Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
Visual Anthropology
ISSN 0894-9468 · eISSN 1545-5920 · Taylor & Francis
Visual Anthropology: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 165 days to acceptance (18 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 7% (journal website); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Visual Anthropology is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Photography and Visual Culture, Cinema and Media Studies and Anthropological Studies and Insights, together about 25.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Visual Anthropology is a scholarly journal which publishes original articles, book, film and multimodal reviews, photographic or video essays, and other multimodal and creative works. The journal is conceived as a dynamic arena for discussion and debate, open for researchers and specialists of the field at different stages of their career. It welcomes contributions and works from diverse authors. Visual Anthropology focuses on visual, sensory, experimental and technological research, representation and curation undertaken with people and other species, in relation to social, experiential, cultural, ecological, or political phenomena. Visual Anthropology also promotes the study, use, and production of anthropological and ethnographic films, videos, and photographs, as well as multimodal representations, animations and graphic anthropology, creative practice, and immersive and interactive formats for research, teaching and public engagement. Visual Anthropology encourages participatory and collaborative knowledge production.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANTHROPOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Pedram KhosronejadPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 14%); most named Australia 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Denmark 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities8.7%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.6%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences8%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences5.9%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences5.2%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities4.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: OCLC, Abstracts in Anthropology, Anthropological Index Online, Anthropological Literature, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, ERIH, Film Literature Index, Films: Visualization of Anthropology, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Ulrichs Periodicals Directory
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.19Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.61Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 220OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 53,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,288 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 33 | 15 | 35 |
| 2023 | 35 | 7 | 47 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4 | 39 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4 | 47 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
165 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 61 days – 213 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (18 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 184 days
- Sample
- 18 articles with submission and acceptance dates (37 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 85 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
hybrid open access journal Model summary
Visual Anthropology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and rea…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0894-9468
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-5920
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 1-3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Visual Anthropology
What CAS zone is Visual Anthropology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Visual Anthropology is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anthropology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Visual Anthropology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Visual Anthropology?
Based on the dates recorded on 18 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 165 days (interquartile range 61–213 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7%. 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 Visual Anthropology based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (2), Mainland China (1) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Visual Anthropology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Visual Anthropology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Visual Anthropology open access, and what is the APC?
Visual Anthropology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .