Simiolus

Aims & Scope

Simiolus is an English-language journal devoted to the history of Dutch and Flemish art of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, with occasional forays into more recent periods and other schools.

Founded in 1966 as an outlet for art history students at the University of Utrecht, it has grown to become an internationally recognized journal of record in its field, publishing contributions by many renowned scholars and promising young art historians.

Simiolus has a broad range, featuring articles on iconography and iconology, art theory and historiography, the history of the art market and the history of collecting.

Many of them have become classics of their kind.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30359

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1

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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, 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.

• Visions and Meditations in Early Flemish Painting

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Craig

• On Some Problems in the Semiotics of Visual Art: Field and Vehicle in Image-Signs

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Meyer

• Stilled Lives: Self-Portraiture and Self-Reflection in Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Still-Life Painting

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Celeste

• Erotica in vogelperspectief. De dubbelzinnigheid van een reeks 17de eeuwse genrevoorstellingen (Double Entendre in Some 17th-Century Genre Subjects)

  Citation: 14

  Authors: E.

• Surrogate Selves: The "Rolin Madonna" and the Late-Medieval Devotional Portrait

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Laura D., Walter S.

• Symbol and Meaning in Northern European Art of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance

  Citation: 13

  Authors: James H.

• St. Francis of Assisi as a Second Christ in Early Italian Painting

  Citation: 10

  Authors: H. W.

• Cambyses for Example: The Origins and Function of an exemplum iustitiae in Netherlandish Art of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Hugo

• Imperial Themes in Art and Literature of the Early French Renaissance: The Period of Charles VIII

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Robert W.

• Bruegel's Festive Peasants

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Svetlana

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