Editorial Process
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VIS holds an open call for every issue. Up to seven expositions are selected by the Editorial Committee for entry into the collaborative peer-review process. Read more about submitting a proposal, the editorial process and find FAQ in the links above.
VIS Editorial Process cycle
The cycle begins with a theme-based open call – and ends with a finalised publication. The call is normally open for five months. Selected authors have approx 9 months to work with their expositions before publication.
1. Call for VIS issue announced
VIS holds an open call twice a year with a theme. The call is announced on our website, social media (Facebook and Instagram) and in our newsletter.
2. Submit draft exposition
The submission process goes through Research Catalogue. To participate, you need to create and submit an exposition proposal (a draft exposition).
3. Selecting proposals for further development
The Editorial Committee reviews all draft expositions submitted in response to the call. Up to seven proposals are selected for further development and consideration. Based on the Editorial Committee review, the selected authors are given feedback for consideration in further development. VIS is unable to provide feedback for rejected submissions.
4. Develop full exposition
Selected authors are granted 2–3 months to develop their proposals into full expositions. These expositions are to be fully developed and ready for peer-reviewing.
5. Editorial review and selection of full expositions
The Editorial Committee reviews the full proposals and identifies relevant reviewers. If the development of a proposal is unsatisfying, the Editorial Committee reserves the right to reject the submission at this stage.
6. Peer-review
VIS develops a dialogue-based approach to peer-reviewing. Rather than peer-reviewing being blind and in writing, contact is established between author(s) and peer-reviewer. We encourage that peer reviewer and authors(s) come together (e.g. using video conferencing) for a conversation and discussion about the exposition and how it can best be developed. This model is informed by e.g. how supervision and mentoring normally unfolds in the arts.
The peer-review process gives feedback on the research question or topic, context, working methods, and how processes and artistic outcomes are documented and reflected on. Additionally, it considers how the exposition makes use of the opportunities that Research Catalogue offers when presenting artistic research.
Peer-reviewing takes place over approx. two months. Within this period the author needs to ensure sufficient time to finalise the exposition in response to the feedback from the reviewer. The peer-reviewer submits a report and recommendation to the Editorial Committee.
7. Submission of peer-reviewed exposition
The author submits the peer-reviewed exposition.
8. Editorial review and selection of full expositions
Based on the final submission and the report from the peer-reviewer the Editorial Committee makes a final decision on acceptance. The Editorial Committee might provide final feedback for the author's consideration.
9. Copy-editing
The Editorial Committee expects submitted expositions to be already copy-edited. Still, for quality assurance, an external copy-editing is carried out.
10. Review of copy-editing
The author is provided with a short time window to respond to and integrate suggestions for improvement after copy-editing.
11. Final editorial review
The Editorial Committee does a final assessment of the submission to ensure that there are no outstanding issues before publication.
The editorial process from initial submission to publication takes approx. 9 months.
12. VIS issue published and promoted.
You will find the latest issue on our website visjournal.nu.
All editorial content on the VIS website is available in both English and a Scandinavian version (a mix of Swedish and Norwegian). Exposition abstracts and biographies on our website are also bilingual.
Are you a potential peer-reviewer?
VIS is interested in exploring new ideas for the process of peer-review in artistic research. Models that combine rigorous scrutiny of work with a collaborative and developmental process are of particular interest to the Committee.
As a peer reviewer for VIS, you will be an expert in your own field and have a solid knowledge of what artistic research means. It is a great advantage if you are experienced with the exposition format in the database Research Catalogue or have peer-reviewed expositions and articles in experimental and unconventional formats.
Peer-review is expected to require approx 8 hours of work, and is compensated.
Do you fit this profile and does the process of collaborative and developmental review appeal to you? If so, please send your expression of interest, accompanied by an up-to-date curriculum vitae, to: visjournal@uniarts.se
VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research is a digital open access journal presenting artistic research, with a special emphasis on the Nordic region. It highlights the importance for Nordic artist-researchers of reflection as a mental discipline that, when interwoven with artistic practice, generates new knowledge. The journal is the result of a cooperation between Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH) and the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme (part of Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills).