This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Visual Studies. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Visual Studies with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Visual Studies more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in Visual Studies. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Visual Studies.
About Visual Studies
The 708 papers published in Visual Studies in the last decades have received a total of 12.1k indexed citations . Papers published in Visual Studies usually cover Visual Arts and Performing Arts (150 papers), Museology (56 papers), Geography, Planning and Development (78 papers), Urban Studies (83 papers) and History (104 papers) specifically the topics of Participatory Visual Research Methods (172 papers), Visual Culture and Art Theory (100 papers), Photography and Visual Culture (92 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (71 papers), Children's Rights and Participation (43 papers), Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (36 papers), Museums and Cultural Heritage (34 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (34 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Visual Studies are Douglas Harper, Sarah Pink, Richard Chalfen, Tim Edensor, Wendy Luttrell, Josh Packard, Sarah E. Drew, Marilys N. Guillemin, Nancy A. Van House and Jon Prosser.
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