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You could look at the Australian Research Council's ranking of journals,
which is at:
http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm#1
Unlike some initiatives, this one makes a concerted effort to include
art and design. However, while we fared well as a publisher in this
exercise, my personal view is that journal ranking exercises are deeply
problematic. Classifications are invariably fraught. In this review,
one of our journals ('Fashion Theory') was classified under 'Design
Practice and Management' and 'Art Theory and Criticism'. This journal is
very interdisciplinary and is far more likely to include cultural
history articles than anything on design practice and management.
Another journal, 'Design Journal,' was classified under 'Architecture'
but not under 'Design Practice and Management'.
In a European metrics initiative, 'Fashion Theory' was classified as a
Gender Studies journal (which it isn't - they just didn't have a
category it fit). You can see the problem - it is impossible to
pigeon-hole journals that cut across disciplines, and yet their
contribution to scholarship is being measured in terms of their impact
on individual disciplines rather than on scholarship as a whole. These
sorts of initiatives also unfairly penalize new journals that have not
yet had a chance to establish themselves, particularly those in
interdisciplinary subjects, as well as very specialist journals that
represent sub-fields. You might want to bear these things in mind when
you consider a journal's rank.
But, the ARC list is a useful starting point and an independent source
of assessment information. You would need to sort by the categories that
interest you as it aims to be comprehensive.
Good luck!
Kathryn Earle
Managing Director
Berg Publishers
www.bergpublishers.com
Tel (direct): +44 (0) 1865-254888
Tel (general): +44 (0) 1865-245104
<http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/>
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Marianne L. Sade
Sent: 02 December 2010 18:36
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] Best Art/Design Journals
Hi,
A local university professor is asking if there is a list of art
journals (including applied arts and design) that are considered the
"best."
Your thoughts?
Thank you!
Cheers,
Marianne
Marianne L. Sade
Instruction Librarian
Decker Library
MICA
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Baltimore, MD 21217-4191
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