Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) College of Humanities Cultural Convergence Archiving Research Institute (Director: Professor Kim Geon), which publishes the journal 『디지털문화아카이브지(Journal of D-Culture Archives)』, was selected as a listed journal by the National Research Foundation of Korea for 2023.
This signifies recognition of the journal's authority and expertise in the field. It is a notable achievement realized two years after being selected as a candidate journal for listing in 2021.
Since the first issue was published on October 30, 2018, the journal has appeared twice a year and has carried the latest convergent and interdisciplinary research findings from scholars in the relevant fields.
In this evaluation, the Journal of D-Culture Archives was recognized for excellence as a comprehensive journal covering interdisciplinary scholarly topics, demonstrating diverse interdisciplinary inquiry and concrete applications in its academic achievements.
The evaluation also highlighted the editorial board's diversity and expertise, the journal's nationwide reach, and the clarity and systematic nature of its structure and various regulations.
Professor Kim Geon, director of the JBNU Cultural Convergence Archiving Research Institute, said, “I am pleased and honored that, thanks to the help of many researchers at the institute and in related fields who have shared and disseminated research on culture and digital technologies, we have been selected as a listed journal. Going forward, we will strive for selection as an outstanding journal by the National Research Foundation of Korea and work toward internationalization, with the goal of being indexed in the global academic database Scopus.”