A review for thinking about the sector

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.
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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.



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
| Package | Audience | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Free | All | Abstracts, editorials, back issues |
| Subscriber | Individuals | Full text and alerts |
| Institutional | Libraries | Multi-user access |
| Student | Students | Reduced fee |
Milestones
- First issue
Launch.
- International committee
Opening to members from five continents.
- Three languages
Translated abstracts.
- Anniversary issue
Dossier on eighteen years of action.
Anonymous evaluation



Scholarly article or column

Article
In-depth study- Anonymous evaluation
- Notes and bibliography
- Long shelf life
For research.

Column
Short text- News
- Quick reading
- No external evaluation
For monitoring.
Publishing in the Review
- Read the call
Theme.
- Summarise
200 words.
- Write
Full text.
- Revise
Comments.
- Publish
Publication.
Before sending
An academic

« The Review has the advantage of bringing researchers and practitioners together. My students find cases there that are not to be read anywhere else. »
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

See the guides
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- Leaf from a Psalter and Prayerbook: Calendar Page with Labors (recto) and Calendar Page with Peasant (verso) (c. 1524) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Seal Color Box (1662–1722) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (recto) and Text (verso) (c. 1330–40) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke (1057–1063) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Miniature from a Manuscript of the Apocalypse: The War in Heaven (c. 1295) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Plaque (1500s–1600s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar, Giovanni di Paolo (1460s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Bookplate: Boylston Medical Library, George Girdler Smith (1806–39) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Qur'an Manuscript Folio (800s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Mercury (Budha), from a Mandi Astrology Series, Sanju (c. 1810) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, Queen of Spain, Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian (c. 1500) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon, Antonio Canaletto (c. 1750–55) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Chemin de fer de Toulouse à Bayonne. Pont de l'Aran (en trois arches de 17m d'ouverture chacune). Situation des travaux au 21 juillet 1861, Édouard Baldus (1861) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- A Lady Reading, Francis Seymour Haden (1833–1910) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto; verso); Left side of Bifolio (800s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Fortified Peak, Near the Tank, Ulwur, Louis-Théophile Marie Rousselet (1865–68, published 1869–70) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Missale: Fol. 185v: Crucifixion with borders (full page), Bartolommeo Caporali (1469) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
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PublicationsReports, practical guides and the OIMAP Review: the Organisation's reference works, available for free consultation or by subscription.›
ReportsAnnual activity report and market report: structure, data series, publication calendar and uses.›
Practical guidesTwelve guides for applying the rules: verifying a provenance, completing a file, securing a sale, protecting a collection.›
Video library480 videos in open access: filmed lectures, field reports and interviews, with subtitles in three languages.›