Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Established in 1942 by the American Society for Aesthetics, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism publishes current research articles, symposia, special issues, and timely reviews of books in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. The philosophy of art includes scholarship examining the nature, meaning and value of the arts, considered generally or individually, where the arts are taken in the broadest possible sense. Aesthetics includes work on aesthetic experiences and values wherever they are found both in and beyond the arts. The Journal takes a theoretical and interdisciplinary approach to the arts and aesthetic matters, including scholarship and practice in the fields of philosophy, English literature, comparative literature, art, music, theater and drama, art history, psychology, law, and related disciplines. The Journal welcomes philosophically-informed interdisciplinary research and exploration of non-traditional aesthetic issues. While the Journal does not publish criticism, it invites scholarly work on the purpose, value, and function of criticism throughout the arts as well as pieces that explore the philosophical or theoretical implications of individual artworks. The Journal does not publish manuscripts that consist mainly of commentary on articles published elsewhere, nor do we publish articles that are primarily expository. Normally, historical studies should concern issues of continuing philosophical or theoretical interest. We welcome short discussion pieces responding to articles published in the Journal. The Journal sponsors the bi-annual John Fisher Memorial Prize in Aesthetics in honor of John Fisher, editor of the Journal from 1973-1988. The Prize is offered to foster the development of new voices and talent in the field of aesthetics.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Music	1999	Q2
Music	2000	Q2
Music	2001	Q1
Music	2002	Q1
Music	2003	Q1
Music	2004	Q1
Music	2005	Q1
Music	2006	Q1
Music	2007	Q1
Music	2008	Q2
Music	2009	Q1
Music	2010	Q1
Music	2011	Q1
Music	2012	Q1
Music	2013	Q2
Music	2014	Q1
Music	2015	Q1
Music	2016	Q1
Music	2017	Q1
Music	2018	Q1
Music	2019	Q1
Music	2020	Q1
Music	2021	Q1
Music	2022	Q1
Music	2023	Q1
Philosophy	1999	Q2
Philosophy	2000	Q2
Philosophy	2001	Q2
Philosophy	2002	Q1
Philosophy	2003	Q1
Philosophy	2004	Q1
Philosophy	2005	Q1
Philosophy	2006	Q2
Philosophy	2007	Q1
Philosophy	2008	Q2
Philosophy	2009	Q1
Philosophy	2010	Q1
Philosophy	2011	Q1
Philosophy	2012	Q1
Philosophy	2013	Q2
Philosophy	2014	Q2
Philosophy	2015	Q1
Philosophy	2016	Q1
Philosophy	2017	Q1
Philosophy	2018	Q1
Philosophy	2019	Q1
Philosophy	2020	Q1
Philosophy	2021	Q1
Philosophy	2022	Q1
Philosophy	2023	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	1999	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2000	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2001	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2002	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2003	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2004	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2005	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2006	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2007	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2008	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2009	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2010	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2011	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2012	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2013	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2014	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2015	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2016	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2017	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2018	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2019	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2020	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2021	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2022	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.151
2000	0.148
2001	0.251
2002	0.357
2003	0.295
2004	0.251
2005	0.299
2006	0.193
2007	0.420
2008	0.162
2009	0.330
2010	0.458
2011	0.376
2012	0.364
2013	0.204
2014	0.280
2015	0.310
2016	0.411
2017	0.550
2018	0.577
2019	0.507
2020	0.553
2021	0.293
2022	0.358
2023	0.644

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	25
2000	29
2001	32
2002	27
2003	31
2004	33
2005	32
2006	38
2007	33
2008	28
2009	34
2010	33
2011	34
2012	31
2013	34
2014	34
2015	39
2016	29
2017	38
2018	39
2019	37
2020	50
2021	45
2022	45
2023	63

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.225
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.292
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.260
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.330
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.381
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.353
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.407
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.423
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.515
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.669
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.855
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.624
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.555
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.651
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.826
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.545
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.669
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.420
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.632
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.793
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.628
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.923
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.006
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.012
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.915
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.225
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.268
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.299
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.349
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.364
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.344
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.429
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.458
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.553
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.631
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.919
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.579
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.495
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.604
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.724
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.525
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.707
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.355
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.657
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.792
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.745
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.868
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.056
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.765
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.893
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.261
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.259
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.279
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.424
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.310
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.422
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.415
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.600
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.620
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.557
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.532
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.493
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.493
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.723
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.477
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.588
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.370
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.574
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.851
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.610
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.921
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.943
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.505
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.878

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	6
Self Cites	2000	4
Self Cites	2001	8
Self Cites	2002	8
Self Cites	2003	7
Self Cites	2004	8
Self Cites	2005	10
Self Cites	2006	4
Self Cites	2007	13
Self Cites	2008	11
Self Cites	2009	28
Self Cites	2010	10
Self Cites	2011	6
Self Cites	2012	8
Self Cites	2013	7
Self Cites	2014	19
Self Cites	2015	23
Self Cites	2016	7
Self Cites	2017	16
Self Cites	2018	18
Self Cites	2019	18
Self Cites	2020	21
Self Cites	2021	17
Self Cites	2022	12
Self Cites	2023	26
Total Cites	1999	16
Total Cites	2000	19
Total Cites	2001	23
Total Cites	2002	30
Total Cites	2003	32
Total Cites	2004	31
Total Cites	2005	39
Total Cites	2006	44
Total Cites	2007	57
Total Cites	2008	65
Total Cites	2009	91
Total Cites	2010	55
Total Cites	2011	47
Total Cites	2012	61
Total Cites	2013	71
Total Cites	2014	52
Total Cites	2015	70
Total Cites	2016	38
Total Cites	2017	67
Total Cites	2018	84
Total Cites	2019	79
Total Cites	2020	99
Total Cites	2021	133
Total Cites	2022	101
Total Cites	2023	125

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.141
External Cites per document	2000	0.211
External Cites per document	2001	0.195
External Cites per document	2002	0.256
External Cites per document	2003	0.284
External Cites per document	2004	0.256
External Cites per document	2005	0.319
External Cites per document	2006	0.417
External Cites per document	2007	0.427
External Cites per document	2008	0.524
External Cites per document	2009	0.636
External Cites per document	2010	0.474
External Cites per document	2011	0.432
External Cites per document	2012	0.525
External Cites per document	2013	0.653
External Cites per document	2014	0.333
External Cites per document	2015	0.475
External Cites per document	2016	0.290
External Cites per document	2017	0.500
External Cites per document	2018	0.623
External Cites per document	2019	0.575
External Cites per document	2020	0.684
External Cites per document	2021	0.921
External Cites per document	2022	0.674
External Cites per document	2023	0.707
Cites per document	1999	0.225
Cites per document	2000	0.268
Cites per document	2001	0.299
Cites per document	2002	0.349
Cites per document	2003	0.364
Cites per document	2004	0.344
Cites per document	2005	0.429
Cites per document	2006	0.458
Cites per document	2007	0.553
Cites per document	2008	0.631
Cites per document	2009	0.919
Cites per document	2010	0.579
Cites per document	2011	0.495
Cites per document	2012	0.604
Cites per document	2013	0.724
Cites per document	2014	0.525
Cites per document	2015	0.707
Cites per document	2016	0.355
Cites per document	2017	0.657
Cites per document	2018	0.792
Cites per document	2019	0.745
Cites per document	2020	0.868
Cites per document	2021	1.056
Cites per document	2022	0.765
Cites per document	2023	0.893

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	4.00
2000	3.45
2001	3.13
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	0.00
2006	2.63
2007	3.03
2008	0.00
2009	5.88
2010	3.03
2011	2.94
2012	12.90
2013	8.82
2014	2.94
2015	10.26
2016	3.45
2017	10.53
2018	2.56
2019	0.00
2020	8.00
2021	2.22
2022	6.67
2023	3.17

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	5
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	4
Non-citable documents	2003	10
Non-citable documents	2004	18
Non-citable documents	2005	20
Non-citable documents	2006	18
Non-citable documents	2007	11
Non-citable documents	2008	13
Non-citable documents	2009	13
Non-citable documents	2010	18
Non-citable documents	2011	13
Non-citable documents	2012	13
Non-citable documents	2013	8
Non-citable documents	2014	10
Non-citable documents	2015	9
Non-citable documents	2016	22
Non-citable documents	2017	24
Non-citable documents	2018	31
Non-citable documents	2019	23
Non-citable documents	2020	23
Non-citable documents	2021	28
Non-citable documents	2022	26
Non-citable documents	2023	22
Citable documents	1999	66
Citable documents	2000	71
Citable documents	2001	77
Citable documents	2002	82
Citable documents	2003	78
Citable documents	2004	72
Citable documents	2005	71
Citable documents	2006	78
Citable documents	2007	92
Citable documents	2008	90
Citable documents	2009	86
Citable documents	2010	77
Citable documents	2011	82
Citable documents	2012	88
Citable documents	2013	90
Citable documents	2014	89
Citable documents	2015	90
Citable documents	2016	85
Citable documents	2017	78
Citable documents	2018	75
Citable documents	2019	83
Citable documents	2020	91
Citable documents	2021	98
Citable documents	2022	106
Citable documents	2023	118

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	57
Uncited documents	2000	57
Uncited documents	2001	59
Uncited documents	2002	64
Uncited documents	2003	61
Uncited documents	2004	68
Uncited documents	2005	59
Uncited documents	2006	70
Uncited documents	2007	72
Uncited documents	2008	63
Uncited documents	2009	57
Uncited documents	2010	57
Uncited documents	2011	63
Uncited documents	2012	60
Uncited documents	2013	55
Uncited documents	2014	64
Uncited documents	2015	60
Uncited documents	2016	79
Uncited documents	2017	61
Uncited documents	2018	57
Uncited documents	2019	64
Uncited documents	2020	62
Uncited documents	2021	63
Uncited documents	2022	74
Uncited documents	2023	78
Cited documents	1999	14
Cited documents	2000	14
Cited documents	2001	18
Cited documents	2002	22
Cited documents	2003	27
Cited documents	2004	22
Cited documents	2005	32
Cited documents	2006	26
Cited documents	2007	31
Cited documents	2008	40
Cited documents	2009	42
Cited documents	2010	38
Cited documents	2011	32
Cited documents	2012	41
Cited documents	2013	43
Cited documents	2014	35
Cited documents	2015	39
Cited documents	2016	28
Cited documents	2017	41
Cited documents	2018	49
Cited documents	2019	42
Cited documents	2020	52
Cited documents	2021	63
Cited documents	2022	58
Cited documents	2023	62

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	20.83
2000	23.33
2001	22.22
2002	35.00
2003	27.27
2004	27.59
2005	33.33
2006	16.22
2007	34.48
2008	25.00
2009	18.52
2010	19.35
2011	18.75
2012	33.33
2013	24.24
2014	34.38
2015	25.93
2016	17.39
2017	18.75
2018	38.24
2019	42.42
2020	37.84
2021	35.00
2022	42.22
2023	42.11

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	0
Overton	2001	2
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	1
Overton	2005	1
Overton	2006	0
Overton	2007	0
Overton	2008	0
Overton	2009	0
Overton	2010	0
Overton	2011	2
Overton	2012	0
Overton	2013	0
Overton	2014	0
Overton	2015	0
Overton	2016	1
Overton	2017	0
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	0
Overton	2020	0
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	0