Journal of Visual Art Practice

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Visual Art Practice (JVAP) is a forum of debate and inquiry for research in art.

JVAP is concerned with visual art practice including the social, economic, political and cultural frames within which the formal concerns of art and visual art practice are located.

The journal is concerned with research engaged in these disciplines, and with the contested ideas of knowledge formed through that research.

JVAP welcomes submissions that explore new theories of research and practice and work on the practical and educational impact of visual arts research.

JVAP recognises the diversity of research in art and visual arts, and as such, we encourage contributions from scholarly and pure research, as well as developmental, applied and pedagogical research.

In addition to established scholars, we welcome and are supportive of submissions from new contributors including doctoral researchers.

We seek contributions engaged with, but not limited to, these themes: -Art, visual art and research into practitioners' methods and methodologies -Art , visual art, big data, technology, and social change -Art, visual art, and urban planning -Art, visual art, ethics and the public sphere -Art, visual art, representations and translation -Art, visual art, and philosophy -Art, visual art, methods, histories and beliefs -Art, visual art, neuroscience and the social brain -Art, visual art, and economics -Art, visual art, politics and power -Art, visual art, vision and visuality -Art, visual art, and social practice -Art, visual art, and the methodology of arts based research

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.250

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	13

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18581

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	37

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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.

• Thinking with art: from situated knowledge to experiential knowing

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Ian, Sophia Krzys

• Research into, by and for design

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Ken

• Fashioning contemporary art: a new interdisciplinary aesthetics in art-design collaborations

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Nicola, Jane

• Experiential learning in practice as research: context, method, knowledge

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Estelle

• Visual artefacts as boundary objects in participatory research paradigm

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Abhigyan

• Different expressions of the same mode: a recent dialogue between archaeological and contemporary drawing practices

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Stefan, Paul

• The market and museums: the increasing power of collectors and private galleries in the contemporary art world

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Alain

• Art theory – handmaiden of neoliberalism?

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Naomi

• The socially engaged practices of artists in contemporary China

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Meiqin

• On the limits of negation in Badiou's theory of art

  Citation: 14

  Authors: John

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