Volume 29, Issue 1 - Visual Communications

How and why it works: The principles and history behind visual communication

Authors: Ana Costa, Joost Bakker, Gabriela Plucinska

Abstract

Download the full article

References

1. Livingstone M, Hubel DH. Vision and art: the biology of seeing. New York: Abrams; 2008.
2. Ware C. Information Visualization: Perception for Design. 2nd ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann; 2004.
3. Krum R. Cool infographics: effective communication with data visualization and design. Indianapolis: Wiley; 2014.
4. Fernandes MS. Visualisação da informação em arquivos visuais digitais [PhD thesis]: Universidade de Lisboa; 2018.
5. Smiciklas M. The power of infographics: using pictures to communicate and connect with your audiences. Indianapolis: Que Pub; 2012.
6. Wurman RS. Information anxiety. London: Pan Books; 1989.
7. Cairo A. The functional art: an intro duct ion to information graphics and visualization. Berkeley (CA): New Riders; 2013.
8. Murray IR, Murray AD, Wordie SJ, Oliver CW, Murray AW, Simpson AH. Maximising the impact of your work using infographics. Bone Joint Res. 2017 Nov;6(11):619–20.
9. Otten JJ, Cheng K, Drewnowski A. Infographics and public policy: Using data visualization to convey complex information. Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 Nov;34(11):1901–7.
10. Bornmann L, Mutz R. Growth rates of modern science: A bibliometric analysis based on the number of publications and cited references. JASIST. 2015;66(11):2215–22.
11. The art of abstracts. Nat Chem. 2011 Jul;3(8):571.
12. Cheng K, Chen Y, Larson K, Rolandi M. Proving the value of visual design in scientific communication. Inf Des J. 2017;23(1):80–95.
13. Melero R. Altmetrics – a complement to conventional metrics. Biochem Med (Zagreb). 2015 Jun;25(2):152–60.
14. Martin LJ, Turnquist A, Groot B, et al. Exploring the role of infographics for summarizing medical literature. Health Prof Educ. 2019;5(1):48–57.
15. Costa AG, Giesteira B, Costa E. Visual science communication: a case study on published graphical abstracts [conference paper]. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Digital Design and Communication; 2019 Nov 15-16; Barcelos, Portugal: Digicom; 2019.
16. Dondis DA. A primer of visual literacy. Cambridge (MA): MIT Press; 1973.
17. Koffka K. Principles of Gestalt psychology. Oxford, UK: Harcourt, Brace; 1935.
18. Puhalla D. Design Elements, Form & Space: A Graphic Style Manual for Understanding Structure and Design. Beverly (MA): Rockport Publishers; 2011.
19. Black AE, Luna P, Lund O, Walker S, editors. Information Design. New York: Routledge; 2017.