Description: The Publication Award recognizes outstanding contributions to T&E literature.  ITEA presents this award to honor individuals whose published books or technical papers have improved and increased the general body of knowledge relevant to better understanding and development of T&E technology. The literary works considered may be broad in scope or may address a single functional area that is included under the T&E umbrella.

Eligibility: The Publications Award may be awarded to any author or authors whose literary work is of high quality and addresses test and evaluation topics. Membership in ITEA is not required; however, the literary works for which the author is nominated should complement ITEA’s goals. Co-authors are eligible for joint recognition. Teams, organizations, or institutions are not eligible. The following prerequisites also apply:

• Published work must be original and must adhere to the accepted practices of scholarly research methods. Proper credits must be given where material is drawn from other sources; the conclusions are to be suitably justified, and statements of opinion are to be identified as such.
• An author can only receive this award one time for the same publication.
• Only published works available to the public will be considered.

Evaluation Criteria:

1. Published works will generally be ranked according to the following hierarchy:

• Books by a single author
• Books by co-authors
• Books by an editor
• Monograph series
• Monograph
• Refereed article in a published journal
• Tutorial text
• Television script, where authorship is specified

2. Relative impact of the published work in terms of its influence in the T&E field.
3. The degree to which the author drew upon approved research methods in the justification of any conclusions.
4. The organization of the published material, editorial style, and conciseness of presentation.