Academic Journal
Q1Visual Communication
About Visual Communication
Visual Communication is a scholarly journal published by SAGE Publications Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.508 and H-index of 51.
Coverage: 2002-2026. Research categories: Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Q1); Communication (Q2).
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Topics in published research
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies; Language, Metaphor, and Cognition; Visual Culture and Art Theory; Digital Storytelling and Education; Literacy, Media, and Education; Media Studies and Communication.
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3,650.00 USD; 2,676.00 GBP
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Joni Brenner, Scott Hazelhurst
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Helen Andersson, Lauren Alex O’Hagan
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14703572261428591Wellness culture and Indigenous food imaginaries in South Africa: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of superfood marketing
Jiaqi Ye, Lame M Kenalemang-Palm, Fabio De Leonardis
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2026-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14703572261432954Beyond choice: organic food packaging in French solidarity food initiatives
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2026-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14703572261430843Selling international style healthy-branded foods in Malaysia: how the packaging design for ‘plant-based’ foods risks misleading/misdirecting consumers
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2026-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14703572261432948Constructing Healthiness as a sense effect: A sociocultural semiotic analysis of Naturalness and Lightness on fruit drink packaging from Uruguay
Sebastián Moreno
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14703572261440262Multimodal semiotic content analysis: combining quantitative large-data analysis with qualitative semiotic coding
Chiao-I Tseng, Emily Fielder, Luise Charlotte Claire Wenk
2026-05-22 · DOI: 10.1177/14703572261418120A city of two tales: multimodal metaphorical and metonymic representation of the Olympics and the host country in two official Olympic mascot promotional videos
Ping Tang, Lang Chen
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2026-05 · DOI: 10.1177/14703572251399884Reviews
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