About

Focus and Scope

Digital Studies / Le champ numérique (DSCN) is a refereed academic journal that serves as an Open Access area for formal scholarly activity and as a resource for researchers in the digital humanities. It is published for the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations under the direction of the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH/SCHN) by the Open Library of the Humanities.

Submissions to DSCN focus on the intersection of technology and humanities research, including the application of technology to cultural, historical, and social problems; the societal and institutional context of such applications; and the history and development of the field of digital humanities. Submissions focusing on issues of the practice of the digital humanities in a global, multicultural, or multilingual context are particularly encouraged.

As a rule, submissions to DSCN should be of generalizable import: project reports and technical notes are welcome when they discuss significant milestones in the history and development of the field or are clearly extensible. DSCN rarely publishes criticism of digital objects (e.g., game criticism, literary criticism of electronic art or literature); it does so primarily in the context of special issues.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published online as a continuous volume and issue throughout the year. Articles are made available as soon as they are ready to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in getting content publically available.

Special collections of articles are welcomed and will be published as part of the normal issue, but also within a separate collection page.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors of published articles remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to a Creative Commons license agreement.

One of the benefits of open access publishing lies in others being able to reuse material. We believe that the greatest societal good is possible when people are free to redistribute scholarship and to create derivative works. This is why we use the CC BY 4.0 licence, under which others may reuse your work on condition that they cite you.

If a more restrictive licence is required (for example, if you are reproducing third-party material that cannot be reproduced under more open licences), please make this request upon submission in the "Comment to the Editor" field, or email your editor directly, stating the reasons why.

Archiving Policy

The journal's publisher, Open Library of Humanities, focuses on making content discoverable and accessible through indexing services. Content is also archived around the world to ensure long-term availability. Open Library of Humanities journals are, where possible, indexed by the following services:

As of 2025, the OLH is undertaking the ongoing process of indexing journals with Scopus.

All OLH content is indexed with Crossref and assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). All journals contain the correct website information to be harvested by Google Scholar. In addition, all journals are available for harvesting via OAI-PMH and and are registered with Open Archives.

This journal also utilizes CLOCKSS and LOCKSS archiving systems to create permanent archives for the purposes of preservation and restoration.

If the journal is not indexed by your preferred service, please let us know by emailing support@janeway.freshdesk.com or by making an indexing request directly with the service.

History

Digital Studies/Le champ numérique is a journal of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) published under the direction of the Canadian Society for Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH/SCHN).