We are pleased to announce the 2020 winners of the Industrial Management & Data Systems Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence. The awards celebrate and reward the outstanding contributions of our authors and reviewers. 

Outstanding paper

“The role of online leadership in open collaborative innovation: Evidence from blockchain open source projects”
Wen Mu, Yiyang Bian, J. Leon Zhao
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IMDS-03-2019-0136/full/html

Highly commended papers

“Overcoming the monetization challenge in freemium online games”
Ahmad Beltagui, Thomas Schmidt, Marina Candi, Deborah Lynn 
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IMDS-08-2018-0350/full/html

“A comparative study on industrial spillover effects among Korea, China, the USA, Germany and Japan”
Yong-Ki Min, Sang-Gun Lee, Yaichi Aoshima 
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IMDS-05-2018-0215/full/html

“The role of service providers in 3D printing adoption”
Atanu Chaudhuri, Helen Rogers, Peder Soberg, Kulwant S. Pawar 
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IMDS-08-2018-0339/full/html

Outstanding Reviewers

Dr Hoi-Lam Ma, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Huang Qiuping, South China University of Technology

Wang Nenming, Xian Jiaotong University

Zhengzhi Guan, University of Nottingham Ningbo China