A Emerald Literati Award for the Outstanding Paper in 2022 was awarded to Prof. Anand S. Patel and Dr. Kaushik M. Patel for an article titled ‘Critical Review of Literature on Lean Six Sigma Methodology’ published in the International Journal of Lean Six Sigma (#LiteratiAwards). The article is freely accessible at https://www.emerald.com/…/IJLSS-04-2020-0043/full/html till August 2023.