Nomination call for ASIS&T South Asia Chapter Best Research Paper Award 2024-2025 is open!

Nature of the Award

This award was established in 2022 by the South Asia Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). The award winner will receive a certificate and prize money as a token of appreciation.

Purpose of the Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize the best-refereed paper published by a member of the ASIS&T South Asia Chapter during the ASIS&T FY 2024-25.

Eligibility

Interested applicants must meet the following qualifications:

Authors need to be members of the ASIS&T SA Chapter. (Check your membership status before sending the nomination)
The jury will consider those papers published between 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.
The nominated paper should have already been published in a journal with an ISSN and should have been indexed in a national/international indexing service acceptable to the jury.
The papers published in the ASIST proceedings within the period concerned are also eligible.
The submitted paper should be in the English language.
Each author can submit only one paper.

Nominations Process

The paper with publication details must be emailed to: asist.sa.sm@gmail.com
Provide the Author's details and send a copy of the published paper.
Self-nominations are welcome.

Selection Process
The content of each eligible research paper shall be appraised in terms of the following criteria as appropriate:
a. Societal or scholarly significance of the topic discussed
b. Appropriateness of the methodology
c. Creativity and originality of the content
d. Clarity of expression;
e. Presentation quality

Presentation of the Award
The award shall be presented to the winner at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting and/or through email.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: 10th July 2025.

 

Winner of ASIS&T South Asia Chapter Best Research Paper Award 2024-2025:

Qazi Imran Ahmad.

Title of the paper: "Everyday life information seeking behavior of transgender people in Pakistan". Ahmad co-authored this paper with Nosheen Fatima Warraich and Amara Malik.

The paper details (citation):

Ahmad, Q. I., Warraich, N. F., & Malik, A. (2025). Everyday life information seeking behavior of transgender people in Pakistan. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 74 (3/4), 678-696. doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-01-2023-0024

Presentation of the Award

The award shall be presented to the winner at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting and USD 100 will be transferred.