Awarded by: Association for Information Systems (AIS)
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Professor James Thong is a recipient of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Fellow Award for 2016, and the only recipient from Asia. The Fellow Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the information systems (IS) discipline in terms of research, teaching and service.
Professor Thong has many papers in the top IS journals, and is highly cited with two papers among the most cited in their respective journals (JMIS & MISQ). Over 25 years (1990-2014), he ranks #33 among those who published in ISR, MISQ, & JMIS; and #3 for faculty outside North America. He has served as Associate Editor for the top business journals (ISR & MISQ) and awarded the “Best ISR Associate Editor” by INFORMS.
He has served on the AIS Council, and as Program Co-Chair, Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair, Junior Faculty Consortium Co-Chair, and Track Co-Chair for many AIS conferences. At HKUST, his efforts to develop new UG/MSc programs have resulted in many students studying IS.
The award ceremony was held in Dublin, in December 2016 with 1,700+ attendees. AIS is the premier organization for IS academics with 4,000+ members in 95 countries.
Professor Thong is also appointed Senior Editor for MIS Quarterly from January 2017.