Visual Studies

11.3k citations
803 papers · indexed · active since 1950

Visual Studies

588 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Peers

Visual Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 185
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1.1k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 1.1k
  • Museology 638
  • Sociology and Political Science 6.2k
  • Urban Studies 835
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Fields of papers published in Visual Studies

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About Visual Studies

The 803 papers published in Visual Studies in the last decades have received a total of 11.3k indexed citations . Papers published in Visual Studies usually cover Visual Arts and Performing Arts (162 papers), Museology (65 papers) and Geography, Planning and Development (85 papers) specifically the topics of Participatory Visual Research Methods (174 papers), Photography and Visual Culture (111 papers), Visual Culture and Art Theory (105 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (78 papers), Children's Rights and Participation (43 papers), Cultural Industries and Urban Development (41 papers), Museums and Cultural Heritage (39 papers) and Cinema and Media Studies (38 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Visual Studies are Douglas Harper, Sarah Pink, Zsófia Hacsek, Richard Chalfen, Tim Edensor, Wendy Luttrell, Josh Packard, Sarah Drew, Marilys Guillemin and Nancy A. Van House.

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