Journal profile
Kunst og Kultur
ISSN 0023-5415 · eISSN 1504-3029 · Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget · Norway
Kunst og Kultur: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kunst og Kultur is published by Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Aesthetics, and Perception, Art, Politics, and Modernism and Visual Culture and Art Theory, together about 33.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Museology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Kunst og Kultur (eatablished 1910) is Norway’s first journal for art history. The journal publishes the best from art-history research, written by leading art historians in Norway. The journal’s main emphasis is on pictorial art, architecture and design/handicraft, but it also contains topical debate and book reviews. The subjects may be international or Norwegian and span from old art to today’s art expression. Kunst og Kultur is directed to professionals, students and those generally interested in art. The journal is published by Scandinavian University Press in collaboration with the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, and with the support of Nasjonalt tidsskriftkonsortium for humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap. Kunst og Kultur is issued quarterly. From 2017, the journal will be published open access. Peer review All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewers and the author remain anonymous to each other. The journal does not ask for any fees for assessment or publication. Indexing The journal is covered by the following indexing and discovery services: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) ERIH PLUS Norart SHERPA/RoMEO Google Scholar Primo Central Index (Ex Libris) Oria Summon (Ex Libris) Ebsco Discovery Service WorldCat (OCLC) All content in this journal is also exported to Portico, a preservation archive that safeguards perpetual access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections. The journal is authorized as a publication channel on level 1 in NSD – Norwegian Centre for Research Data (for Norway and Sweden), on level 2 in the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Authorization list for serials (Denmark), and on level 1 in Publication Forum (Finland).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Bente Aass SolbakkenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities11.6%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities10.9%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities10.7%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities8.8%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities7%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities5.9%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering5.8%
- Crafts, Textile, and DesignArts and Humanities5.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, OCLC, Portico
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 606 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 21 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 20 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 21 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
The editorial board requires the published texts to be of high academic quality and to follow international ethical standards for academic publication. The journal follows the guidelines of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewer…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål
- ISSN
- 0023-5415
- Electronic ISSN
- 1504-3029
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kunst og Kultur
How long does peer review take at Kunst og Kultur?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Kunst og Kultur?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Kunst og Kultur?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kunst og Kultur is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Kunst og Kultur open access, and what is the APC?
Kunst og Kultur is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .