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Art Documentation

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN2161-9417

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.112

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

3,000

Total Citationsi

2,459

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Art; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Archeology (arts and humanities); Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,000

Publisher OrgArt Libraries Society of North America

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2161-9417

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2025

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ3

Archeology (arts and humanities)Q4

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Art

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesVisual Arts and Performing ArtsArcheology (arts and humanities)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Art History and Market AnalysisDigital and Traditional Archives ManagementArt, Politics, and ModernismMuseums and Cultural HeritageHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesVisual Culture and Art TheoryCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentHistorical Art and Culture StudiesScottish History and National Identity

Frequently asked questions about Art Documentation

Is Art Documentation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Art Documentation: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Art Documentation?

Art Documentation is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.02.

Is Art Documentation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Art Documentation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Art Documentation?