Outstanding Publication Award

 AWARD CATEGORIES

This award has three categories:

1. Publications in Journals with High Impact Factor defined as publications in peer-reviewed High Impact Journals or top-tier journals. Each department will determine what journals qualify as high impact/top-tier journals in their discipline(s) and may nominate up to two papers for this category. Other examples of qualifying publications include publications selected as top papers of the year by journals, editors or other external groups. All nominations for this category will be evaluated by a committee. The committee will select deserving nominations (i.e., publications) for this award recognition.
2. Publications with High Scientific Impact defined as publications in peer-reviewed journals that have had a high scientific impact measured by citation counts. Each department may nominate one publication for this category, but only one qualified nomination will be recognized college-wide annually in this category.
3. Publications with High Economic Impact defined as publications in peer-reviewed journals that have resulted in high economic impact on Alabama’s agriculture and state/national economy. Each department may nominate one publication for this category, but only one qualified nomination will be recognized college-wide annually in this category.

All nominations will be evaluated by the College Research Awards Committee.

Winners will receive a plaque recognizing this accomplishment and the winning publications will be highlighted in the college’s newsletter and other appropriate communication channels. Awarded annually.

Nominations must be submitted (or approved) by the department head/chair or school director. The nominator must complete an online nomination form.

PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS WITH HIGH IMPACT FACTOR:

• Each department will determine what journals qualify as high impact/top-tier journals in their discipline(s) and may nominate one paper in this category for recognition. Other examples of qualifying publications include publications selected as top papers of the year by journals, editorsor other external groups.
• The research must be original and creative and the publication must have been published within the previous fiscal year. For example, articles published between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018 will be considered for the 2018 award.
• The paper must be at least an Online First Version by the nomination date.
• Publications may have more than one author but only publications having an Auburn University College of Agriculture faculty member or researcher as first author (including co-first author), senior author, or corresponding author will be considered. All co-authors of the publication who are members of Auburn University College of Agriculture will be recognized. However, the plaque will be presented to the first author (including co-first author) or corresponding author on behalf of all authors.

PUBLICATIONS WITH HIGH SCIENTIFIC IMPACT:

• The research must be original and creative and the publication must have had a significant scientific impact.
• The scientific impact can be measured by the number of people who have used the publication as measured by citations. All verifiable counts of citations (e.g., Google Scholar user profiles for citations) are acceptable.
• The citation counts will be measured for the first five years after the publication date in a sliding manner. For example, publications considered in 2018 will include papers published since 2014.
• Publications may have more than one author but only publications having an Auburn University College of Agriculture faculty member or researcher as first author (including co-first author), senior author, or corresponding author will be considered. All co-authors of the publication who are members of Auburn University College of Agriculture will be recognized. However, the plaque will be presented to the first author (including co-first author) or corresponding author on behalf of all authors.

PUBLICATIONS WITH HIGH ECONOMIC IMPACT:

• The research must be original and creative and the publication must have had a significant economic impact.
• Economic impact can be measured by the development of new innovations, patents or commercial products (e.g., new technologies/tools, new varieties, new software/apps, etc.), along with estimates of the economic gains in the state and national economy as a result of the publication and its related technology. The assessment of economic impact should come from independent scientists.
• The economic impact will be measured for the first five years after the publication date in a sliding manner. For example, publications considered in 2018 will include papers published since 2014.
• Publications may have more than one author but only publications having an Auburn University College of Agriculture faculty member or researcher as first author (including co-first author), senior author, or corresponding author will be considered. All co-authors of the publication who are members of Auburn University College of Agriculture will be recognized. However, the plaque will be presented to the first author (including co-first author) or corresponding author on behalf of all authors.