As the city museum of the eclectic capital of the Netherlands, the art and object we show, the stories we host and the societal topics that occupy us are complex by nature. This complexity requires a polyphonic approach; not one voice can, or indeed should, tell the whole story. As such, rather than disciplinary, AMJournal is thematically oriented. 

Language 
All texts are published in English and written according to the AMJournal author guidelines with the broader academic and expert community in mind.  

Reader Accessibility  
The journal is (diamond) open access. All journal editions, as well as individual contributions, can be accessed and downloaded for free on the renewed Amsterdam Museum website in PDF format (website launch in September 2023). In addition to not charging subscriptions or access fees for readers, AMJournal does not charge authors Article Processing Charges (APCs). 

Author Accessibility 
Whilst AMJournal strictly includes contributions that meet its high standards, we aim to make research publications accessible both for the reader and the writer. As such, AMJournal welcomes contributions by authors in all stages of their research careers; from outstanding master students to the most lauded scholars (and anyone in between). As we highly value junior and freelance researchers, the journal does not require authors to have a research institute affiliation to publish. Each published text goes through three rounds of double-blind peer reviewing by, at least, two peer reviewers (1. Abstract (open call) 2. Version 1, 3. Version 2). As such, we aim to make publishing research more accessible to authors and ensure that publication is purely based on the quality of the contribution. To further support students and independent researchers, for each edition AMJournal awards the Best Paper Prize (€350) to scholars without a research position (e.g., Ph.D. candidates, junior lecturers or freelance researchers). 

By centering on a theme rather than one discipline, AMJournal allows researchers to publish their expertise outside the confounds of their usual disciplinary borders. In other words, we wish to provide a platform for academic passion projects; from the big data scientist wanting to write an essay on their work to the literary philosophy scholar doing quantitative empirical analyses outside their project.To support multivocality and offer a stage for various disciplines, AMJournal publishes various types of contributions: 
 
1. The Short Essays: 2000-4000 words, a clear thesis statement in the text for which they offer sufficient reasoning embedded in existing academic literature. 

2. The Long Essays: 4000-6000 words, a clear thesis statement in the text for which they offer sufficient reasoning embedded in existing academic literature. 
 
3. The Empirical Papers: 2000-6000 words, for studies that are based on empirical analyses (e.g., data driven research, case studies, experiments). 
 
4. The Visual Essay: an qualitative analysis of the presentation, representation in a series of images relevant to the theme. 
 
5. The Polyphonic Object: 1000 words each, feature short analyses of an object from the Amsterdam Museum collection by three scholars from different disciplines 
 
6. The Polylogue: a thematic roundtable conversations by experts from various academic fields on the theme of the journal edition. 
 
7. The Interview: an in-depth interview between the guest editor(s) and a prominent name in the field. 

The internal board of editor draws on the expertise of an extensive international external board of editors. Depending on the theme of an edition, they may serve as guest editors, advisors, and peer reviewers. As the journal covers numerous disciplines, this external board is comprised of scholars from various academic fields and disciplines:

Pablo Ampuero Ruiz; Rowan Arundel; Sruti Bala; Markus Balkenhol; Ellinoor Bergvelt; Sophie Berrebi; Stephan Besser; Carolyn Birdsall; Cristobal Bonelli; Pepijn Brandon; Benedetta Bronzini; Petra Brouwer; Fabiola Camuti; Thorsten Carstensen; Chiara de Cesari; Debbie Cole; Leonie Cornips; Annet Dekker; Christine Delhaye; Brian Doornenbal; Menno Dudok Heel; David Duindam; Jorge Duran Solorzano; Karwan Fatah-Black; Maaike Feitsma; Mark Fenemore; Gaston Franssen; Maartje van Gelder; Wouter van Gent; Marike Geurts; Javier Gimeno Martinez; Sara Greco; Suzette van Haaren; Laura van Hasselt; Danielle van den Heuvel; Hilde Heynen; Gian-Louis Hernandez; Pim Huijnen; Katy Hull; Julian Isenia; Steve Oswald; Paul Knevel; Linda Kopitz; Gregor Langfeld; Mia Lerm-Hayes; Geertje Mak; Virginie Mamadouh; Michiel van Meeteren; Miguel Mira; Julia Noordegraaf; Anna Nikolaeva; Suleiman Osman; Asli Özgen; Marrigje Paijmans; Manon Parry; Esther Peeren; Bob Pierik; Shialoh Phillips; Fenne Pinkster; Gertjan Plets; Pieter du Plessis; Menno Reijven; Jan Rock; Noa Roei; Bert van de Roemer; Aafje de Roest; Margriet Schavemaker; Michael Scherer-Rath; Britta Schilling; Natalie Scholz; Steven Schouten; Gabriel Schwake; Dimitris Serafis; Fenna Smits; Tamara Soukotta; Isabella Steenbergen; Irene Stengs; Eliza Steinbock; Colin Sterling; Sanjukta Sunderason; Kirsztina Varró; Rebecca Venema; Tim Verlaan; Janessa Vleghert; Jean Wagemans; Anna Weinreich; Daan Wesselman; Janina Wildfeuer; Lise Woensdregt; Rixt Woudstra; meLê yamomo; Mia You; Marielle Zill; Emilio Zucchetti.