Library Open Access Award

Purpose of the Award

The Library Open Access Award was established in 2019 by Federation University Library with the endorsement of Professor Chris Hutchison, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation).

Federation University and its researchers are increasingly recognising the benefits of publishing both research outputs and research data as open access, and this Award contributes to increasing the awareness and promotion of open science.

The Library Open Access Award acknowledges both the University and the Library's encouragement of open access, together with the specific contribution to open access by awardees.

Nature of the Award

The Award consists of a framed certificate which is presented during Open Access Week (October). The recipient is also formally recognised on the Library’s Open Access Award webpage.

Criteria

Criteria for the Award (as of September 2022):

“The Open Access article published in the last three full years by a Federation University Australia staff member with the most citations in either Web of Science or Scopus.”

• The award will be for the most highly cited Open Access publication in either Web of Science or Scopus.
• It is limited to items published during the latest 3 full years. For example, the 2021 Award covered papers published between 2018-2021.
• The Award is made to a University staff member, not an Associate, Adjunct or Honorary.
• The Award is not presented twice for the same paper.
• The Award is not made to the same staff member more than twice.

Previous recipients

2023

The 2023 Award was made to Professor Fadi Charchar for the paper titled: 2020 International Society of Hypertension global hypertension practice guidelines, co-authored by T Unger, Fadi Charchar et al, Hypertension, June 2020, Volume 75, Issue 6, pp. 1334-1357 DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15026

2022

The 2022 Award was made to Associate Professor Aziz Rahman for the paper titled: Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019,  co-authored by CJL Murray, Aziz Rahman et al, The Lancet, October 2020, Volume 396, Issue 10258, pp. 1223-1249 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30752-2

2021

The 2021 Award was made to Associate Professor Aziz Rahman for the paper titled: Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, co-authored by C. Abbafati, Aziz Rahman et al, Lancet, October 2020, Volume 396, Issue 10258, pp. 1204-1222 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30925-9

2020

The 2021 Award was made to Professor Peter Gell for the paper titled: Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity, by Andrea J. Reid, Peter Gell, et al, Biological Reviews, v.94, issue 3, June 2019, pp. 849-873 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12480

2019

The inaugural Award was made to Associate Professor Rochelle Eime for the paper titled: The association between social support and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review, by G.L. Smith, Rochelle Eime et al, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 14, 56, April 2017 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0509-8