Best Reviewer Awards – 2012

• Published date: 01 October 2013
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12040
• Date: 01 October 2013

Best Reviewer Awards – 2012

The Editors are pleased to announce the following recipients of the Journal of Supply

Chain Management’s 2012 Best Reviewer Award:

Christian Busse (European Business Tim Coltman (University of Wollongong)

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John Gray (The Ohio State University) Shashank Rao (Auburn University)

The selection of these reviewers was a difficult process, as we had a very large number of

truly outstanding reviewers to choose from. Our criteria were based on the depth of the

review, rapport established with the authors, and timeliness.

We initially created a short-list of reviewers based on these criteria. All of the reviewers

on this short-list submitted their reviews on-time, or early, since first and foremost a good

review is one that is on time. All of the reviewers on this short-list had also taken the

effort to establish a constructive and positive rapport in writing their reviews. They

provided major as well as specific comments for improving the paper. In further

evaluating these reviews, we found that Christian, Tim, John, and Shashank provided the

greatest number, but more importantly an even greater depth of comments. They often

suggested concrete and viable means by which the authors could address the reviewers’

concerns. Examples of their suggestions included identifying specific works in the extant

literature that the authors might be able to integrate into their manuscript to bolster

theoretical support for their models or clarify methodological issues, recommending ways

to reorganize the conceptual parts of the papers, and suggesting means to better assess the

validity of the manuscripts’ findings.

We also want to give a hearty “thank you” to the many additional reviewers who have

provided superb feedback to authors of manuscripts submitted to JSCM. Congratulations

to all of you on a job well done!

Craig R. Carter Lisa M. Ellram

Co-Editor-In-Chief Co-Editor-In-Chief