Journal of the History of Collections

The Journal of the History of Collections is dedicated to the investigation and documentation of all aspects of collecting activity. Its interests range as far back as the earliest Renaissance cabinets and beyond – both medieval and Roman period collections have received attention in the past. No limit is set on more recent practice, so that essays on later twentieth-century collectors have featured regularly. The range of subject-matter treated in the Journal is equally catholic: the earliest universal collections and those that came to engage with more specialized subject areas receive equal attention. Indeed, it is a fundamental tenet of editorial policy that papers in whatever specialized discipline should be presented in a manner that renders them accessible to the whole readership – widespread in terms both of geography and of subject interest – and are not addressed to a single community. From its inception the Journal has sought to provide a platform from which researchers can speak to each other across disciplinary boundaries: it is well known that the mechanisms of collecting and classification developed in natural history, for example, came to influence practices amongst collectors and curators in the fine arts and in ethnography, hence every opportunity is taken here to illustrate and to illuminate the common ground that exists between all those whose researches were founded on material collections. More theoretically oriented papers on the history and theory of museums and museum practice are likely to be better placed elsewhere.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Conservation	1999	Q4
Conservation	2000	Q4
Conservation	2001	Q3
Conservation	2002	Q3
Conservation	2003	Q4
Conservation	2004	Q3
Conservation	2005	Q2
Conservation	2006	Q3
Conservation	2007	Q3
Conservation	2008	Q2
Conservation	2009	Q2
Conservation	2010	Q1
Conservation	2011	Q1
Conservation	2012	Q3
Conservation	2013	Q2
Conservation	2014	Q2
Conservation	2015	Q3
Conservation	2016	Q2
Conservation	2017	Q2
Conservation	2018	Q2
Conservation	2019	Q3
Conservation	2020	Q3
Conservation	2021	Q3
Conservation	2022	Q3
Conservation	2023	Q3
Museology	1999	Q3
Museology	2000	Q3
Museology	2001	Q3
Museology	2002	Q2
Museology	2003	Q4
Museology	2004	Q2
Museology	2005	Q2
Museology	2006	Q2
Museology	2007	Q3
Museology	2008	Q2
Museology	2009	Q2
Museology	2010	Q1
Museology	2011	Q1
Museology	2012	Q2
Museology	2013	Q2
Museology	2014	Q2
Museology	2015	Q2
Museology	2016	Q3
Museology	2017	Q2
Museology	2018	Q1
Museology	2019	Q3
Museology	2020	Q3
Museology	2021	Q2
Museology	2022	Q2
Museology	2023	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	1999	Q3
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2000	Q4
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2001	Q3
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2002	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2003	Q4
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2004	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2005	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2006	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2007	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2008	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2009	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2010	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2011	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2012	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2013	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2014	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2015	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2016	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2017	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2018	Q1
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2019	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2020	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2021	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2022	Q2
Visual Arts and Performing Arts	2023	Q2

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	0.100
2000	0.100
2001	0.108
2002	0.132
2003	0.100
2004	0.123
2005	0.125
2006	0.123
2007	0.109
2008	0.119
2009	0.123
2010	0.210
2011	0.214
2012	0.115
2013	0.121
2014	0.156
2015	0.123
2016	0.138
2017	0.161
2018	0.231
2019	0.126
2020	0.151
2021	0.144
2022	0.150
2023	0.134

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	19
2000	11
2001	13
2002	19
2003	15
2004	16
2005	12
2006	17
2007	18
2008	17
2009	20
2010	22
2011	19
2012	26
2013	24
2014	31
2015	33
2016	31
2017	30
2018	33
2019	35
2020	38
2021	32
2022	37
2023	23

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	0.156
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.047
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.032
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.259
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.065
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.155
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.111
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.129
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.150
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.222
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.266
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.347
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.403
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.192
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.230
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.220
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.237
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.344
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.276
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.279
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	0.257
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	0.217
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.254
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.156
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.022
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.302
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.070
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.128
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.100
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.140
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.133
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.234
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.308
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.327
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.390
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.148
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.254
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.377
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.284
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.242
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.394
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.266
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.296
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.245
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.276
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.243
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.188
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.208
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.094
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.129
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.214
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.207
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.143
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.229
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.324
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.310
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.098
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.311
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.300
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.127
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.297
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.203
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.410
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.286
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.164
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.271
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.188

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	0
Self Cites	2001	0
Self Cites	2002	7
Self Cites	2003	1
Self Cites	2004	4
Self Cites	2005	1
Self Cites	2006	2
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	1
Self Cites	2009	2
Self Cites	2010	0
Self Cites	2011	6
Self Cites	2012	2
Self Cites	2013	0
Self Cites	2014	6
Self Cites	2015	2
Self Cites	2016	4
Self Cites	2017	3
Self Cites	2018	5
Self Cites	2019	2
Self Cites	2020	4
Self Cites	2021	2
Self Cites	2022	2
Self Cites	2023	1
Total Cites	1999	7
Total Cites	2000	0
Total Cites	2001	1
Total Cites	2002	13
Total Cites	2003	3
Total Cites	2004	6
Total Cites	2005	5
Total Cites	2006	6
Total Cites	2007	6
Total Cites	2008	11
Total Cites	2009	16
Total Cites	2010	18
Total Cites	2011	23
Total Cites	2012	9
Total Cites	2013	17
Total Cites	2014	26
Total Cites	2015	9
Total Cites	2016	25
Total Cites	2017	23
Total Cites	2018	37
Total Cites	2019	25
Total Cites	2020	29
Total Cites	2021	26
Total Cites	2022	29
Total Cites	2023	26

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	0.022
External Cites per document	2000	0.000
External Cites per document	2001	0.022
External Cites per document	2002	0.140
External Cites per document	2003	0.047
External Cites per document	2004	0.043
External Cites per document	2005	0.080
External Cites per document	2006	0.093
External Cites per document	2007	0.133
External Cites per document	2008	0.213
External Cites per document	2009	0.269
External Cites per document	2010	0.327
External Cites per document	2011	0.288
External Cites per document	2012	0.115
External Cites per document	2013	0.254
External Cites per document	2014	0.290
External Cites per document	2015	0.086
External Cites per document	2016	0.239
External Cites per document	2017	0.211
External Cites per document	2018	0.340
External Cites per document	2019	0.245
External Cites per document	2020	0.255
External Cites per document	2021	0.226
External Cites per document	2022	0.257
External Cites per document	2023	0.234
Cites per document	1999	0.156
Cites per document	2000	0.000
Cites per document	2001	0.022
Cites per document	2002	0.302
Cites per document	2003	0.070
Cites per document	2004	0.128
Cites per document	2005	0.100
Cites per document	2006	0.140
Cites per document	2007	0.133
Cites per document	2008	0.234
Cites per document	2009	0.308
Cites per document	2010	0.327
Cites per document	2011	0.390
Cites per document	2012	0.148
Cites per document	2013	0.254
Cites per document	2014	0.377
Cites per document	2015	0.111
Cites per document	2016	0.284
Cites per document	2017	0.242
Cites per document	2018	0.394
Cites per document	2019	0.266
Cites per document	2020	0.296
Cites per document	2021	0.245
Cites per document	2022	0.276
Cites per document	2023	0.243

% 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	5.26
2000	9.09
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	8.33
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.00
2009	0.00
2010	4.55
2011	0.00
2012	7.69
2013	0.00
2014	0.00
2015	0.00
2016	6.45
2017	6.67
2018	0.00
2019	2.86
2020	10.53
2021	6.25
2022	2.70
2023	0.00

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	1
Non-citable documents	2000	1
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	2
Non-citable documents	2004	3
Non-citable documents	2005	4
Non-citable documents	2006	2
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	3
Non-citable documents	2009	3
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	0
Non-citable documents	2012	0
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	1999	44
Citable documents	2000	50
Citable documents	2001	45
Citable documents	2002	43
Citable documents	2003	41
Citable documents	2004	44
Citable documents	2005	46
Citable documents	2006	41
Citable documents	2007	44
Citable documents	2008	44
Citable documents	2009	49
Citable documents	2010	52
Citable documents	2011	59
Citable documents	2012	61
Citable documents	2013	67
Citable documents	2014	69
Citable documents	2015	81
Citable documents	2016	87
Citable documents	2017	94
Citable documents	2018	93
Citable documents	2019	94
Citable documents	2020	98
Citable documents	2021	106
Citable documents	2022	105
Citable documents	2023	106

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	41
Uncited documents	2000	51
Uncited documents	2001	44
Uncited documents	2002	33
Uncited documents	2003	40
Uncited documents	2004	43
Uncited documents	2005	45
Uncited documents	2006	38
Uncited documents	2007	40
Uncited documents	2008	40
Uncited documents	2009	40
Uncited documents	2010	40
Uncited documents	2011	43
Uncited documents	2012	55
Uncited documents	2013	51
Uncited documents	2014	51
Uncited documents	2015	72
Uncited documents	2016	71
Uncited documents	2017	76
Uncited documents	2018	65
Uncited documents	2019	75
Uncited documents	2020	76
Uncited documents	2021	86
Uncited documents	2022	88
Uncited documents	2023	86
Cited documents	1999	4
Cited documents	2000	0
Cited documents	2001	1
Cited documents	2002	10
Cited documents	2003	3
Cited documents	2004	4
Cited documents	2005	5
Cited documents	2006	5
Cited documents	2007	5
Cited documents	2008	7
Cited documents	2009	12
Cited documents	2010	15
Cited documents	2011	16
Cited documents	2012	6
Cited documents	2013	16
Cited documents	2014	18
Cited documents	2015	9
Cited documents	2016	17
Cited documents	2017	19
Cited documents	2018	29
Cited documents	2019	19
Cited documents	2020	22
Cited documents	2021	20
Cited documents	2022	17
Cited documents	2023	21