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OIMAP Review

The Organisation's quarterly review: articles evaluated by a reading committee, thematic dossiers, book reviews and agenda.

Updated : October 28, 2026· 3 min read

A review for thinking about the sector

Seal Color Box (1662–1722)
Seal Color Box (1662–1722)

The OIMAP Review appears four times a year. It publishes in-depth articles on law, economics, conservation and the history of the art market. Each article is evaluated by a reading committee before publication.

Each issue offers a thematic dossier, studies, book reviews and an agenda.

The complementary reports are presented on the Reports page.

  • Review
  • Reading committee
  • Articles

OIMAP Review in figures

4Issues per year
12Committee members, indicative
6Articles per issue, indicative
3Languages of abstracts

Source: Events and Communications Directorate.

Breakdown

Law30%
Economics25%
Preservation20%
History and sociology25%

Disciplines of the articles, indicative breakdown.

The reading committee

The committee brings together academics, lawyers, curators and practitioners from several countries. Each article is read anonymously by two reviewers, who provide detailed comments.

The final decision rests with the editorial board. Authors receive a reasoned reply within about eight weeks.

Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (recto) and Text (verso) (c. 1330–40)
Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (recto) and Text (verso) (c. 1330–40)
Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke (1057–1063)
Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke (1057–1063)
Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven (c. 1295)
Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven (c. 1295)

The sections

Each issue includes a thematic dossier, studies outside the dossier, a legal column, reading notes and an interview with a personality from the sector.

A "Field" section gives practitioners a voice, in a freer form than the scholarly article.

Proposing an article

Proposals are sent electronically, accompanied by a 200-word abstract. Full texts run between 25,000 and 45,000 characters. A style sheet can be downloaded online.

Calls for contributions are published for each dossier. Authors retain their rights and grant the Review a publication licence.

Access and subscription

Abstracts and editorials are open access. The full text is reserved for subscribers, with reduced rates for students and public institutions. Issues more than three years old become open access.

Subscribers also receive an alert with each issue.

Access options

Four packages
PackageAudienceAccess
FreeAllAbstracts, editorials, back issues
SubscriberIndividualsFull text and alerts
InstitutionalLibrariesMulti-user access
StudentStudentsReduced fee

Milestones

  1. First issue

    Launch.

  2. International committee

    Opening to members from five continents.

  3. Three languages

    Translated abstracts.

  4. Anniversary issue

    Dossier on eighteen years of action.

Anonymous evaluation

Plaque (1500s–1600s)
Plaque (1500s–1600s)
St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar, Giovanni di Paolo (1460s)
St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar, Giovanni di Paolo (1460s)
Bookplate:  Boylston Medical Library, George Girdler Smith (1806–39)
Bookplate: Boylston Medical Library, George Girdler Smith (1806–39)

Scholarly article or column

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (800s)

Article

In-depth study
  • Anonymous evaluation
  • Notes and bibliography
  • Long shelf life

For research.

Mercury (Budha), from a Mandi Astrology Series, Sanju (c. 1810)

Column

Short text
  • News
  • Quick reading
  • No external evaluation

For monitoring.

Publishing in the Review

  1. Read the call

    Theme.

  2. Summarise

    200 words.

  3. Write

    Full text.

  4. Revise

    Comments.

  5. Publish

    Publication.

Before sending

An academic

Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain, Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (c. 1500)
« The Review has the advantage of bringing researchers and practitioners together. My students find cases there that are not to be read anywhere else. »
Aïcha Ndiaye, professor of law

Vocabulary

Reading committee
Evaluation body.
Rapporteur
Reader tasked with evaluating.
Application file
Series of articles on a theme.
Book review
Account of a book.

Issues and archives

All issues are archived with a stable identifier and a searchable table of contents. An index by author and by theme facilitates searching.

Special issues accompany the Organisation's key moments, such as the General Assembly.

Frequently asked questions

How many issues per year?

Four.

Are the articles evaluated?

Yes, by two reviewers.

Is the text open access?

Abstracts yes, full text by subscription.

Where can I see the guides?

See Guides.

Useful documents

Contacts

Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon, Antonio Canaletto (c. 1750–55)
Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon, Antonio Canaletto (c. 1750–55)
Events and Communications DirectorateParis — Headquarters+33 1 00 00 07 00evenements@oimap.exampleMonday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

See the guides

Missale: Fol. 185v: Crucifixion with borders  (full page), Bartolommeo Caporali (1469)

Twelve practical guides.

Guides
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