Art Journal

Aims & Scope

The mission of Art Journal, founded in 1941, is to provide a forum for scholarship and visual exploration in the visual arts; to be a unique voice in the field as a peer-reviewed, professionally mediated forum for the arts; to operate in the spaces between commercial publishing, academic presses, and artist presses; to be pedagogically useful by making links between theoretical issues and their use in teaching at the college and university levels; to explore relationships among diverse forms of art practice and production, as well as among art making, art history, visual studies, theory, and criticism; to give voice and publication opportunity to artists, art historians, and other writers in the arts; to be responsive to issues of the moment in the arts, both nationally and globally; to focus on topics related to twentieth- and twenty-first-century concerns; to promote dialogue and debate.

The journal, which welcomes submissions from authors and artists worldwide and at every career stage, is published four times a year in spring, summer, autumn, and winter by the CAA.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.107

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Traffic in Photographs

  Citation: 179

  Authors: Allan

• “Presence”in Absentia

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Amelia

• Photography's Discursive Spaces: Landscape/View

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Rosalind

• Microvenus

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Joe

• A Sidelong Glance: The Practice of African Diaspora Art History in the United States

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Krista

• Queer Formalisms: Jennifer Doyle and David Getsy in Conversation

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Jennifer, David J.

• <i>PST</i>Mexican American and Chicano Exhibitions Legitimize the Periphery

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Lucia

• Torture Culture: Lynching Photographs and the Images of Abu Ghraib

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Dora

• Illicit Traffic of Pre-Columbian Antiquities

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Clemency

• Teocuitlatl,<i>“Divine Excrement”</i>

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Cecelia F.

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