Submitting to JAR

 

Dr. Michael Schwab, Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Barnaby Drabble, Managing Editor

 

O. Who we are: basic information

1. What we seek: expositions of practice as research

2. What you need to submit: a checklist

3. How we work: JAR's editorial workflow

4. How we evaluate: peer review and editorial assessment

5. What else we do: the JAR Network space

6. What we are working on: current concerns

0. Who we are: basic information
  • JAR is a peer-reviewed journal that disseminates artistic research from all disciplines https://jar-online.net/
  • It is published by the non-profit Society for Artistic Research (SAR) https://societyforartisticresearch.org/
  • JAR's inaugural issue 0 was published in 2011
  • Since 2011, we have published 199 expositions and 77 JAR Network texts
  • JAR is Open Access and free of charge for both authors and readers
  • JAR uses the Research Catalogue for submission and publication of expositions, and the JAR website CMS for JAR Network texts https://www.researchcatalogue.net/
  • JAR seeks to bottom-up support artists and creatives in all fields through its rich-media, multimodal and non-linear publication capabilities
  • JAR's editorial team consists of artists and researchers from all over the world active in a wide range of practices https://jar-online.net/en/journal-artistic-research#editorial-board
  • JAR is also a research platform, seeking ways to positively influence developments in the field

1. What we seek: expositions of practice as research

Expositionality in Action https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1024139/1029718

 

For more information on expositional, see also Michael Schwab's profile on the RC https://www.researchcatalogue.net/profile/?person=10953 which includes lecture recordings and a number of published texts.

 

JAR will offer a dedicated webinar on expositionality very soon.

2. What you need to submit: a checklist

https://jar-online.net/en/submissions

 

Basic Requirements:

 

  • authors create, design and submit expositions using the Research Catalogue (RC).
  • languages currently accepted are English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, and French.
  • we have no word-limit, but a reader should be able to access all essential aspects of the exposition in the period of an hour of investigation.
  • submission must include the author’s name, a title, an abstract and a list of key words.
  • all media-files need to be uploaded to the RC (no embedding).
  • authors need to have an up-to-date biography on their RC profile page
  • content must not have been previously published or be currently be considered by another journal and authors must make a declaration of this fact to the managing editor upon submission.
  • submissions must adopt the creative commons license: CC BY-NC-ND
  • authors must follow the MHRA style guide, with in text author-date citations and a list all referenced publications at the end of the exposition
  • any copyright should be secured and noted as needed.

 

In addition when determining whether to send the exposition to peer review, the board considers:

 

  • Whether the exposition exposes artistic practice as research. This goes beyond simply documenting, describing, or writing about work. It engages with questions and claims about knowledge within practice.
  • The degree to which the exposition is conceptually and artistically strong, considered, and significant to the field.
  • Whether the multimedia and design capacities of the RC have been used effectively and meaningfully to support the argument or understanding of the research.

 

If you are new to the Research Catalogue, you will need to register for a free account. A quick start guide is available here https://www.researchcatalogue.net/RC%20Quick%20Start%20Guide.pdf, video tutorials here https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/273532/1685164, and a help guide here https://guide.researchcatalogue.net/

 

For technical help with the RC, contact the RC support team https://www.researchcatalogue.net/portal/contact

For help with submissions to JAR or any other enquiry use the JAR contact form https://jar-online.net/#contact-form

3. How we work: JAR's editorial workflow

Key stages after submission:

 

  1. Initial assessment by managing editor, editor-in-chief, and when required additional editors.

    Possible outcomes:
    - accept for peer-review; lead editor is assigned
    - additional improvements are needed to proceed to peer-review
    - rejection for peer-review with an invitation to resubmit an improved version
    - desk rejection

  2. Peer-review and editorial assessment

    Possible outcomes:
    - accept without revisions
    - accept with revisions ('rework')
    - reject with invitation to resubmit ('resubmit')
    - reject

  3. Revision

    Possible outcomes:
    - revisions rejected: one further attempt is allowed
    - revisions accepted

  4. Production

    Consists of:
    - copyediting
    - 'design editing'
    - publication

4. How we evaluate: peer review and editorial assessment

JAR's peer review https://jar-online.net/en/peer-reviewing-and-artistic-research (includes download link for peer-review form)

 

Key section of the peer-review form:

  1. Are there any ethical or legal concerns?
    Ethical or legal concerns may e.g. arise from the practice with human or other animal subjects, the use of intellectual property or copyright, incidences of plagiarism or any other issue that you may find relevant. In this section you may also note any ethical concerns about use of language or approaches that may impact marginalized communities based on ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, ability, or age, among others.

  2. How well do design and navigation support the submission?
    Design and navigation should support the proposition. Its reception should make sense and not frustrate (in the case that ‘frustration’ is not deemed an important element of the submission).

  3. How does the submission expose practice as research?
    JAR is open to submissions from various methodological backgrounds, as long as they expose practice as research. By this we mean that a submission may articulate its contribution in a variety of manners, artistically as well as academically. Please note any perceived shortcomings here, while keeping in mind that a submission may successfully expose practice as research despite not adhering to conventional academic criteria for the assessment of research.

  4. Has the potential of the submission been sufficiently developed?
    Please reflect on the potential of the submission and the way it is realized here. If you have suggestions for the author(s), please list them in section 6 of this form ‘Conclusions and Revisions.’

  5. Which aspects of the submission are of interest / relevance and why?
    JAR seeks submissions that address important issues or problems in an artistic manner that engages others in the field. When answering this question, please take into account the submission’s subject matter, its methods, outcomes and any other aspect that you deem important.

  6. Your Conclusions and revisions Please give your overall conclusions on this submission highlighting strengths and weaknesses. List revisions that should be requested and indicate if you deem them to be essential or merely desirable.


How substantial do you believe possible revisions to the submissions are, where 0 = no revisions and 10 = fundamental rework is required?

 

Editorial Assessment form:

  1. Summary of the Peer-reviews
  2. Assessment of the Peer-reviews
  3. Editorial Revisions

5. What else we do: the JAR Network space

https://www.jar-online.net/en/network

 

The JAR Network space consists of three sections:

 

  1. Reflections https://jar-online.net/en/reflections
  2. Book reviews https://jar-online.net/en/book-reviews
  3. Channels https://jar-online.net/en/channels
 
How to publish on the JAR Network space https://www.jar-online.net/en/node/1956

6. What we work on: current concerns