Best Chapter Award

Best Chapter Award: International Thematic Monograph: Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era

Award Guidelines and Criteria

Purpose: The purpose of the Best Chapter Award is to recognize and promote quality contributions to academic research and writing among scholars and students who present and publish chapters in the International Thematic Monograph: Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era.

Eligibility: All chapters submitted and published in the International Thematic Monograph: Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era of the year, regardless of the status of the first authors (i.e., scholar, student, educator, policy maker or professional, etc.) are eligible for competition for the Best Chapter Award.

Exclusions: The chapters authored or co-authored by the Editors and Editorial Board members are not taken into consideration.

Initial Score based Selection: The 5 accepted chapters receiving the highest scores in the review process are chosen as candidates.

Award Candidates Announcement: Authors of the selected chapters will be informed before monograph finalization and the candidates will be announced on the publication’s homepage.

Award Selection Committee Work: The Editorial Board members will score candidate papers.

Award Criteria: The Editorial Board will consider innovation, significance to the research community, scientific impact and technical excellence.

Each chapter will be given a score of 0 – 10 (where 0 is the lowest and 10 is the highest score) against each criterion.

Criteria:

• • Originality (weighting 40%) – Originality of contribution to knowledge with an emphasis on the chapter’s innovativeness in: (i) theoretical development, (ii) empirical results or, (iii) policy development.
  • Quality of Argument (weighting 30%) incorporating: (i) critical analysis of concepts, theories and findings, and (ii) consistency and coherency of debate.
  • Positioning (weighting 15%) – Clear positioning of chapter in existing international literature with a conclusion(s) that is both convincing and of significant potential.
  • Writing Style (weighting 15%) – Quality of writing style in term of accuracy, clarity, readability, and organization of the chapter.

Meta-criterion that is specifically applied to the Best Chapter Award category is that the winner of the award should be a chapter that substantiates a new and novel idea or approach contributing to the cumulative knowledge base of the field and is likely to inspire fellow scholars in their research, as opposed to just grinding out yet another example of a well-known approach or result (even if the study was neatly conducted and reported). In other words, it is the “WOW” factor that we hope to see in the winning chapter.

Winners Definition: The chapter receiving the highest score by the Editorial Board will be awarded as the Best Chapter Award.

The author of an awarded chapter, and co-authors if any, will be entitled to:

• A signed and stamped official award certificate with the name of the award, the name of the paper, and the names of the authors of the paper;
• The announcement of their achievement on a conference website;

• A complimentary 365-day Regular Associate Membership in the Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans (UdEkoM Balkans – www.udekom-balkans.com), granting full access to all membership benefits. If the recipient is already a member of UdEkoM Balkans, this offer will extend the existing membership by an additional 365 days.

  The Regular Associate Membership includes:

  Basic Member rights:
  – Right to participate in all Association activities and events at publicly announced member participation fees.
  – Access to newsletters, official announcements, and public calls.
  – Eligibility to submit abstracts and full papers to Association-organized conferences.
  – Entitlement to receive up to two (2) iThenticate similarity reports per month for ongoing research or publication purposes.*
  – Entitlement to receive an official confirmation of membership upon request.

  Additional Regular Associate Member benefits:
  – Discounted participation fees for conferences, symposia, workshops, and other events organized by the Association.
  – Priority consideration for inclusion in joint research projects and collaboration programs.

  *Basic associate members may request up to two (2) iThenticate similarity checks per calendar month for their own academic or professional manuscripts, including co-authored works. The service is provided upon written email request to the UdEkoM Balkans Secretariat and is intended exclusively for the member’s ongoing research or publication activities.

Issues: If there is any issue arising before the final decision can be reached, the Editorial Board will discuss it promptly.