International Journal of Cultural Heritage

International Journal of Cultural Heritage
Title	International Journal of Cultural Heritage
Discipline	Cultural heritage studies; conservation science
Abbreviation	Int. J. Cult. Herit.
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	Quarterly
History	1995–present
Issn	1234-5678

Contents

International Journal of Cultural Heritage is a peer-reviewed scholarly periodical addressing conservation, management, preservation, and interpretation of tangible and intangible heritage. The journal bridges research communities active in United Kingdom, France, Italy, United States, Germany and networks centered on UNESCO, ICOMOS, Council of Europe, World Monuments Fund and Getty Conservation Institute. It publishes research articles, case studies, methodological reports and review essays engaging practitioners from Smithsonian Institution, Louvre Museum, British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and academic centers such as University College London, University of Oxford, Harvard University, University of Cambridge and Sapienza University of Rome.

History

The journal was founded amid shifts in heritage policy influenced by events like the 1972 World Heritage Convention, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and post-conflict recovery after the Bosnian War. Early editorial leadership included scholars who had affiliations with UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property and national agencies such as Historic England and French Ministry of Culture. Over successive editorial boards drawn from Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, École du Louvre, National Taiwan University and Monumenta, the journal expanded coverage from architectural conservation exemplified by studies on Colosseum, Angkor Wat, Acropolis of Athens and Machu Picchu to archaeological site management exemplified at Pompeii, Stonehenge, Çatalhöyük and Mesa Verde National Park.

The journal covers interdisciplinary work connecting material science research at laboratories such as CERN-affiliated facilities, analytical studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, remote sensing projects using platforms from European Space Agency, and legal-cultural studies referencing instruments like the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Typical topics link conservation science on pigments used at Sistine Chapel and Tintoretto panels, digital heritage projects employing techniques from MIT Media Lab and Stanford University, and community-based stewardship analyzed in contexts like Acoma Pueblo, Maya sites in Belize, Timbuktu and Gyeongju Historic Areas. Comparative case studies often draw on management models from Kew Gardens, Versailles, Alhambra, Petra, Hagia Sophia, Notre-Dame de Paris and post-disaster recovery after events such as the 2015 Nepal earthquake.

The journal operates under an editorial board comprising scholars and professionals from institutions such as Getty Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Conservation Center of Rome, Monash University, Kyoto University, Australian National University and University of Cape Town. The editor-in-chief coordinates manuscript flow with associate editors handling submissions on archaeology, architecture, museology, and digital conservation linked to regional editors covering Africa, Asia, Europe, Americas and Oceania. Peer review follows single-blind or double-blind procedures, enlisting referees affiliated with Royal Institute of British Architects, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, European Commission research units, National Endowment for the Humanities and specialist labs at Imperial College London and ETH Zurich.

The journal is indexed in major bibliographic databases and indexing services used by researchers at Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, Academic Search Premier and subject indexes maintained by JSTOR partners. Metadata and abstracts inform discovery through portals run by CrossRef, ORCID, Google Scholar and institutional repositories at University of Toronto, Australian Research Council and CNRS collections. Libraries in national systems such as Library of Congress, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and National Diet Library (Japan) catalog its holdings.

The journal's influence is measured by citation metrics reported in evaluations by Clarivate Analytics, impact assessments employed by Times Higher Education, and policy uptake by agencies like UNESCO, ICOMOS and national heritage ministries including Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of Culture (Japan), Ministry of Culture (Italy) and Ministry of Culture (Brazil). Its articles contribute to debates about adaptive reuse at High Line (New York City), urban regeneration in Barcelona, thematic conservation lists of the World Heritage Committee, and methodological standards reflected in guidelines by International Organization for Standardization committees and technical reports by UN Environment Programme.

Notable contributions have included comparative analyses of conservation treatments for murals at Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, technical studies on stone deterioration at Petra and Borobudur, digital documentation reports using photogrammetry at Pyramids of Giza and Chichen Itza, and policy critiques addressing repatriation linked to cases involving Benin Bronzes, Easter Island moai, Elgin Marbles and artifacts from Moundville Archaeological Site. Special issues have focused on themes coordinated with conferences such as ICOMOS General Assembly, symposia at Getty Conservation Institute, workshops at University of Oxford's Institute for Sustainable Heritage, and collaborative projects with World Monuments Fund addressing conservation in fragile contexts like Aleppo and Mosul.

Category:Cultural heritage journals