Award categories
All about the awards and how they are chosen
Outstanding Papers
The Outstanding Papers form the backbone of the awards. Each journal published by Emerald is invited to select a winner of the "Outstanding Paper" award and up to three "Highly Commended" awards from the previous year's volume. As these are chosen following consultation amongst the journal's editorial team, many of whom will be eminent academics or managers, the winning authors will know that their paper was one of the most impressive pieces of work the team will have seen throughout last year. We often find previous winners have noted their award on their CV or list of publications.
Read a short piece on how the Outstanding Papers are chosen.
Paper with Best Practical Implications
Emerald has always held to the philosophy that research in the area of business and management should have relevance for practitioners founded in rigorous academic research. The AACSB’s 2008 Impact of Research states, "schools be required to demonstrate the value of their faculties’ research not simply by listing its citations in journals, but by demonstrating the impact it has in the workaday world", and this principle is perfectly encapsulated in Emeralds strap line: "Research you can use".
Outstanding Reviewers
Peer reviewers are the guardians of the body of knowledge, ensuring that every published paper makes a genuine contribution. They also provide an immensely valuable service to authors – the advice from reviewers is some of the best they will receive on developing as an author and researcher. This award recognizes that, without the efforts and dedication of our reviewers, Emerald journals would not have the right to be called scholarly.
Leading Editors
The Leading Editor awards acknowledge the high commitment editors have to their journals and their efforts to raise and maintain the standing of the journals. Leading editors have worked hard on journal development and sought to comprehensively promote their journal to both authors and readers. They may have nurtured new authors, networked and shared ideas with other journal editors, contributed conference papers and promoted the journal at conferences.
Outstanding Service Awards
Outstanding Service Awards are usually given to editorial contributors to mark many years of service and support for their journals. Previous winners have included Dilys Wells, founder of Nutrition & Food Science and the journal's editor for over 30 years, Michael Thomas, Founding Editor of Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Graham Cornish and Maurice Line, giants in the field of library scholarship and both former editors of Interlending & Document Supply.
Outstanding Special Issue
The Outstanding Special Issue is intended to recognize the role special issues play in bringing acknowledged experts to write for Emerald journals and ensuring the journals maintain their reputation for academic rigour and cutting-edge research. The award reflects the efforts made by the Guest Editor, the calibre and range of authors and an issue that presents leading-edge concepts but still maintains a broad appeal to the readership.
ASLIB-Emerald Award
This award is presented jointly by Emerald and partner organization Aslib (the Association for Information Management). The key feature is that the winner is decided by Aslib's own Groups and Branches network voting for the paper that, in their opinion, best reflects the aims and objectives of Aslib in bringing cutting-edge research and best practice to their profession.
Emerald Partnerships
Emerald Partnerships significantly increase the dissemination of authors' work with a variety of initiatives, including supplying content to professional associations, subject-specific websites, translators and database services. This award recognizes the efforts of partner organizations in bringing this quality of content and information to their members and service users.
Social Impact Award
Emerald firmly believes in publishing ‘research you can use’ i.e. research which has real-world applications ranging from use in the classroom, contributing to the body of knowledge, research which influences public thinking and policy making, to research which has a direct application to the world of work, bridging the gap between theory and practice. One of the ways we seek to demonstrate this by making it more transparent to researchers, readers and users, that we seek to publish research which makes a tangible difference for the good of society. As a definition, the term ‘social impact’ refers to how our actions affect the social fabric of the community and wellbeing of individuals and families. In light of this we are launching the Social Impact Award.
Best New Journal Award
This award is to highlight new journals that are publishing outstanding quality research in current, strong and evolving subjects. A best new journal will have a good balance of content within it, also a journal with an International authorship and EAB will stand out. Journals that have been launched in the last five years will initially be eligable for this award.
Most Downloaded Article Award
Academics are increasingly being asked to consider what the impact of their research may be. When considering impact factors, Emerald believes that usage is an important measure of quality. This year for the first time we will be rewarding the top ten articles with the highest download figures in 2009 and also the article with the highest download figures in each of our subject taxonomies.
New awards for books
For the previous 16 years we have run the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence program for our journals. We are passionate about recognizing and rewarding the efforts of our authors and editors and celebrating the outstanding contributions many have made, not only to our journals, but to the body of knowledge itself. Following the success of the awards with our journals and the acquisition of Emerald books, we will be including books in our 2010 awards program. Initially we will include four categories:
Outstanding Author Contribution Award
This initiative is to reward those authors who have contributed something new and of significant value to the body of knowledge, either in terms of approach or subject matter.One chapter per book series can be chosen each year, this will be selected by the Series Editor and if applicable, volume editors or an editorial board can help make the decision.
Read a short piece on how the Outstanding Author Contribution winners are chosen.
Leading Series Editor Award and Leading Volume Editor Award
The Leading Editor Awards acknowledge the high commitment editors have to their book series and their efforts to raise and maintain the standing of the series. Leading editors have worked hard on series development and sought to comprehensively promote their series to both authors and readers. They may have nurtured new authors, networked and shared ideas with other editors, and promoted the series at conferences.
Outstanding Service Award
Outstanding Service Awards will be given to editorial contributors to mark many years of service and support for their book series.
Emerald Management Reviews Citations of Excellence Awards
Emerald Management Reviews is an online database of over 250,000 summaries of articles from the world's top management publications. All the 300 titles (not just Emerald journals) which feature on its accredited journal list have already been independently judged to be the best but, every year, 50 out of the 20,000 papers assessed are singled out by the independent review team for a special Citation of Excellence Award.