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Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory Best Paper Award

The Auditing Section requests nominations for the Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (AJPT) Best Paper Award.  The Section established this award in 2012 to annually recognize a paper published in AJPT that has had a significant influence on, or the potential to significantly influence, auditing research or practice. The assessment of what constitutes an outstanding contribution to auditing research is based upon the following criteria: (1) a demonstrable or anticipated impact on audit research or practice, (2) the importance of the problem(s) addressed, (3) the creativity of the research, and (4) the appropriateness of the theoretical development, research method, and analysis. Nominations for the award will be accepted from members of the Auditing Section and self-nominations are allowed.

The paper selected for the award will be chosen by the AJPT Best Paper Award Selection Committee. The committee includes the Senior Editor of AJPT at the time the award will be conferred, the most recent past Senior Editor, and three other members chosen by the Auditing Section Vice President, Academic. For the 2021 award, papers appearing in print in AJPT in in 2018, 2019, and 2020 are eligible for nomination.

Nominations should include a brief statement (2-3 paragraphs) indicating the perceived or potential contribution of the paper.  All nominations must include a full citation to the nominated work and a detailed letter highlighting the reasons for the nomination.

Please submit nominations to Keith Jones via email (keithjones@ku.edu) by the earliest possible date, but no later than August 15, 2021.

Award

Purpose

Criteria

Frequency

Eligibility

Nomination Process

Selection Committee

Nature of Award

Other

Outstanding Service to AJPT

To recognize outstanding service provided by members of the Audit Section to the Journal, typically in the role of manuscript referee.  

Factors considered in recognizing outstanding service include, but are not limited to, the quality of the review reports submitted, their timeliness in completing assigned reviews, the volume of reviews conducted, and their willingness to accept review requests.

One to three awards may be given annually and the recipient is announced at the Audit Section’s Mid-Year Meeting.

Members of the Audit Section who served as a reviewer for an AJPT submission during the calendar year under consideration.

The Senior Editor in consultation with the current Editors will nominate potential recipients. 

The award recipient is selected by the AJPT Senior Editor.

Plaque

None

A Journal of Practice & Theory Best Paper Award

2021
  • Steve Glover, BYU, Mark Taylor, University of South Florida, Yi-Jing Wu, Texas Tech University
    • “Current practices and challenges in auditing fair value measurements and complex estimates: Implications for auditing standards and the academy.” 2017

Past Award Winners

Best Audit Section Midyear Awards

Best Midyear Meeting Paper Award

To recognize high quality submissions to the Auditing Section Midyear Meeting. Specific criteria are left to the discretion of the Audit Midyear Planning Committee. Factors to be considered by the Audit Midyear Planning Committee might include reviewer comments and reviewer nominations. The paper selected must be selected for presentation at a concurrent session. Members of the Audit Midyear Meeting Planning Committee are ineligible for the award. All papers submitted to the Midyear Meeting will be considered as nominations.

Panel B: Awards for Best Papers Submitted to the Midyear Meeting

BEST PHD STUDENT PAPER

BEST PAPER

Purpose

To recognize high quality submissions to the Auditing Section Midyear Meeting

To recognize high quality submissions to the Auditing Section Midyear Meeting

Criteria

• The paper can be single-authored, or co- authored. If the paper is co-authored, the PhD student must be the presenting author.

• The PhD student- author must be a PhD student as of the deadline for submitting the paper to the Midyear Meeting.

• The PhD student may be employed at an institution other than the PhD granting institution.

• The paper may be related to the dissertation, but does not have to be related to the dissertation.

Submissions for this award do not affect the eligibility of the student to also apply for the Outstanding Dissertation Award or to receive the Award for Best Paper submitted to the Auditing Section Midyear Meeting.

Specific criteria are left to the discretion of the Audit Midyear Planning Committee. Factors to be considered by the Audit Midyear Planning Committee might include reviewer comments and reviewer nominations.

The paper selected must be selected for presentation at a concurrent session.

Frequency

A maximum of one award may be made each year

A maximum of two awards may be made each year

Eligibility

Submission of paper to the Midyear Meeting.

Members of the Audit Midyear Meeting Planning Committee are not eligible for the award.

Submission of paper to the Midyear Meeting.

Members of the Audit Midyear Meeting Planning Committee are not eligible for the award. (As the Executive Committee members are not part of the selection or approval processes their paper submissions are eligible for the award.)

Nomination Process

When submitting a paper to the Midyear Meeting, the PhD student should indicate in the transmittal email that the paper is being submitted for consideration for the Best PhD Student Paper Award.

All papers submitted to the Midyear Meeting will be considered as nominations.

Selection Committee

Audit Midyear Meeting Planning Committee.
Co-chairs may form a committee, approved by the President, to handle the selection.

Audit Midyear Meeting Planning Committee.
Co-chairs may form a committee, approved by the President, to handle the selection.

Awards

The PhD student-author of the winning paper will receive a $1,000 monetary award. If the paper has more than one PhD student-author, the monetary award will be split among the student-authors. One student-author of the paper will receive reimbursement of travel costs to cover 3 hotel nights, meeting registration costs, and coach airfare up to $2,000.

Plaque.

Other

First Awarded at the 2009 Auditing Section Midyear Meeting

First Awarded at the 2010 Auditing Section Midyear Meeting

Audit MYM Best Archival Paper
Michael Shen, National University of Singapore and Kelvin Law, Nanyang Technological University

“How Does Artificial Intelligence Shape the Audit Industry?”

Audit MYM Best Behavioral Paper         
Mary Marshall, Louisiana Tech University, Curtis ullis, Georgia State University, Kelli Saunders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Chad Stefaniak, University of South Carolina

“Reexamining the Outcome Effect: Are Auditors Penalized for Exercising Professional Skepticism?”

Past Award Winners

Best Midyear Meeting Doctoral Student Paper Award

To recognize high quality submissions to the Auditing Section Midyear Meeting. The paper can be single-authored, or co- authored. If the paper is co-authored, the PhD student must be the presenting author. The PhD student- author must be a PhD student as of the deadline for submitting the paper to the Midyear Meeting. The PhD student may be employed at an institution other than the PhD granting institution. The paper may be related to the dissertation, but does not have to be related to the dissertation. Submissions for this award do not affect the eligibility of the student to also apply for the Outstanding Dissertation Award or to receive the Award for Best Paper submitted to the Auditing Section Midyear Meeting. When submitting a paper to the Midyear Meeting, the PhD student should indicate in the transmittal email that the paper is being submitted for consideration for the Best PhD Student Paper Award.

2021

Sudip Bhattacharjee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Sean Hillison, Virginia Tech, Carissa Malone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

“Auditing from a Distance: The Impact of Remote Auditing and Supervisor Monitoring on Analytical Procedures Judgments

Past Award Winners

AJPT Award for Outstanding Reviewer Performance

To recognize outstanding service provided by members of the Audit Section to the Journal, typically in the role of manuscript referee. Factors considered in recognizing outstanding service include, but are not limited to, the quality of the review reports submitted, their timeliness in completing assigned reviews, the volume of reviews conducted, and their willingness to accept review requests. The Senior Editor in consultation with the current Editors will nominate potential recipients.

2021
Pat Hurley, Northeastern Unviersity
Tim Bauer, University of Waterloo
Nathan Newton, Florida State University

Past Award Winners