Visual Anthropology is a scholarly journal presenting original articles, commentary, discussions, and film and book reviews on anthropological and ethnographic topics. The journal focuses on the study of human behavior through visual means. Experts in the field also examine visual symbolic forms from a cultural-historical framework and provide a cross-cultural study of art and artifacts. Visual Anthropology also promotes the study, use, and production of anthropological and ethnographic films, videos, and photographs for research and teaching.
Additional topics cover:
the relationship of cultural and visual perception;
visual theories, technologies, and methodologies for recording and analyzing behavior and the relationships among different modes of communication;
the study of human behavior through visual means;
the analysis of the structuring of reality as evidenced by visual productions and artifacts;
the study of the forms of social organization surrounding the planning, production, and use of visual symbolic forms;
the support of urgent ethnographic filming;
the use of media in cultural feedback.
Peer Review Policy: This is a peer-reviewed journal. All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and subsequent review by one or two anonymous referees. The only exception is when certain submitted articles fall within the special anthropological competence of one of the editors, in which case that person serves as the reviewer. In addition, we may note that book and film reviews are solicited by the review editors from competent writers, and the reviews are scrutinized by those editors before publication.
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Journal metrics
Usage
42K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
0.4 (2023) 5 year IF
1.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.784 (2023) SNIP
0.214 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
90 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
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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.
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Film Review Editors
Jean-Paul Colleyn –EHESS, Paris, France
Book Review Editors
Old World - Keyan Tomaselli -University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa,[email protected] New World -Sam Pack- Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA
Associate Editor
Bao Jiang -Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Editorial Board:
Valentina Bonifacio -Italy Sylvia Caiuby Novaes -Brazil Jennifer Deger -Australia Chan Kwok-Bun -Hong Kong Beate Engelbrecht -Germany Lorenzo Ferrarini - United Kingdom Harjant Gill -India Kate Hennessy -Canada Rossella Ragazzi -Norway Michaela Schäuble -Switzerland Stephanie Takaragawa -USA Keyan Tomaselli -South Africa Karen Waltorp -Denmark Jean-François Werner -France Jinghong Zhang -China
Founding Editor
Jay Ruby †
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: Abstracts in Anthropology; Anthropological Index Online; Anthropological Literature; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; ERIH; Film Literature Index; Films: Visualization of Anthropology; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences; OCLC; SCOPUS; Ulrichs Periodicals Directory; and the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).
Open access
Visual Anthropology 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.
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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)
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