Journal profile · ANTHROPOLOGY
Visual Anthropology Review
ISSN 1058-7187 · eISSN 1548-7458 · Wiley-Blackwell
Visual Anthropology Review: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 240 days to acceptance (20 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 33% (journal website); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Visual Anthropology Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation and Geographies of human-animal interactions, together about 32.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Visual Anthropology Review is a visual studies journal covering the visual aspects of human cultural experience, and the use of visual techniques in anthropology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANTHROPOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities11.8%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities10.4%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences10.4%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities7.7%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences7.5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities6.7%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences6.4%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 199OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 21Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 64,675Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,143 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 26 | 18 | 3 |
| 2024 | 32 | 20 | 13 |
| 2023 | 36 | 26 | 79 |
| 2022 | 25 | 7 | 44 |
| 2021 | 33 | 7 | 121 |
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
240 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 157 days – 491 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 132 days (20 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 396 days
- Sample
- 20 articles with submission and acceptance dates (32 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)
- 33%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 33%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 126 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 126 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 270 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 175 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1058-7187
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-7458
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Visual Anthropology Review
What CAS zone is Visual Anthropology Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Visual Anthropology Review 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 Review?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Visual Anthropology Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 20 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 240 days (interquartile range 157–491 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 33% (2025). 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 Visual Anthropology Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Visual Anthropology Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Visual Anthropology Review open access, and what is the APC?
Visual Anthropology Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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: .