Journal profile
Image Text
ISSN 1021-1497 · eISSN 2617-3255 · School of the Arts, University of Pretoria · South Africa
Image Text: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Image Text is published by School of the Arts, University of Pretoria. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Cinema History and Criticism, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Welcome to Image & Text (ISSN online: 2617-3255), an online and open-access journal for the study of visual culture published by the School of the Arts, University of Pretoria. Image & Text is a multi- and interdisciplinary journal for visual culture that publishes research articles, book reviews, exhibition reviews, as well as conference reports. It is accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and indexed on African Journal Archive, Social Sciences and Humanities (excl. T&F) Sabinet, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and The Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) SA. As of 2019, the journal publishes one issue each year on a continuous basis, i.e., articles are published online when ready for publication. Unless otherwise noted on the website, Image & Text welcomes article submissions at any time. No article processing charges (APCs) are levied. Important notes for the submission of manuscripts: Please read our Editorial Policy before you submit your manuscript. Image & Text uses the OJS online submission system. You need to register on the site to start the online submission process. Please carefully read the Author Guidelines on how to submit a manuscript. To ensure blind review, you must remove the author’s name in Microsoft Word, found in the File menu. If there are multiple authors, the lead author should create an account and submit the manuscript. Please submit a cover letter explaining how your submission fits the scope of Image and Text, your full manuscript, and the Publishing Agreement. All submissions must adhere to the Author Guidelines. Your submission will be returned without review if you do not follow the submission guidelines. Please note that if manuscripts are accepted for publication, authors are responsible for having them professionally edited according to the journal's style guide, as outlined in the Author Guidelines. Manuscripts that have not been professionally edited will be returned. Archive of back issues
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Jenni LauwrensPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Africa 13, United States 3, United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 2, Kenya 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities13.3%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities9.4%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities7.5%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences7.3%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities6.5%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities6.5%
- South African History and CultureSocial Sciences4.7%
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesSocial Sciences4.7%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
SciELOPublisher website
Other: African Journal Archive, Social Sciences and Humanities (excl. T&F) Sabinet
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 195 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 56 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 36 |
| 2023 | 46 | 46 | 35 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 64 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 22 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted4
- book reviewsImage & Text is a multi- and interdisciplinary journal for visual culture that publishes research articles, book reviews, exhibition reviews, as well as confere…Length not stated
- conference reportsImage & Text is a multi- and interdisciplinary journal for visual culture that publishes research articles, book reviews, exhibition reviews, as well as confere…Length not stated
- exhibition reviewsImage & Text is a multi- and interdisciplinary journal for visual culture that publishes research articles, book reviews, exhibition reviews, as well as confere…Length not stated
- research articlesImage & Text is a multi- and interdisciplinary journal for visual culture that publishes research articles, book reviews, exhibition reviews, as well as confere…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship
Authors responsible for professional editing of accepted manuscripts per journal style guide. Model summary
Please note that if manuscripts are accepted for publication, authors are responsible for having them professionally edited according to the journal's style guide, as outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY 4.0 license for published articles Model summary
All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, unless otherwise stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind review requirement Model summary
To ensure blind review, you must remove the author’s name in Microsoft Word, found in the File menu.
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
- School of the Arts, University of Pretoria
- Country or region
- South Africa
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1021-1497
- Electronic ISSN
- 2617-3255
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Image Text
How long does peer review take at Image Text?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Image Text based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Africa (13), United States (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Image Text?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Image Text is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Image Text open access, and what is the APC?
Image Text 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: .