TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice
TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice is peer reviewed and diamond open access, both online and in print. The journal sections with different article types cover the interdisciplinary field of technology assessment (TA). Its scope includes scientific research and practical as well as problem oriented findings from the interstices between technological innovation, social change and policy advice. Neighboring and overlapping fields of research are, inter alia, systems analysis, risk assessment, practical ethics, sustainability and innovation studies, science and technology studies or foresight.
TATuP is listed in all relevant databases and repositories, including Scopus, Web of Science, Crossref, Google Scholar, DOAJ, Dimensions, SSOAR, etc.
TATuP aims to create public outreach by addressing research findings and policy recommendations to transdisciplinary stakeholders. The concise form of peer-reviewed articles as well as the journal’s open access policy, web design, and print layout are fitted to this purpose.
TATuP is owned, managed and edited by the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), on whose behalf it is published at regular intervals three times a year in printed and electronic form by the publishing house oekom verlag GmbH in Munich.
Each issue of the journal focuses on a Special topic with a number of peer reviewed scientific research articles in the journal section “Special topic”. More research articles follow in the journal section “Research”.
TATuP welcomes contributions in English language, all peer reviewed articles include English language abstracts.
TATuP has been published continuously since 1992, first as “TA-Datenbank-Nachrichten”, since 2002 as “Technikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis (TATuP)”. Beginning with issue 26/1-2 (2017), the journal has been relaunched as a peer reviewed open access journal under the name TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice (TATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis).
For further information and the current issue please visit: www.tatup.de
