Celebration of West Point Scholars and Creators Description of Eligible Works
The Celebration of West Point Scholars and Creators event honors members of the USMA community who have produced scholarly and creative works that have been accepted for peer-reviewed publication, exhibition, or other forms of public presentation.
Scholarly work may involve basic, applied, or pedagogical research that represents the intellectual work within a discipline. Such work should be peer-reviewed.
Creative work may involve original contributions in the fine, performing, literary, graphic, and digital arts. Such work should be accepted for exhibition or publication in appropriate professional venues.
Acceptable scholarly or creative work can take many forms. When presented, it should result in a product that reflects one’s professional and academic expertise. Specifically,
- Work should contain novel knowledge or expression.
- Work should be peer-evaluated for quality.
- Work should be disseminated to the scholarly or artistic community.
Examples of acceptable scholarly work include, but may not be limited to original work in the following forms:
- Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
- Conference presentations, papers, posters
- White papers
- Scholarly papers
- Books, book chapters
- Maps
- Reports
- Theses or dissertations
- Invited speeches or lectures (if remarks are scholarly in nature)
- Conference proceedings
Examples of acceptable creative work include, but may not be limited to original work in the following forms:
- Poetry
- Art
- Film
- Video and sound recording
- Literature
- Photography
Examples of work that generally does not qualify for inclusion in the event, though may be eligible for deposit in the USMA Digital Commons include material that:
- Lacks peer-review or is intended for a popular audience.
- Is opinion-based.
- Is a blog post, podcast episode, interview, or other more informal and generally non-sourced work.
- Is self-published.
- Is not substantively written or created by the author.
- Is official government work.
- Is developed solely for presentation at USMA Projects Day.
