Dear all,
Please find below information about the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), which is a graded list of academic journals. We all know that a more metrics-based approach may well inform future RAEs, and rankings of outlets for our work will probably feature in some form or other.
I therefore think it's important that as many of you as possible have a look at the lists of journals which are relevant for their work AND use the feedback form (cf. link below) so as to comment on what's there (and what isn't...).
Needless to say, I'm not sure whether these lists will in fact provide the basis for assessing colleagues' journal publications, but they (or something similar) might. On their website, the ESF say that such a system of ranking will be extended to other types of outlets too; and maybe I'm overly suspicious, but surely, that kind of mammoth-task is not just going to be done and funded for the fun of it:
"[The ERIH] aims initially to identify, and gain more visibility for top-quality European Humanities research published in academic journals in, potentially, all European languages. It is a fully peer-reviewed, Europe-wide process, in which 15 expert panels sift and aggregate input received from funding agencies, subject associations and specialist research centres across the continent. In addition to being a reference index of the top journals in 15 areas of the Humanities, across the continent and beyond, it is intended that ERIH will be extended to include book-form publications and non-traditional formats. It is also intended that ERIH will form the backbone of a fully-fledged research information system for the Humanities." (cf. http://www.esf.org/research-areas/humanities/research-infrastructures-including-erih.html )
The ESF's lists are divided into the following fields:
Anthropology, Archaelogy, Art and Art History, History, Classical Studies, Gender Studies, History, History and Philosophy of Science,Linguistics, Literature, Music and Musicology, Oriental Studies and African Studies, Pedagogy and Educational Research, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Studies and Theology.
If you go to http://www.esf.org/research-areas/humanities/research-infrastructures-including-erih.htmllists and look at the box on the right - "navigate ERIH", you can find the lists, guidelines (which explain what is implied by the 'A', 'B' and 'C' classifications) and further information.
There's a feedback form at http://www.esf.org/research-areas/humanities/research-infrastructures-including-erih/erih-feedback-form.html Please do use it!!
Best wishes,
Beate
Dr Beate Müller
(UoA Coordinator for and Acting Head of German)
School of Modern Languages
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
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