UMUAI is proud to announce that the following paper has been elected as the recipient of the 2020 James Chen Annual Award for Best Journal Article:

Effects of recommendations on the playlist creation behavior of users

Iman Kamahkhosh1, Geoffray Bonnin2, Dietmar Jannach3

1E.ON Digital Technology GmbH, Essen, Germany

2Loria, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France

3University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria

UMUAI 30(1): 285–322

The paper was selected based on nominations from journal reviewers, editorial board members and guest editors, and a subsequent comparative review of the shortlisted papers by an award committee.

The James Chen Annual Award for Best Journal Article has been donated by the Chen family in commemoration of James R. Chen, a creative researcher in the area of user modeling and information retrieval, and twice a UMUAI author. The award carries a cash price of US$ 1000.