Submission form is below.

The Special Interest Group on Health (SIG-Health) of the Association for Information Systems will award its annual Best Published Paper Award in 2024. There will be a Junior and a Senior award category when at least 5 submissions are received in each category. For each category, there will be a Best Paper Award and Meritorious Mention.

Submissions are due on July 25, 2024 with the announcements of winners following soon after. At the time of the award presentation, winners need to be a AIS SIGHealth Member (only $10 for AIS members!) and be present at the AMCIS 2024 or the ICIS 2024 SIGHealth Business Meeting to receive the award.

To be eligible as a Junior Researcher, you need to have been a student at the time the paper was published. This has to be reflected in your affiliation. Everyone else will be considered to be a Senior Researcher.

We will accept journal and conference papers in English that were published and in print in 2023. They need to contain original research. Papers that are editorial comments, notes, or research-in-progress are not eligible. Conference posters are not eligible. The paper needs to have been peer-reviewed. Only one paper per first author will be accepted.

Instructions

To submit a paper, create a single pdf file that contains a cover page with your contact information, the paper’s DOI or publication URL, an explanation of you status if not clear from the paper, and the published version of the paper. Do not submit proofs or drafts.

Review Committee

  • To be announced.

Important Dates

  • Deadline: July 25th, 2024, midnight.
  • Expected Notification: August 5th 2024

Review Criteria

  • Innovation:
    • Are new strategies and/or approaches described?
    • Do they improve current practices?
    • Do they enhance knowledge?
  • Impact:
    • Does the paper address a real problem?
    • Is the problem solved or diminished?
    • Is a significant part of an organization, population or the world impacted?
  • Implementation:
    • Is the innovation operational?
    • What is the breadth of the implementation?
    • Is the approach/knowledge applicable to others?
  • Appeal and Readability:
    • Is there broad interest in the problem across industries and cultures?
    • Will the paper appeal to SIG-Health membership?
    • Is the paper brief, clear, and to the point?

To Submit

We are no longer accepting awards for 2024.

Contact

Dr. Renée Pratt, Ph.D.

President, AIS SIGHealth
Director of BASY Masters and Certificate Programs
Associate Clinical Professor

Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems (BASY)
Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
Auburn University

334-844-2905
rpratt@auburn.edu