Chris Olson writes “Emerald Group Publishing announces the winners of the annual Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. Representing a dedication towards achieving the highest standards in academic publishing, these awards reflect a broad array of individual and partnership achievements. An offshoot of the Emerald Literati Club, this network of authors and scholars forms the backbone of Emerald content and creates a pool of talent unrivaled in the academic publishing world.
Chris Olson writes “Emerald Group Publishing announces the winners of the annual Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. Representing a dedication towards achieving the highest standards in academic publishing, these awards reflect a broad array of individual and partnership achievements. An offshoot of the Emerald Literati Club, this network of authors and scholars forms the backbone of Emerald content and creates a pool of talent unrivaled in the academic publishing world.
“We present these awards in recognition of extremely high quality submissions. The Outstanding Papers commendations are the centerpiece of the awards and are chosen following consultation with the journal’s editorial team. Winning authors are assured that their paper was one of the most impressive pieces of work seen over the past year.” said John Peters, editorial director at Emerald. “The Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence reflect our commitment to investing in the future of academic publishing.”
Awards were presented in six categories:
1) ASLIB/Emerald Award – presented jointly by Emerald and ASLIB, the Association for Information Management, this award recognizes an outstanding contribution to information management best practice published in any of the six Aslib-Emerald journals. The recipient of this year’s award is Juha Hakala, Helsinki University Library and the National Library of Finland, for the article “Archiving the Web: European Experiences” published in Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, vol. 38 no. 3.
2) Outstanding Special Issue – reflecting efforts made by a Guest Editor. The recipient of this year’s award is Francisco Javier Carrillo, Chairman, World Capital Institute and Director, Center for Knowledge Systems at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; for the Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 8 no. 5.
3) Emerald Partnership Award – exploring new business models, this award is designed to significantly increase the dissemination of Emerald journals through content licensing initiatives. The recipient of this year’s award is Gestión magazine, published by the HSM Group in both Spanish and Portuguese.
4) Outstanding Papers – one from each of over 150 Emerald journals.
5) Leading Editors – to acknowledge the high commitment editors have to their journals and their efforts to raise and maintain the standing of the journals through nurturing new authors, networking, and promoting their journals at conferences, ten winners were selected.
6) Outstanding Service Awards – for long-standing support and consistently high contribution, five winners were selected.
A full listing of award winners is available at: www.emeraldinsight.com/literaticlub/whatsnew/awar
About Emerald (www.emeraldinsight.com)
Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd. is the leading international publisher of academic and professional literature in the fields of management and library and information services. Emerald is COUNTER compliant, meeting the international code of practice for reports that allow clients to measure usage of online information products and services according to a standardized method. Consistently ranked at 98% in customer satisfaction surveys, Emerald was voted “Best Customer Support” by readers of The Charleston Advisor.
Emerald publishes over 150 peer-reviewed titles such as Management Decision, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Documentation, Library Hi-Tech, Journal of Knowledge Management and The TQM Magazine. Emerald’s flagship product, Emerald Management Xtra, is dedicated to the continued development of business schools and management departments worldwide.
About the Emerald Literati Club
Membership of the Emerald Literati Club is given to authors and editors of Emerald’s 150+ journals, and brings a host of benefits including access to the world’s leading collection of online resources for editors and authors. This includes a conference calendar, useful guidance on writing for publication, links to members’ homepages, and a newsletter. The Emerald Literati Club boasts over 38, 0000 members worldwide. Further information is available at: www.emeraldinsight.com/literaticlub
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