A Critical Review and Assessment Of ABSEL's Award-Winning Procedures and Protocols

Abstract

This paper is the third in a three part series of self examination reports on ABSEL. The principal purpose of this paper is to report on the procedures and protocols ABSEL has used to designate award-winning papers. The paper also considers the procedures used by other academic organizations and compares these to ABSEL's. Further, the paper compares the award-winning papers of ABSEL to both ABSEL papers in general and to articles in SIMULATION & GAMES. The paper contains information on the progress of papers after having won an ABSEL award. The paper also reports on the career impact of the award for the award-winning authors. Finally, the paper offers some suggestions for ABSEL in regard to the procedures for designating award-winning papers.