About this journal

Studies in Conservation is the premier international peer-reviewed journal for the conservation of historic and artistic works. The intended readership includes the conservation professional in the broadest sense of the term: practising conservators of all types of object, conservation, heritage and museum scientists, collection or conservation managers, teachers and students of conservation, and academic researchers in the subject areas of arts, archaeology, the built heritage, materials history, art technological research and material culture.

Studies in Conservation publishes original work on a range of subjects including, but not limited to, examination methods for works of art, new research in the analysis of artistic materials, mechanisms of deterioration, advances in conservation practice, novel methods of treatment, conservation issues in display and storage, preventive conservation, issues of collection care, conservation history and ethics, and the history of materials and technological processes. Scientific content is not necessary, and the editors encourage the submission of practical articles, review papers, position papers on best practice and the philosophy and ethics of collecting and preservation, to help maintain the traditional balance of the journal. Whatever the subject matter, accounts of routine procedures are not accepted, except where these lead to results that are sufficiently novel and/or significant to be of general interest.

There is no minimum or maximum length for an article. However, succinct contributions are welcome, while authors of papers longer than 10,000 words may be asked to abridge their manuscripts. IIC’s Reviews in Conservation was incorporated into Studies in Conservation in 2011, so longer review articles now fall within the scope of the journal and are encouraged. For more detailed information on preparation of manuscripts and the submission procedure, potential authors are referred to the Instructions for Authors link in the right-hand menu.

Peer review policy

Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees.

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr Chandra L. Reedy (University of Delaware, USA) [email protected]

Director of Publications:

Dr Joyce H. Townsend (Tate, London, UK)

Editorial Board:

• Dr Jocelyn Alcántara-García (University of Delaware, USA)
• Greg Bailey (The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA)
• Dr Lukasz Bratasz (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
• Dr Lynn Brostoff (Library of Congress, USA)
• Dr Irene Brückle (State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany)
• Dr Aviva Burnstock (Courtauld Institute of Art, UK)
• Dr Francesca Casadio (Art Institute of Chicago, USA)
• Dr Rui Chen (Yale University, USA)
  
• Dr Andrea Fischer (Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Germany)
• Claire Gerhard (CHG Art Conservation Services, USA)
• Kathy Z. Gillis (Winterthur Museum, USA)
• Joanne Hackett (University of Glasgow, UK)
• Dr Mona Hess (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany)
• Paul Himmelstein (Appelbaum & Himmelstein, New York, USA)
• Dr Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez (The National Museum in Krakow, Poland)
• Steven P. Koob (Corning, USA)
• Dr Narayan Khandekar (Harvard Art Museums, USA)
• Dr Barbara Lubelli (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
• Dr Domenico Miriello (Università della Calabria, Italy)
• Dr Austin Nevin (Courtauld Institute of Art, London)
• Dr Satish Pandey (National Museum Institute, India)
• Dr Alice Paterakis (Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Turkey)
• Dr Aaron N. Shugar (Buffalo State College, New York, USA)
• Dr Jirong Song (Palace Museum, Beijing, China)
• Dr Catherine Smith (University of Otago, New Zealand)
• Dr Noëlle L.W. Streeton (University of Oslo, Norway)
• Dr Matija Strlic (University College London, UK)
• Dr Ken Sutherland (The Art Institute of Chicago, USA)
• Marianne Webb (Webb Conservation Services, Canada)
• Dr Zhanyun Zhu (Xiamen University, China)
  

The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works is a professional institute which brings together professionals from around the world with an aim to education and enable excellence in the field of conservation.

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