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Visual Arts Research

University of Illinois Press · United States · Est. 1987

ISSN2151-8009

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.106

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.209

Total Worksi

547

Total Citationsi

2,331

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1987

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications547

Publisher OrgUniversity of Illinois Press

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Illinois Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2151-8009

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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 ArtsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Art Education and DevelopmentArt, Politics, and ModernismDiverse Music Education InsightsMuseums and Cultural HeritageParticipatory Visual Research MethodsPublic Spaces through ArtLiteracy, Media, and EducationPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismDigital Storytelling and EducationCreativity in Education and Neuroscience

Frequently asked questions about Visual Arts Research

Is Visual Arts Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Visual Arts Research: it is indexed in 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 Visual Arts Research?

Visual Arts Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.106.

Is Visual Arts Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Visual Arts Research is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Visual Arts Research?