We are pleased to announce the 2021 winners of the Journal of Knowledge Management Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence. The awards celebrate and reward the outstanding contributions of our authors, reviewers, and editorial team.

Outstanding Paper 

Tho, N. D. and Duc, L. A. (2020), “Team psychological capital and innovation: the mediating of team exploratory and exploitative learning”, Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. and issue. ahead-of-print https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-06-2020-0475 

Highly Commended Papers

Shahzad, M., Qu, Y., Zafar, A.U., Rehman, S.U. and Islam, T. (2020), "Exploring the influence of knowledge management process on corporate sustainable performance through green innovation", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 24 No. 9, pp. 2079-2106. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-11-2019-0624

Gerbin, A. and Drnovsek, M. (2020), "Knowledge-sharing restrictions in the life sciences: personal and context-specific factors in academia–industry knowledge transfer", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 24 No. 7, pp. 1533-1557. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-11-2019-0651 

Crupi, A., Del Sarto, N., Di Minin, A., Gregori, G.L., Lepore, D., Marinelli, L. and Spigarelli, F. (2020), "The digital transformation of SMEs – a new knowledge broker called the digital innovation hub", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 24 No. 6, pp. 1263-1288. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-11-2019-0623

Outstanding Reviewers

Fabio Oliva Lotti, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Francesco Caputo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Giuseppe Festa, University of Salerno, Italy