The Journal published by the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade was launched in 1955 and it was published regularly until 1985. The new, revived series of the Journal was started late in 2005 and ever since it has been issued regularly once a year.

The Journal is a unique scholarly periodical in Serbia dedicated to the study of applied art objects, design and architecture, and it publishes scholarly papers in these areas. The Journal publishes original research papers, review articles, short and rapid communications, theoretical reviews and polemics, book and exhibition reviews, as well as reports on the activities of the Museum of Applied Art. The contributions are published in Serbian and English. All papers contain an abstract, keywords, the article text with references and a summary in English or Serbian. All papers are assigned a UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) number in accordance with international library classification standards.

The Journal is registered with the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia as M 51.

Only the manuscripts that have not been published before or have not been already submitted to other publishers will be accepted for publication in the Journal. All research papers are reviewed by two peer reviewers. The identity of the peer reviewers is not known to the authors and the authors remain anonymous to the peer reviewers. The final decision regarding the publication of a manuscript that has received positive peer reviews will be made by the Editor-in-Chief and the members of the Editorial Board. The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal is the director of the Museum of Applied Art. The International Editorial Board of the Journal has seven members in total and is composed of eminent local and international experts elected for a twoyear term and eligible for re-election. Two members of the Editorial Board ale elected among the curators employed at the Museum of Applied Art. One of them is the Volume Editor, elected for a two-year term.

The publication of the Journal of the Museum of Applied Art is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Serbia.

The Journal is an open access publication, freely available on the website: www.mpu.rs/journal.

The Journal is indexed:
Ebsco
KoBSON
ERIH PLUS