Higher Education Research & Development Best Article Award
Higher Education Research and Development's Best Article Award is awarded annually to the best article from the previous calendar year. This award is sponsored by Routledge and comes with a prize of $1000. Routledge makes the best article freely accessible. The articles shortlisted for the Award are also freely accessible for three months.
The best article is determined based on the journal's six review criteria, see HERD's Review Criteria.
Award Winners
2023: R. N. Pebdani, A. Zeidan, L. F. Low, & A. Baillie, ‘Pandemic productivity in academia: using ecological momentary assessment to explore the impact of COVID-19 on research productivity’, 42:4.
2022: Deandra Little & David A. Green, ‘Credibility in educational development: trustworthiness, expertise, and identification, Higher Education Research & Development’, 41:3.
2021: Jonathan Bullen & Lynne D. Roberts, 'Transformative learning within Australian Indigenous studies: a scoping review of non-Indigenous student experiences in tertiary Indigenous studies education', 40(1).
2020: Kerry Renwick, Mark Selkrig, Catherine Manathunga, & Ron 'Kim' Keamy, 'Community engagement is...: Revisiting Boyer's model of scholarship', 39(6).
2019: Peter Kilgour et al., 'Threshold concepts about online pedagogy for novice online teachers in higher education', 38(7).
2018: Sarah O'Shea & Janine Delahunty, 'Getting through the day and still having a smile on my face! How do students define success in the university learning environment?', 37(5).
The remaining papers listed in the collection below were runners-up for the Best Article Award.
Visit the Reviewers of the Year Award page.