The possibilities of using the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) for
journal mapping have not been sufficiently recognized because of the absence of
a Journal Citations Report (JCR) for this database. A quasi-JCR for the A&HCI
(2008) was constructed from the data contained in the Web-of-Science and is
used for the evaluation of two journals as examples: Leonardo and Art Journal.
The maps on the basis of the aggregated journal-journal citations within this
domain can be compared with maps including references to journals in the
Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index. Art journals are
cited by (social) science journals more than by other art journals, but these
journals draw upon one another in terms of their own references. This cultural
impact in terms of being cited is not found when documents with a topic such as
"digital humanities" are analyzed. This community of practice functions more as
an intellectual organizer than a journal
