Awards for Most Read Books and Journals of Vilnius University Press 2021

This year marks the fourth time Vilnius University (VU) Press is choosing the most read books and scholarly periodicals published by the publishing house. This year saw a new nomination - The Most Read Book of Vilnius University Press in Vilnius University Library.

This year’s nominations and awards for books were presented in four categories: the Most Read Monograph, the Most Read Study Book, the Most Read Popular Science Book, and the Most Read VU Press Book in the VU Library.

The winners of each category were announced at the first meeting of the VU Senate on 20 September. The authors were presented with an award certificate.

Nominated for the Most Read Monograph were:

1. Evolution of Roads in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Conquest of Land (Lith. Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės kelių evoliucija. Sausumos užvaldymas), 2021. Tomas Čelkis.
2. Martynas Jankus: He who United the Nation and Created the Lithuanian Press (Lith. Martynas Jankus: tautos vienytojas ir lietuviškosios spaudos kūrėjas), 2021. Domas Kaunas.
3. Man and Animal. The Anthropological Difference in Phenomenological Hermeneutic Philosophy (Lith. Žmogus ir gyvūnas. Antropologinis skirtumas fenomenologinėje hermeneutinėje filosofijoje), 2021. Mintautas Gutauskas.

The award for most read monograph went to Prof. Habil. Dr. Domas Kaunas’s Martynas Jankus: He who United the Nation and Created the Lithuanian Press.

Nominated for the Most Read Study Book were:

1. Civil Procedure Law. General Part, Book I (Lith. Civilinio proceso teisė. Bendroji dalis, I knyga), 2020. Valentinas Mikelėnas, Vytautas Nekrošius, Egidija Tamošiūnienė, Vigita Vėbraitė, Artūras Driukas, Rimantas Simaitis, Egidijus Laužikas, Aurimas Brazdeikis, Sigitas Barakauskas.
2. Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Stroke (Lith. Galvos smegenų insulto diagnostikos, gydymo ir profilaktikos), 2021. Dalius Jatužis, Daiva Rastenytė, Aleksandras Vilionskis, Vaidas Matijošaitis, Kristina Ryliškienė.
3. Infant Motor Development and Motor Skills Training (Lith. Kūdikių motorinė raida ir judėjimo įgūdžių lavinimas). Lina Budrienė, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė, 2020.

The award for most read study book went to Lect. Lina Budrienė and Vaiva Strukčinskaitė’s infant Motor Development and Motor Skills Training.

Nominated for the Most Read Popular Science Book were:

1. My Diabetes and Me. Tips for Those Suffering (Lith. Aš ir mano diabetas. Patarimai sergantiesiems), 2021. Jūratė Pečeliūnienė, Marius Anglickis, Vida Augustinienė, Violeta Bičkauskienė, Miglė Francaitė-Daugėlienė, Diana Jonikienė, Eglė Kabašinskaitė, Anastasija Kamarauskaitė, Vytautas Kasiulevičius, Aušra Krivolap, Liudvikas Lazauskas, Antanas Norkus, Rytas Ostrauskas, Gitana Ramonienė, Jūratė Raudytė, Neringa Sadauskaitė.
2. Lithuanian Hounds (Lith. Lietuvių skalikai), 2021. Marius Smetona, Mantas Milinavičius, Anželika Smetonienė.
3. Amidst Propaganda (Propagandos apsupty), 2021. Viktor Denisenko.

The award for the Most Read Popular Science Book went to My Diabetes and Me. Tips for Those Suffering.

Nominated for the Most Read Scholarly Periodical were:

1. Economics (Lith. Ekonomika). Editor-in-chief Algirdas Miškinis.
2. Information & Media. Editor-in-chief Vladislav Fomin.
3. Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies. Editor-in-chief Sigitas Urbonavicius.

The award for the Most Read Scholarly Periodical went to Prof. Dr. Vladislav Fomin’s Information & Media.

Nominated for the Most Read Book in VU Library were:

1. Analytical Paradigms in Historical Regional Studies (Lith. Analitinės istorinės regionistikos paradigmos), 2019. Nerijus Babinskas.
2. Lithuanian Criminal Law. General Part, Book I (Lith. Lietuvos baudžiamoji teisė. Bendroji dalis, I knyga), 2019. Gintaras Švedas, Armanas Abramavičius, Jonas Prapiestis, Egidijus Bieliūnas.
3. A Guide to the Old Vilnius University Astronomical Observatory (Lith. Vadovas po senąją Vilniaus universiteto astronomijos observatoriją), 2021. Libertas Klimka.

The award for the Most Read Book in the VU Library went to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nerijus Babinskas’s study Analytical Paradigms in Historical Regional Studies.

The Awards aim to raise the profile of VU and VU Press authors, and to promote the publication and dissemination of scholarly, educational, and popular science publications. The awards are annually presented for book sales in the previous calendar year, counting only books published in the last three years. The VU Press’s most read books in the VU Library are determined by calculating the frequency of issuance per available copy of a book.

Journal reading frequency is measured by four indicators: number of downloads of all journal articles in 2021, number of downloads per article, the number of citations for all journal articles in the last five years, as calculated by Dimensions, and number of citations per journal article according to Dimensions. For more information about the rules of the awards, visit the Press’s website.