Behoud de Bijdragen, vernieuw de vorm
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In de afgelopen vijftig jaar heeft BMGN zich staande gehouden in een versnipperend tijdschriftenlandschap en een snel internationaliserende geschiedbeoefening – zij liep daarbij zelfs voorop bij de digitalisering. De bestaansreden van BMGN is door de opeenvolgende redacties gevonden in het entameren van historisch debat. Daarin zijn zij succesvol gebleken, al waren de discussanten wellicht te homogeen. Een koploper in historiografische vernieuwing is BMGN niet geweest en, zo stellen wij, dat zou zij als geografisch gedefinieerd tijdschrift ook niet moeten beogen. Beter kan BMGN zich ook in de toekomst richten op vormvernieuwing en wel op drie manieren. Ten eerste door het publicatieproces anders in te richten met als doel de peer review nuttiger en aantrekkelijker te maken. Ten tweede door artikelformats los te laten, discussie en debat nog meer ruimte te geven en experimentele bijdragen te stimuleren. Ten derde door het primaat van digitaal publiceren te aanvaarden en de mogelijkheden die dat biedt beter te benutten.
In the past fifty years the BMGN has prevailed amid a fragmenting journal landscape and rapidly internationalising historical scholarship and has even done pioneering work in digitisation. Successive editorial boards established the raison d’être of the BMGN by initiating historical debate. They have succeeded in this endeavour, although those participating in the discussions may have been overly homogeneous. The BMGN has not been a trailblazer in historiographic innovation, nor should it aim to be, in our view, as a geographically defined journal. The BMGN would benefit in the future from focusing on three form innovations. First, by revising the publication process to make the peer review more useful and appealing. Second, by digressing from article formats, doing more to promote discussion and debate and encouraging experimental contributions. Third, by accepting the primacy of digital publishing and making better use of the opportunities it offers.
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