The M&SOM Practice-Based Research Competition
Deadline: September 1, 2016
Scope and Admissibility
This competition seeks to motivate, help develop and reward high-quality Operations Management research papers with significant practical relevance, and to publish these papers in the M&SOM Journal. Work not implemented yet may be considered, as long as potential benefits to practice can be ascertained with a high level of confidence. More generally, validity (i.e., the extent to which the results presented do or would apply in practice) is a key evaluation criteria.
Entries must be submitted through manuscript central by September 1, 2016 (please select “Practice-Based Research Competition” for the manuscript type) and include:
- An unpublished paper complying with all existing M&SOM journal requirements;
- Additional evidence of potential or realized practical impact, including at a minimum one (possibly confidential) supporting letter by a practitioner;
- A commitment by authors to attempt any requested revision work in good faith and publish their submitted papers in the M&SOM journal if invited to do so. This commitment may be stated in a cover letter signed by all paper co-authors.
The main evaluation criteria include the following:
- Extent and validity of the realized or potential practical impact claimed;
- Academic contributions;
- Quality of exposition, including clarity of contributions;
- Potential for academic impact and future related work.
Papers having a substantial overlap with another paper that is already published, accepted or currently under review with another journal are not eligible. Suitable papers already under review with the M&SOM Journal may be considered at any stage of the competition, provided any missing required material is provided by the authors and consent is given by (i) the paper authors; (ii) the Department Editor currently overseeing the review; and (iii) the Competition Chair.
Process
The competition involves an Academic Competition Committee composed of M&SOM Journal Editorial Board members and effectively organized as a department of the journal. It also involves a Judge Panel composed of high-profile practitioners. The main selection steps include:
- Initial committee review;
- Detailed review involving one or several appointed referee(s);
- Selection of Finalist papers after one round of revision;
- Award of prizes by the Practitioner Judge Panel based on the paper and an oral presentation by the author(s) organized at the annual MSOM Conference.
After minor revisions are performed by the authors if required, Finalist and prize-winning papers are published in the M&SOM Journal with a special mention on the paper cover page highlighting their participation and final status in the competition. At every selection stage described above, the Competition Chair may suggest the transfer of a rejected paper to the Journal’s regular submission review process for publication.
2017 Competition Timeline
- September 1, 2016: Deadline for first stage submission of papers and supporting material;
- September 2016: First stage review by Academic Competition Committee;
- October-November 2016: Review by AE + Referee of second stage papers;
- December 2016: Academic Competition Committee decides second stage outcomes;
- April 2017: Deadline for authors selected for third stage to submit paper revisions;
- May 2017: Academic Competition Committee selects Finalist papers;
- June/July 2017: Finalist presentations at the 2017 MSOM Conference organized by UNC Chapel Hill.
2017 Academic Competition Committee
John Birge, Feryal Erhun, Marshall Fisher, Jérémie Gallien (Competition Chair), Geert-Jan van Houtum and Marcelo Olivares
Inquiries
More details about the competition can be found on the M&SOM Journal website. Related questions should be sent to both Jérémie Gallien and Salome Shaw-Moretti (Assistant) at jgallien@london.edu and sshawmoretti@london.edu.