Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission has been prepared with all due diligence to research and publication standards, including the gathering of accurate and truthful evidence and appropriate ethical practices.
- The document submitted complies with the relevant word count, style guide, inclusive language guidance, referencing and formatting requirements. Where possible URL links are supplied for all sources and references.
- Adequate permissions are secured by the author (including ethics approvals, permissions for use of any documents, consent for reproduction of images).
- The submitting author accepts the licensing of their work under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Submitting authors are deemed to accept these terms and compliances on behalf of all named co-authors.
Articles
IJAMCP publishes peer-reviewed academic articles based on original research relevant to the broad field of arts management and cultural policy with a specific focus on or relevance to the Republic of Ireland and/ or Northern Ireland.
Please review the IJAMCP Editorial Policy and Submission Guidelines for details of the scope, review process and requirements of the Journal. Special Issue Calls for Papers and other thematic calls will be featured in the Announcements.
Book Review
IJAMCP publishes reviews of books that offer insight and relevance to the arts and cultural sector in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. The majority of texts reviewed are research publications however, we also welcome reviews of practice books and histories that fit within the remit of IJAMCP.
Please review the IJAMCP Editorial Policy and Submission Guidelines for details of the scope, review process and requirements of the Journal. The Editorial Policy also includes details of how to recommend a book for review or make a review request. A list of titles for which the Journal is seeking reviewers can be found in the Announcements.
Policy Review
For its Policy Review section, IJAMCP welcomes analysis of topical policies, conferences and reports from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; international, EU and UK policy reviews with highlighted implications for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Policies are here defined as a formally written strategy or plan of action that is wholly, or in part related to, creativity, arts, culture and heritage. It can be either state or non-state initiated, but it must exist in the public domain.
Please review the IJAMCP Editorial Policy and Submission Guidelines for details of the scope, review process and requirements of the Journal. The Editorial Policy also includes details of how to recommend a policy, report or strategy for review or make a review request. A list of titles for which the Journal is seeking reviewers can be found in the Announcements.
Perspectives on Practice
In keeping with the general editorial policy, IJAMCP provides space for showcasing current practice in arts and heritage management, cultural policy and relevant dimensions of all forms of creative and cultural practice. This is principally done through authored observations from practitioners; evaluative case studies and edited practitioner interviews. Consequently, almost all published work in this section is authored by arts managers, artists, policymakers and not academics.
Please review the IJAMCP Editorial Policy and Submission Guidelines for details of the scope, review process and requirements of the Journal. The Editorial Board both receives submissions and contacts individuals directly to invite submissions. Interested contributors are encouraged to look at past examples from this section of the Journal and to first contact the Section Editor to discuss their plans.
New Voices
The Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy is committed to reflecting a wider and more varied range of voices engaging with questions of policy and cultural management on the island of Ireland. One strand among these voices is the often excellent analysis to be found in theses at taught Masters and MLitt level in third level institutions and produced by early doctoral candidates. In this section, we offer an opportunity for the best of this work to be disseminated in a way that can have real impact, and stimulate further research on the given topic.
Please review the IJAMCP Editorial Policy and Submission Guidelines for details of the scope, review process and requirements of the Journal. Postgraduate programme directors and academics working on relevant programmes are asked to encourage former students and early doctoral candidates who have demonstrated exceptional research and analytical quality to submit short, synoptic articles for publication in the Journal. Graduated students may also self-nominate.
Copyright Notice
Author Copyright & Open Access
The Journal uses the open access system of publishing, and we are committed to the free dissemination of published scholarship. Copyright of articles resides with the authors, but a condition of publication is that the work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License allows users to copy, use, or adapt the work, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose including commercial uses, subject to proper attribution of authorship. This does not automatically grant reproduction permissions for images and figures used in the work to other users and the Editorial Board accepts no responsibility for inappropriate or unlicensed reproduction.
Further information on Creative Commons and its principles of shared knowledge are available here: https://creativecommons.org/
Authors may wish to post versions of or links to their articles in open access repositories, or on individual or departmental websites, noting the Journal as the original place of publication.
Use of Copyrighted Figures and Images
It is the author's responsibility to obtain copyright permission for any proprietary text, illustration, table, or other material, including data, audio, video, film stills, and screenshots, and any supplementary material you propose to submit. This applies to direct reproduction as well as “derivative reproduction” (where you have created a new figure or table which derives substantially from a copyrighted source).
The reproduction of short extracts of text, excluding poetry and song lyrics, for the purposes of criticism may be possible without formal permission on the basis that the quotation is reproduced accurately, and full attribution is given.
The Journal will not pay for illustrations or images and the responsibility of obtaining reproduction clearance rests with the contributing author. All costs for reproduction rights are the sole responsibility of the author. As the Journal is a non-profit-making scholarly journal, contributors should try to negotiate a reduced fee for illustrations and reproduction costs. Authors should be prepared to produce on request, copies of permission letters for any material as necessary.
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