Visual Communication

Aims & Scope

Visual Communication will publish four kinds of papers: (1) Research papers which advance theory, method, and empirical analysis in one or more of the following areas (5000-7000 words): The structures and histories of the semiotic resources and technologies of visual communication, and their relation to other modes of communication.

The use of these resources and technologies in visual and multimodal genres, texts, communicative events, artefacts, and performances, including but not restricted to, education, media, health, science, organizations, and personal contexts. (2) Reflective papers by practitioners of visual communication which document current and emerging practices and trends in all areas of visual communication, whether from a critical perspective or with a view to exploring the expansion of the resources of visual communication and their uses (maximum 4000 words) (3) Visual essays in any of the above areas which make their argument predominantly through visual communication (maximally 12 pages). (4) Presentations of critical reviews of freely-available tools for analyzing, creating, or manipulating data/examples of visual communication (maximum 4000 words).

All contributions should engage closely with examples of visual communication, and/or examples of the visual relation to other semiotic modes.

All contributions should be of interest to a broad multidisciplinary readership in the humanities, social sciences and design professions, and written in a style that is accessible to this readership.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.501

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11559

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	249

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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 and Social Sciences, 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.

• Multimodality, resemiotization: extending the analysis of discourse as multi-semiotic practice

  Citation: 520

  Authors: Rick

• Colour as a semiotic mode: notes for a grammar of colour

  Citation: 375

  Authors: Gunther, Theo

• Digital photography: communication, identity, memory

  Citation: 323

  Authors: José

• A system for image-text relations in new (and old) media

  Citation: 300

  Authors: R.

• Travels in hypermodality

  Citation: 249

  Authors: Jay L.

• Understanding visual metaphor: the example of newspaper cartoons

  Citation: 216

  Authors: Elisabeth El

• Social media photography: construing subjectivity in Instagram images

  Citation: 196

  Authors: Michele

• Digital Storytelling: Research-Based Practice in New Media

  Citation: 190

  Authors: Daniel

• Systemic functional-multimodal discourse analysis (SF-MDA): constructing ideational meaning using language and visual imagery

  Citation: 179

  Authors: Kay L .

• The poetics of augmented space

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Lev

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