Applied Theatre Research

Aims & Scope

Applied Theatre Research is the worldwide journal for theatre and drama in non-traditional contexts.

It focuses on drama, theatre and performance with specific audiences or participants in a range of social contexts and locations.

Contexts include education, developing countries, business and industry, political debate and social action, with children and young people, and in the past, present or future; locations include theatre which happens in places such as streets, conferences, war zones, refugee camps, prisons, hospitals and village squares as well as on purpose-built stages.

The primary audience consists of practitioners and scholars of drama, theatre and allied arts, as well as educationists, teachers, social workers and community leaders with an awareness of the significance of theatre and drama, and an interest in innovative and holistic approaches to theatrical and dramatic production, learning and community development.

Contributors include eminent and experienced workers and scholars in the field, but cutting-edge contemporary and experimental work from new or little-known practitioners is also encouraged.

This double-blind peer-reviewed journal has a global focus and representation, with an explicit policy of ensuring that the best and most exciting work in all continents and as many countries as possible is represented and featured.

Cultural, geographical, gender and socio-economic equity are recognised where possible, including in the Review Board.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.193

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21605

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	19

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Domestication or transformation? The ideology of Theatre for Development in Africa

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Jane

• Theatre and participation: Towards a holistic notion of participation

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Taiwo

• Fugitive knowledge: Performance pedagogies, legibility and the undercommons

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Aylwyn

• Principles of embodied pedagogy: The role of the drama educator in transforming student understanding through a collaborative and embodied aesthetic practice

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Jane, Christine

• Applied theatre as research: Provoking the possibilities

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Michael, Peter

• Rekindling the kampong spirit: Fostering a sense of belonging through community theatre in Singapore

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Natalie

• ‘Breath, Belief, Focus, Touch’: Applied puppetry in simulated role-play for person-centred nursing education

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Karl, Matt

• Process drama in Chinese education: Possibilities and challenges in governmental policy papers and the curriculum of moral education

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Sisi

• Research-based theatre across disciplines: A relational approach to inquiry

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Tetsuro, Chris, George, Graham W.

• Bringing the personal to the professional: Pre-service teaching students explore conflict through an applied drama approach

  Citation: 6

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