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Journal of Visual Literacy Template

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About the Journal of Visual Literacy format

Journal of Visual Literacy is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Literacy, Media, and Education, Digital Storytelling and Education, Art Education and Development.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Visual Literacy 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inLiteracy, Media, and Education Digital Storytelling and Education Art Education and Development Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes Visual Culture and Art Theory
ISSN1051-144X
Citation impact (2-yr)2.27
h-index31
i10-index108
Total citations5,009
Top institutions publishing hereArizona State University
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Journal of Visual Literacy per year

6
2014
9
2015
19
2016
15
2017
20
2018
24
2019
16
2020
22
2021
12
2022
15
2023
18
2024
24
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Visual Literacy by publication year

50
2014
86
2015
368
2016
109
2017
196
2018
389
2019
171
2020
99
2021
67
2022
67
2023
53
2024
42
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Visual Literacy

The levels of visual framing

Lulu Rodriguez, Daniela V. Dimitrova · 1 Jan 2011

While framing research has centered mostly on the evaluations of media texts, visual news discourse has remained relatively unexamined. This study surveys the visual framing techniques and methods employed in previous studies and proposes a four-tiered model of identifying and analyzing visual frames: (1) visuals as denotative systems, (2) visuals as stylistic-semiotic systems, (3) visuals…

Getting graphic about infographics: design lessons learned from popular infographics

Joanna C. Dunlap, Patrick R. Lowenthal · 2 Jan 2016

People learn and remember more efficiently and effectively through the use of text and visuals than through text alone. Infographics are one way of presenting complex and dense informational content in a way that supports cognitive processing, learning, and future recognition and recollection. But the power of infographics is that they are a way of…

Toward a Cohesive Theory of Visual Literacy

Maria D. Avgerinou, Rune Pettersson · 1 Jan 2011

Despite the fact that to date Visual Literacy (VL) scholars have not arrived at a general consensus for a theoretical organization of the VL field, important conceptual investigations have emerged over the past four decades. In this paper we discuss and synthesize those studies. We then present a first attempt toward a cohesive theory of…

Visual Literacy and the Digital Native: An Examination of the MillennialLearner

E. Brumberger · 1 Jan 2011

The so-called millennial learners who currently populate college classrooms are purportedly digital natives whose repeated exposure to a host of new technologies has allegedly resulted in enhanced skills in several areas, including those related to technology and visual communication. By extension, the argument has been made that digital natives have a significant degree of visual…

Visual Cues in Computer-Mediated Communication: Supplementing Text with Emoticons

Landra L. Rezabek, John Cochenour · 1 Jan 1998

Increased usage of e-mail brings a variety of communication patterns. One way of clarifying verbal meaning within e-mail messages is through the use of visual symbols, or emoticons. Emoticons are visual cues formed from ordinary typographical symbols that when read sideways represent feelings or emotions. This paper reports results of a study about emoticons that…

Journal of Visual Literacy template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Visual Literacy format?
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What reference style does Journal of Visual Literacy use?
Journal of Visual Literacy uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Journal of Visual Literacy 12 (3): 45–58.
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