 20, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Aspiration-induced orthotopic lung cancer model: a non-invasive method for in vivo tumor microenvironment studies

Authors: Müge Özkan, İrem Evcili, Bilgi Güngör

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

Peer reviewers: Ho Wan Chan

Published: September 10, 2026
Method Article

Peer review process completed

Developing a place-based audio guide to support nature engagement: Intervention content and programme theory

Authors: Stine Bekke-Hansen, Sus Sola Corazon, Ulrika K. Stigsdotter

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

Peer reviewers: Christopher Barnes, Donald Rakow, Dr Matthew Owens

Published: August 13, 2026
Essay

Awaiting peer review

A Poem Begins with a Lump in the Throat”: Metawriting as a Possible Method to Overcome Writer’s Block in Derek Walcott’s Omeros

Authors: Adel Sliti

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

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: August 10, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Videogame-based phonetic training for the perception of American English vowels by native Greek listeners

Authors: Eleni Vlahou, Aaron Seitz, Norbert Kopčo

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

Peer reviewers: María de los Ángeles Gómez González

Published: August 8, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Ontological literacy: a pragmatic framework to foster ontological diversity in policy, research and education

Authors: Ana Fernández-Aballí Altamirano

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

Peer reviewers: Rita Campos

Published: August 7, 2026
Study Protocol

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Soil, Sound, Song, Story, Site: The 5S method for soil literacy - Study protocol for a transdisciplinary participatory action research

Authors: Ana Fernández-Aballí Altamirano, Santiago Sánchez Cifuentes, Marta Herreros

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

Peer reviewers: Said Al-Ismaily, Willi Xylander

Published: August 7, 2026
Research Article

Awaiting peer review

“A Symptom of Social Disease”: Newspaper framings of the 1985 Limassol anti-Arab riot

Authors: Antonis Pastellopoulos

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

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: August 7, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

BIM–LCA integration for multi-scale sustainability assessment: Mapping the new European Bauhaus self-assessment framework

Authors: Jacopo Tosi, Sara Marzio, Francesca Poggi, Laura Esteves, Miguel Amado

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

Peer reviewers: Alice Moncaster, M. Agphin Ramadhan

Published: July 29, 2026
Study Protocol

Peer review process completed

Online and laboratory procedure for investigating familiarity and memory content during autobiographical retrieval using high- and low-access cues

Authors: Krystian Barzykowski, Pinar Ballikaya, Gaëlle Barbar, Fabien Carreras, Chris Moulin

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

Peer reviewers: METEHAN İRAK

Published: July 29, 2026
Case Study

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Visible After invasion? Ukraine’s representational absence and distortion in global comics before 2014

Authors: Svitlana Pidoprygora

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

Peer reviewers: Adam Twycross, Nina Mickwitz, Silke Pasewalck

Published: July 24, 2026
Data Note

Awaiting peer review

Chromatin tracing at the rut locus in the Drosophila melanogaster adult brain

Authors: Marion Bardou, Loucif Remini, Xavier Devos, Olivier Messina, Jean-Bernard Fiche, Marie Schaeffer, Andrea Parmeggiani, Marcelo Nollmann

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

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: July 23, 2026
Case Study

Peer review process completed

Perspectives on participatory research: An attempt at co-writing with young people in situations of forced migration

Authors: Alex Japonais, Jorojina Elisha, Israel Wabikamba, Rammy Sadat, Jay ., Aron Tesfai, Glenda Santana de Andrade, Jane FREEDMAN

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

Peer reviewers: Sukhmani Khorana

Published: July 23, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Research integrity in practice: Qualitative analysis of team members’ reflection reports highlights the importance of ongoing collaborative learning

Authors: Natalie Evans, Jenny T. van der Steen

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

Peer reviewers: Jacopo Ambrosj, Kalle Videnoja, Lisa DeTora, Seán Lacey, sadia yaseen

Published: July 8, 2026
Study Protocol

Peer review process completed

The Ol Man Blong Vanuatu project a participatory interdisciplinary approach to understanding lifestyle transitions in Pacific Island Countries and Territories

Authors: Olivier Galy, Corinne Caillaud, Leslie Vandeputte, Pierre Metsan, Mengyu Li, Pierre-Yves Le Roux, Yuyao Zhu, David Battie, Benjamin Puget, Manfred Lenzen, David Raubenheimer

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

Peer reviewers: Rebekah Graham, Subhashni Raj

Published: June 30, 2026
Study Protocol

Peer review process completed

Applying advanced psychometrics to antipsychotic treatment trials: A protocol comparing effect estimates

Authors: Timo Schurr, Fiona Boland, David Byrne, Frank Doyle

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

Peer reviewers: Felice Iasevoli, Robin Emsley, Yaoyao Sun

Published: June 17, 2026
Method Article
Revised
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Ecological harm and criminal thresholds: A pilot legal-ecological coding framework for environmental crime judgments

Authors: Esteban Morelle-Hungría

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

Peer reviewers: Angus Nurse, Anna Rita Germani, Willy Naresta Hanum

Published: September 17, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Incorporation of FeoB into synthetic lipid vesicles enables functional GTPase activity in a cell-free artificial membrane system

Authors: Rajanya Banerjee, Silvia Holler, Martin M. Hanczyc, Yutetsu Kuruma, Sheref S. Mansy

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Aaron Smith, Elka Georgieva, Jan Steinkühler, Malgorzata Ostrowska

Published: June 17, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Smart city governance in a medium-sized European city: Strategic dichotomies and stakeholder networks in Debrecen (Hungary)

Authors: Máté Szilárd Csukás, Roland Zsolt Szabó

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

Peer reviewers: Chiara GARAU, Nataša Čolić Marković, Robert Laurini, Sara Giovanna Mauro

Published: June 17, 2026
Data Note

Peer review process completed

Sampling deeply sourced seeps around the icelandic hotspot, Iceland: ISL23 expedition report

Authors: Francesco Montemagno, Martina Cascone, Feliciana Oliva, Annarita Ricciardelli, William J. Lowe, Angelina Cordone, Antonino Pollio, Jacopo Pasotti, Namitha Kumar, Peter H. Barry, Carlos Ramirez, Roy E. Price, Snædís Björnsdóttir, Ingi Agnarsson, Andri Stefánsson, Sæmundur Ari Halldórsson, J. Maarten de Moor, Donato Giovannelli

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

Peer reviewers: Dr. Pushp Lata

Published: June 13, 2026
Data Note

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Lifestyle and behaviour of adolescents living in Pacific Islands countries and territories: dataset from a 2023 pilot study conducted in Vanuatu

Authors: Guillaume Wattelez, Marie-Jeanne Urvoy, Krestina L. Amon, Rowena Forsyth, Akila Nedjar-Guerre, Corinne Caillaud, Olivier Galy

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

Peer reviewers: Sing-Chung Li

Published: June 4, 2026
Research Article

Peer review process completed

Divergent risk patterns across coastal hospitality sectors in the Northern Adriatic

Authors: Vilane G. Sales

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

Peer reviewers: Anna Boqué-Ciurana, Diana de Yta Castillo, Enes Karadeniz, İlknur Zeydan

Published: June 3, 2026
Study Protocol
Revised
Peer review process completed

MSCA HOPE - Physical education in hospital schools: A protocol paper for systematic and umbrella reviews with policy framework analysis

Authors: Simone Ciaccioni, Caterina Pesce, Valentin Benzing, Mirko Schmidt, Paula Magalhães, Pedro Rosário, Luciana Pedrosa Leal, Cleide Maria Pontes, Livia Oddi, Filippo Betello, Slaviša Bradić, Laura Capranica

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

Peer reviewers: Federico Roggio, Francesca Greco, Henri Tilga

Published: August 27, 2026