Appearing three times a year, Visual Culture in Britain is dedicated to exploring the generative interrelations between visual culture, individuals, and societies in Britain, both historically and today. The journal publishes new peer-reviewed scholarship that investigates the forms, spaces, processes, and politics through which visual worlds/materials are made meaningful, and examines their effects within an expanded and unsettled concept of ‘Britishness’. Visual Culture in Britain is inclusive and interdisciplinary, welcoming submissions at any time, for original articles, features, special issues, and reviews.
Original Articles
This should focus primarily on exploring and interpreting the complex interrelations between visual culture, individuals, and societies in Britain, both historically and today. Such submissions rely on an adequate sample of evidentiary primary materials, engage with the appropriate secondary literature, and, importantly, contribute to advancing either the cultural, methodological, and/or theoretical literature of one or more disciplines/fields. A typical paper should be between 6000 and 8000 words, inclusive of a 250 word (max) abstract.
Visual Culture in Britain Focus
Focuses should be 2,000-4,000 words. This is a space for shorter articles that address emergent themes, topical reflections and timely interventions. Where applicable, these should have a bibliography to support any academic referencing as expected of a traditional manuscript. Focuses can also take alternative formats, such as short dialogues, artists / fieldnotes and reflections, or short, critical provocations.
Special Issues
Special issues are forums to discuss specific themes and issues through a selective framework. Special issue submissions should be emailed to ALL the editors with the following considerations:
• A short proposal on the theme / area of enquiry and its relevance to the journal, to its readerships, and to the field of visual culture in Britain (maximum 500 words).
• A list of the contributors, their paper titles and format (full essay / shorter, focuses, interviews/ reviews and the number of images intended to be distributed across the entire collection). A special issue should include a minimum of 4 full articles plus a contextualising editorial.
• A publication timeline and anticipated submission date.
Reviews
Reviews should be 800-1250 words, critically reflecting on a recent cultural artefact(s) or publication(s) relating to visual culture in Britain, broadly conceived. Potential topics may include, but need not be limited to: books, exhibitions, events, TV and film, digital media.
updated 06 March 2024
Journal metrics
Usage
23K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.062 (2023) SNIP
0.102 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
427 days avg. from submission to first
decision
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Gary Bratchford, Birmingham City University, UK Sara Dominici, University of Westminster, UK Victoria Horne, Northumbria University, UK
Reviews Editors
Julie Patarin-Jossec Edwin Coomasaru
Advisory Board
We are grateful for the guidance of an international board of advisors, who currently include:
Richard Baxstrom, University of Edinburgh John Beck, University of Westminster Samuel Bibby, Association for Art History Charlotte Brunsdon, University of Warwick Justin Carville, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology Anjalie Dalal-Clayton, University of the Arts Simon Faulkner, Manchester Metropolitan University Michelle Henning, University of Liverpool Ysanne Holt, Northumbria University (emerita) Ben Highmore, University of Sussex Angela McClanahan-Simmons, Western Illinois University Maryam Ohadi-Hamadani, University of Edinburgh Annebella Pollen, University of Brighton John Potvin, Concordia University Craig Richardson, Loughborough University Catherine Spencer, University of St Andrews Susannah Thompson, Glasgow School of Art
Updated 21-06-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Visual Culture in Britain is abstracted/indexed in:
Art Index; ARTbibliographies Modern; British Humanities Index; International Index to Performing Arts; Current Abstracts; International Index to the Performing Arts; OCLC.
Open access
Visual Culture in Britain is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Members of Historians of British Art Members can receive an individual print subscription to Visual Culture in Britain at a special society member rate of £38/$77. Please contact +44 (0)20 8052 0501 or [email protected] to subscribe. (Quote XD84002W)
Print ISSN:
1471-4787
Online ISSN:
1941-8361
3 issues per year
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