Visual Arts Research

Aims & Scope

Visual Arts Research (VAR) provides a forum for historical, critical, cultural, psychological, educational, and conceptual research in visual arts and aesthetic education.

Unusual in its length and breadth, VAR typically publishes 9 - 12 scholarly papers per issue and remains committed to its original mission to provide a venue for both longstanding research questions and traditions alongside emerging interests and methodologies.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.107

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	4

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	28860

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	12

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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

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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.

• Mira! Looking, Listening, and Lingering in Research With Children

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Christine Marmé

• Youth as Engaged Cultural Workers: Benito Juarez High School and the Legacy of Student Uprisings on the Lower West Side of Chicago

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Nicole

• Experimenting with Comics Making as Inquiry

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Ebony

• Visual Culture in Art Education, Circa 2009

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Paul

• Assembling Visuality: Social Media, Everyday Imaging, and Critical Thinking in Digital Visual Culture

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Aaron D.

• Interrogating Girl Power: Girlhood, Popular Media, and Postfeminism

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Michelle S.

• Attitudes of Preservice General Education Teachers Toward Art

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Kathy Marzilli

• Video Game Prosumers: Case Study of a Minecraft Affinity Space

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Hong-An

• Photoshop Teaches With(out) You: Actant Agencies and Non-Human Pedagogy

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Aaron D.

• Sufficient Foundation: Theory in the Practice of Art Museum Education

  Citation: 13

  Authors: David

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