Awards and Recognitions

The best paper award for The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems is determined using a process that allows our editorial boards to nominate and rank the best articles published in a given year.

Best Paper Award for 2023

Christine Rzepka, Benedikt Berger, Anton Koslow, and Thomas Hess. 2023. Voice Assistant, Buy Coffee Capsules!: Understanding the
Determinants of Consumers’ Intention to Use Voice Commerce. SIGMIS Database 54, 3 (August 2023), 137 – 159.   https://doi.org/10.1145/3614178.3614185. (Available in the ACM Digital Library).

Best Paper Award for 2022

Mikko Siponen, Wael Soliman, and Anthony Vance. 2022. Common Misunderstandings of Deterrence Theory in Information Systems Research and Future Research Directions. The DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 53, 1 (February 2022), 25 –60.   https://doi.org/10.1145/3514097.3514101. (Available in the ACM Digital Library). 

Best Paper Award for 2021

Horst Treiblmaier, Melanie Swan, Primavera de Filippi, Mary Lacity, Thomas Hardjono, and Henry Kim. (2021). What’s Next in Blockchain Research? – An Identification of Key Topics Using a Multidisciplinary Perspective. SIGMIS Database 52, 1 (February 2021), 27–52. https://doi.org/10.1145/3447934.3447938. (Available in the ACM Digital Library). 

Best Paper Award for 2020

Gerster, D., Dremel, C., Brenner, W. and Kelker, P. (2020). How enterprises adopt agile forms of organizational design: A multiple-case study. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 51 (1), 84-103. (Available in the ACM Digital Library). 

One additional article deserves honorable mention in 2020:

  • Rutschi, C., & Dibbern, J. (2020). Towards a Framework of Implementing Software Robots: Transforming Human-executed Routines into Machines. The DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 51(1), 104-128. (Available in the ACM Digital Library). 

Best Paper Award for 2019

  • Niederman, F., & March, S. T. (2019). Broadening the conceptualization of theory in the information systems discipline: A meta-theory approach. The DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 50(2), 18-44. (Available in the ACM Digital Library). 

One additional article deserves honorable mention in 2019:

  • Gupta, S., & Bostrom, R. P. (2019). A Revision of Computer Self-Efficacy Conceptualizations in Information Systems. The DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 50(2), 71-93. (Available in the ACM Digital Library). 

Best Paper Award for 2018

Dennis, A.R., & Minas, R.K. (2018). Security on Autopilot: Why Current Security Theories Hijack our Thinking and Lead Us Astray. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 49(SI), 15-38. (Available in the ACM Digital Library). 

One additional article deserves honorable mention in 2018:

  • Torres, R., Gerhart, N., & Negahban, A. (2018). Epistemology in the Era of Fake News: An Exploration of Information Verification Behaviors among Social Networking Site Users. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 49(3), 78-97. (Available in the ACM Digital Library). 

Best Paper Award for 2017

Balozian, P., & Leidner, D. (2017). Review of IS security policy compliance: Toward the building blocks of an IS security theory. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 48(3), 11-43. (click here to access this article in the ACM Digital Library)

Two other articles deserve honorable mention in 2017:

  • Carroll, J., & Reich, B. H. (2017). Technology Portfolios: How Individuals Manage Multiple Digital Technologies. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 48(1), 75-92. (click here to access this article in the ACM Digital Library)
  • Schwarz, A., Rizzuto, T., Carraher-Wolverton, C., Roldán, J. L., & Barrera-Barrera, R. (2017). Examining the Impact and Detection of the Urban Legend of Common Method Bias. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 48(1), 93-119. (click here to access this article in the ACM Digital Library)

Best Paper Award for 2016

Niederman, F., Ferratt, T. W., & Trauth, E. M. (2016). On the co-evolution of information technology and information systems personnel. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 47(1), 29-50. (click here to access this article in the ACM Digital Library)*
*This article was also selected as a recipient of the Senior Scholars Best Information Systems Publication Award, announced at the International Conference for Information Systems in 2017.

Two other articles deserve honorable mention in 2016:

  • Zhang, S., Yu, L., Wakefield, R. L., & Leidner, D. E. (2016). Friend or Foe: Cyberbullying in Social Network Sites. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 47(1), 51-71.  (click here to access this article in the ACM Digital Library)
  • Beck, R., Pahlke, I., & Vykoukal, J. (2016). Colocation as a Hybrid ICT Sourcing Strategy to Improve Operational Agility. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 47(2), 9-35. (click here to access this article in the ACM Digital Library)

Senior Editor of the Year 

  • Sam Zaza, Middle Tennessee State University (2023)
  • Joseph Taylor, California State University, Sacramento (2022)
  • Daniel Beimborn, University of Bamberg (2021)
  • Mark Gillenson – Univesity of Memphis (2020)
  • Colleen Carraher Wolverton – University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2019)
  • Pratyush Bharati – University of Massachusetts – Boston (2018)
  • Dorit Nevo – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2017)

Reviewer of the Year 

  • Yao Shi, University of North Carolina Wilmington (2023), Runner-up to best reviewer: Sebastian Schoetteler, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (2023)
  • Sampath Bengal, University of New Brunswick (2022), Runner-up to best reviewer: Yao Shi, University of North Carolina Wilmington (2022)
  • Yevgen Bogodistov, Management Center Innsbruck, Austria (2021);  Runner-up to best reviewer: Marko Sarstedt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (2021)
  • Vladimir Ambartsoumian – University of Memphis (2020); Runner-up to best reviewer: Rene Moquin – Northeastern State University in Broken Arrow, OK (2020)
  • Carmen Leong – University of New South Wales (2019)
  • Amy Connolly – James Madison University (2018)
  • Jaime Windeler – University of Cincinatti (2017)