About the Journal
CONTENTS
1. Focus and Scope
2. Open Access Policy
3. Copyrights and Limitations of Use
4. Peer Review Process
5. Journal History
1. Focus and Scope
ICO – Iconographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för bildtolkning – Nordic Review of Iconography is a Nordic review for iconographic research that aims to generate, discuss and disseminate new knowledge primarily regarding the visual cultural heritage of the Nordic region. Iconographical research is conducted by all disciplines concerned with interpretation and analysis of visual material, i.e. mainly in the humanities, theology, and some of the social sciences. It is ICO’s ambition to function as an interdisciplinary and inter Nordic forum for iconographical research in a broad sense. Besides scholarly articles and reviews, it contains short presentations of new literature and a forum for discussion of iconographical questions.
Iconography is primarily the study of the content and meaning of images and is used by different disciplines such as art history, semiotics, history, church history, archaeology, visual culture and media studies. Iconography is of central importance for the understanding and interpretation of visual images of all ages, as well as for how symbols, personifications and attributes change over time. As an analytical instrument, it is applicable to images of all cultures, from Sumerian cylinder seals to modern ads.
The journal is indexed by DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/
2. Open Access Policy
ICO provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. No subscription is needed to access the articles and no download fees are charged.
Authors are not charged for publications (Author Processing Charges, APCs), neither submission fee nor article processing fee.
3. Copyrights and Limitations of Use
Content on this website is protected by Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND. It permits users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the published articles. Using and sharing the content is permitted as long as original materials are appropriately credited. Reusers are allowed to copy and distribute the articles in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for non-commercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator(s).
Images and other external material (as well as material added by this journal) are subject to any requirements of third-party copyright owners. The ability to copy, download, forward or otherwise distribute any materials is always subject to copyright notices displayed. Authors of articles published in ICO Iconographisk Post retain copyright on their articles, except for any third-party images and other materials added by ICO, which are subject to copyright of their respective owners. Authors are therefore free to disseminate and re-publish their articles, subject to any requirements of third-party copyright owners and subject to the original publication being fully cited.
4. Peer Review Process
Articles submitted to the journal will undergo a peer-reviewing process. First, the editor undertakes a general assessment of the article’s eligibility and compliance with the author guidelines. If passed, it is sent to two external peer-reviewers for scholarly evaluation (double-blind). The writer will then be informed about the outcome of the reviews and given opportunity to carry out modifications according to the reviewers’ recommendations. The final decision on publication is based on the reviewers’ report.
5. Journal History
ICO Iconographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för bildtolkning – Nordic Review of Iconography is an independent, scholarly, internet based continuation of Iconographisk Post, published in printed form 1970–2001. It has been published open access (peer-reviewed) since 2014 by the Department of Art History, Åbo Akademi University, Finland. The journal is now (2022/2023) published by the Division of Art History and Visual Studies, Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden – in collaboration with Art History, Åbo Akademi University, and the Nordic Iconographic Society.
During the first nine years of the journal’s existence (1970–1978), its editorial office was placed at the Department of Church History, University of Copenhagen, and its name was ICO – Den iconographiske Post. Et nordisk blad om billeder. When the editorial office was transferred to the Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet, Stockholm), in 1979, the name was changed to Iconographisk Post. Nordisk tidskrift för ikonografi. Nordic Review of Iconography (ISSN 0106-1348). In 1985, the Swedish title was changed to Nordisk tidskrift för bildtolkning. Between 1997 and 2001 the journal was again published at the University of Copenhagen, by the Centre for Christianity and the Arts.
