Journal profile
Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative
ISSN 1780-678X · Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · Belgium
Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 25, Issue 03): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative is published by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Visual Culture and Art Theory, Comics and Graphic Narratives and Cinema History and Criticism, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Image [&] Narrative is a peer-reviewed e-journal on visual narratology and word and image studies in the broadest sense of the term. It does not focus on a narrowly defined corpus or theoretical framework, but questions the mutual shaping of literary and visual cultures. Beside tackling theoretical issues, it is a platform for reviews of real life examples. Each issue features three parts: 1) a thematic cluster, guest-edited by specialized scholars in the field; 2) a selection of various articles; 3) reviews of recent publications. Image [&] Narrative is a bilingual journal, which publishes contributions in either English or French, and which fosters cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue between linguistic and scientific traditions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Anne ReverseauPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities22%
- Comics and Graphic NarrativesArts and Humanities9.5%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities9%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities8%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities6.2%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts and Humanities4.9%
- French Literature and Critical TheoryArts and Humanities4.6%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 742 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 82 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 100 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 53 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 55 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright
Authors keep copyright of their articles Model summary
Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the authors. By virtue of their appearance in this open access journal, articles are free to use, with proper attribution, in educational and other non-commercial settings. This Journal doesn't have APC's and article submission charges and is licensed in accordance with the Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-ND. This journal allows th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer-reviewed e-journal Model summary
Starting from the issue on Chris Marker (Vol. 10: 3), the journal has shifted to the “Open Journals Systems†framework, whose publishing philosophy we strongly support. Previous issues of Image (&) narrative remain freely accessible in their initial form (see “Previous volumes†in the navigation space above). All other issues produced in the “Open Journals Systems†framework will be ac…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original material only; not submitted elsewhere Model summary
Image (&) Narrative only publishes original material, which has not been submitted elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Country or region
- Belgium
- Language
- French, English
- ISSN
- 1780-678X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 03 (2024)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative
How long does peer review take at Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative open access, and what is the APC?
Image and Narrative Online Magazine of the Visual Narrative is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .