Citation
(2006), "Awards for Kybernetes contributors", Kybernetes, Vol. 35 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2006.06735fab.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Awards for Kybernetes contributors
Awards for Kybernetes contributors
Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2006
Now that Volume 34 Nos. 1-10, 1750 pp 2005 has been completed we have received the nominations for the prestigious Literati Awards for Excellence. A panel of judges was set-up that included. The Director-General of WOSC (Dr Alex M. Andrew), members of this journal’s EAB and representatives of the Kybernetes editorial team. The nomination list will be published in coming issues of this Volume 35 2006 and the awards made towards the end of April 2006. The awards for Volume 33 were announced and presented to the winners at the Sixth WOSC Congress held in July 2005 at Maribor, Slovenia.
Readers are reminded that one award for “The Outstanding Paper – The Norbert Wiener Award”, and three “Highly Commended Awards” are to be presented.
Aims of the outstanding paper awards
The Literati Club have set out the following aims for instigating the awards:
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Publicly recognise and celebrate an author’s contribution of an outstanding paper.
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Demonstrate that Emerald publishes top quality papers and authors.
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Build on the relationships between the author and the journal Editor and Publisher.
The judging panel has adhered to the criteria set out for the awards, which includes:
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contribution of something new to the body of knowledge either in terms of approach or subject matter;
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excellent structure and presentation and well written;
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rigour in terms of argument or analysis;
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relevance – to practice and further research, in most cases;
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up to date – demonstrating that the latest/key works in the field have been cited; and
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a work which is clearly within the editorial scope and remit of the journal.
It was also careful to recognise that different types of paper require different approaches and content. In the fields of systems and cybernetics it was particularly important to appreciate their trans- and multidisciplinary nature.