Art and the Public Sphere

Aims & Scope

Art & the Public Sphere provides a new platform for academics, artists, curators, art historians and theorists whose working practices are broadly concerned with contemporary art’s relation to the public sphere.

APS aims to establish a critical relationship to traditional and conventional debates about public art and art in the public sector and the public realm.

The double-blind peer-reviewed journal presents a crucial examination of contemporary art’s link to the public realm, offering an engaged and responsive forum in which to debate the newly emerging series of developments within contemporary thinking, society and international art practice.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27832

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.115

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The ugly truth: Street Art, Graffiti and the Creative City

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Rafael

• Dissensus and the politics of collaborative practice

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Kim

• Privatizing the public: Three rhetorics of art’s public good in ‘Third Way’ cultural policy

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Andy

• Toppling statues, affective publics and the lessons of the Black Lives Matter movement

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Dave, Mel

• The case for creative folklore in pedagogical practice

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Kathryn

• Memory of absence: Contemporary counter-monuments

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Sabrina

• Art-led regeneration in Margate: Learning from Moonbow Jakes Café and Lido Nightclub intervention

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Loretta, John

• From cultural populism to cool capitalism

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Jim

• Participatory art and the impossible public

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Holly

• Art, politics, pedagogy: Juxtaposing, discomfiting, disrupting

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Ian, Mel

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