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Journal of Visual Culture

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1741-2994

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.165

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.595

Total Worksi

822

Total Citationsi

9,056

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Art; Cultural Studies; Visual Arts and Performing Arts; Communication.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications822

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1741-2994

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

150

2019

582

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ2

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ArtCultural Studies

Scopus Categories

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Visual Culture and Art TheoryPhotography and Visual CultureCinema and Media StudiesArt, Politics, and ModernismDigital Games and MediaGeographies of human-animal interactionsPublic Spaces through ArtLaw in Society and CultureMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationCultural Industries and Urban Development

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Visual Culture

Is Journal of Visual Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Visual Culture: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Visual Culture?

Journal of Visual Culture is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.18.

Is Journal of Visual Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Visual Culture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Visual Culture?