KUNSTGESCHICHTE. Open Peer Reviewed Journal

E-JOURNAL

The internet offers a number of new possibilities for publishing:

▪ The results of new research reach scholars all over the world within a minimum of time and without limits of accessibility.

▪ There is no necessity for prefixed dates of publication as in printed periodicals.  As soon as a paper has been copy-edited, it will be put online.  A newsletter will inform the reader about the most recent contributions.

▪ Digital form permits illustrations in colour throughout the text as well as the use of hyperlinks; it also enables the reader to search electronically for names and key words.

▪ Finally, the internet gives scholars the possibility for immediate interaction by allowing them to contribute comments, critiques, and additions online to the papers published in Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal. All comments will be furnished with a proper URL so as to be citable on their own.

OPEN ACCESS

Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal is an open access journal sponsored by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München through its program LMUexcellent; its papers are accessible worldwide free of charge and free of any limitations.

DIGITAL PEER PUBLISHING (DiPP) LICENSE

If not otherwise protected, copyrights for all papers published in Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal are subject to the rules of the Digital Peer Publishing (DiPP) license.  According to DiPP, all papers may be read by anyone interested, passed on unchanged electronically, and made available for downloading.

Since a paper may only be passed on electronically, the copyright for use in print or on disc remains with the author(s), who may grant copyright to a publishing house for trade of their paper in any non-electronic form.

For DiPP-license see http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen7dppl7dpplDPPL v2 de 06-2004.html

PUBLIC PEER REVIEW

Until recently, publication in nearly all scholarly journals proceeded as follows:  the paper was offered to a periodical, reviewed by one or more experts, and, in case of acceptance, finally printed and available to be read.  The internet permits a new procedure.  The readers can now be involved in reviewing; therefore, many different views on the subject may lead to a more objective judgment than in the past. 

Papers submitted to Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal are first put up as ›Discussion Papers‹ for public peer assessment over a period of six months. After this stage, the authors have the option of revising their work according to the public comments. Only then will the definitive papers be published as ›Journal Articles‹. By proceeding thus we capitalize on the specific possibilities of the internet: It allows scholars to interact immediately, and to contribute comments, criticism, and additional information online to the papers published in Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal. We would like to underline that all comments will be furnished with a proper URL so as to be citable independently.

THEMATIC BREADTH OF THE JOURNAL

Over time, the field of art history has experienced specialisation and fragmentation.  Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal wants to counter this development, as evident in its inclusive title and fostered through its global internet availability.  The Journal wants to be a forum for the entire discipline -- beyond territorial or periodic borderlines, and accepting all methodological approaches and influences from other related disciplines.

NEW RESEARCH

The main purpose of Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal is the timely publication of new results of art history research.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

The journal also offers internet publication of lectures given at recent symposia, so that they can be discussed possibly before they appear in print.

›RECONSIDERED‹

In addition to the publication of new and innovative research, the Journal will offer a forum for the discussion of older literature.  We therefore invite you to propose texts for electronic reprint, for example such texts that in their first printing did not meet with the reception they deserved or ones that today would offer new perspectives.

THESES AND POINTS OF VIEW

This section of the journal is dedicated to discussions of the current status of art history and its further development.

LANGUAGES OF PUBLICATION

Articles and comments will usually be published in German, English, French, or Italian.

ETHICAL CODE

We look forward to your collaboration, to lively discussions, complementary or critical contributions regarding our publications, assuming, of course, fairness, respect, and constructive intentions as well as high scholarly standards.

SUBMISSIONS

Contributors to Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal should normally hold a Master’s degree in the field although exceptions can be made. Graduate university students may apply for publication if recommended by their supervisors, a professor or a lecturer. For more information about how to submit texts see ›Submit Papers‹ and ›Submit Comments‹.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTRIBUTION!