Best Paper & Reviewer Awards – Archive

2014 Best Papers

Impact of Acquired Immunity and Dose-Dependent Probability of Illness on Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Arie H. Havelaar and Arno Swart
34(10): 1807-1819

Uncertainty in Climate Change Modelling: Can Global Sensitivity Analysis Be Of Help?
Barry Anderson, Emanuele Borgonovo, Marzio Galeotti, Roberto Roson
34(2):271-293

Attenuating Initial Beliefs: Increasing the Acceptance of Anthropogenic Climate Change Information by Reflecting On Values
Anne-Marie van Prooijen and Paul Sparks
34(5):929-936

Managing the Fukushima Challenge
Atsuyuki Suzuki
34(7):1240-1256

2013 Best Papers

The unintended effects of risk-refuting information on anxiety
33(1): 80-91 – Kazuya Nakayachi

Wildfire exposure analysis on the national forests in the Pacific Northwest, USA
33(6): 1000-1020 – Alan Ager, Michelle Buonopane, Allison Reger and Mark A. Finney

Low-probability flood risk modeling for New York City
33(5): 772–788 – Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts, Ning Lin, Wouter Botzen, Kerry Emanual and Hans de Moel

2012 Best Papers

A Review of Risk Perceptions and Other Factors that Influence Flood Mitigation Behavior, 32(9):1481-1495—Philip Bubeck, Willem Jan Wouter Botzen, Jeroen Aerts

Modeling Intelligent Adversaries for Terrorism Risk Assessment: Some Necessary Conditions for Adversary Models, 32(7):1117–1121—Seth Guikema

Adversarial Risk Analysis for Counterterrorism Modeling, 32(5):894–915—Jesus M. Rios Aliaga

Exploring Robust Alternatives for Climate Adaptation in Forest Land Management, 32(12):2098–2112—Tim McDaniels, Tamsin Mills, Robin Gregory, Dan Ohlson

Adversarial Risk Analysis with Incomplete Information: A Level-k Approach, 32(7):1219–1231—Casey Rothschild, Laura McLay, Seth Guikema

On the Risk Management and Risk Governance for Petroleum Operations in the Barents Sea Area,  32(9):1561-1575–Terje Aven and Ortwin Renn

2011 Best Papers

A Causal Model of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Risk

Tony Cox, 31(1):38-62.

Strategic Appraisal of Environmental Risks: A Contrast between the UK’s Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and Its Committee on Radioactive Waste Management

Simon Dietz and Alec Morton, 31(1):129-142.

Why Near Miss Events Can Decrease an Individual’s Protective Response to Hurricanes

Robin Dillon, Catherine Tinsley, and Matthew Cronin, 31(3):440-449.

Ecological Risk Assessment, Prediction and Assessing Risk Predictions

Mark Gibbs, 31(11).

The White (Male) Effect and Risk Perception: Can Equality Make a Difference?
Anna Olofsson and Saman Rashid, 31(6):1016-1032.

Can Environmental Insurance Succeed Where Other Strategies Fail? The Case of Underground Storage Tanks

Haitao Yin, Alex Pfaff, and Howard Kunreuther, 31(1):12-24.

2010 Best Papers

Analyzing Evacuation vs. Shelter-in-Place Strategies After a Terrorist Nuclear Detonation
Lawrence Wein and Youngsoo Choi, 30(9):1315-1327.

Managing Invasive Species in the Presence of Endogenous Technological Change with Uncertainty
C.S. Kim, Glenn D. Schaible, Jan Lewandrowski, and Utpal Vasavada, 30(2):250-260.

Prioritizing Environmental Health Risks in the UAE
Henry Willis, Jacqueline MacDonald, Regina Shih, Sandra Geschwind, Sarah Olmstead, Jianhui Hu, Aimee Curtright, Gary Cecchine, and Melinda Moore, 30(12).

The Intuitive Detection Theorist (IDT) Model of Trust in Hazard Management
Matthew P. White and Branden B. Johnson, 30 (8):1196-1209.

Risk Governance for Mobil Phones, Power Lines, and Other EMF Technologies   
Leeka Kheifets, John Swanson, Shaiela Kandel, and Timothy Malloy, 30(10):1482-1494.

Anthropic Shadow: Observation Selection Effects and Human Extinction Risks
Milan Cirkovic, Anders Sandbert, and Nick Bostrom, 30(10):1495-1506.

Contribution to Best Issue-Linked Paper Set – 2010

Terrorism Risk
Intelligent Adversary Risk Analysis: A Bioterrorism Risk Management Model
Gregory S. Parnell, Christopher M. Smith, and Frederick I. Moxley, 30(1):32-48.
Probabilistic Risk Analysis and Terrorism Risk
Barry Ezell, Steve Bennett, Detlof von Winterfeldt, John Sokolowski, and Andrew Collins, 30(4) 575-589.
Response to Parnell, Smith, and Moxley, Intelligent Adversary Risk Analysis: A Bioterrorism Risk Management Model
Barry C. Ezell and Andrew J. Collins, 30(6):875.
Response to Letter to the Editor
Gregory S. Parnell and Christopher M. Smith, 30(6):876.


Uncertainty Factors
Conundrums with Uncertainty Factors
Roger Cooke, 30(3):330-339.
Are Conundrums with Uncertainty Factors an Obstacle to Developing Probabilistic Interpretations of Noncancer Risks for Chemicals?
Rob Goble and Dale Hattis, 30(3):340-345.
Discussion of “Conundrums with Uncertainty Factors”
Thomas Louis, 30(3):346-348.
Uncertainty Factor Conundrums: What Lessons Should We Draw?
Lorenz R. Rhomberg, 30(3):349-352.
Response to Reviewers
Roger M. Cooke, 30(3):353.


Trust and Risk
Trust in Risk Management: A Model-Based Review of Empirical Research
Timothy Earle, 30(4):541-574.
Trust and Confidence: The Difficulties in Distinguishing the Two Concepts in Research
Michael Siegrist, 30(7):1022-1024.
Distinguishing Trust from Confidence: Manageable Difficulties, Worth the Effort
Timothy Earle, 30(7):1025-1027.

2009 Best Papers

Evaluating Critical Uncertainty Thresholds in a Spatial Model of Forest Pest Invasion Risk 
Frank Koch, Denys Yemshanov, Daniel McKenney, and William Smith, 29(9).

A Model of Exposure to Rotavirus from Non-dietary Ingestion Iterated by Simulated Intermittent Contacts 
Timothy Julian, Robert Canales, James Leckie and Alexandria Boehm, 29(5).

Loss of Life Caused by the Flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A Preliminary Analysis of the Relationship between Flood Characteristics and Mortality 
Sebastiaan Jonkman, Bob Maaskant, Ezra Boyd, and Marc Lloyd Levitan, 29(5).

Managing Societal and Institutional Risks in Child Protection
Eileen Munro, 29(7).

Dealing with the White Death: Avalanche Risk Management for Traffic Routes
Christoph Rheinberger, Michael Brundl, and Jakob Rhyner, 29(1).

2014 Best Reviewers

John Besley
Robert Budnitz
Warner North (Book Reviewer)

2013 Best Reviewers

Terje Aven
Carmen Keller
Emanuele Borgonovo

2012 Best Reviewers

Craig Trumbo
Don Schaffner
James Hammitt
Jim Lambert
Mitchell Small

2011 Best Reviewers

Roger Cooke
Seth Guikema

2010 Best Reviewers

L. Robin Keller
Timothy Earle
Keith Florig

2009 Best Reviewer

William Huber

2008 Best Reviewer

Branden Johnson