Creative Arts in Education and Therapy

Aims & Scope

Creative Arts in Education and Therapy (CAET) – Eastern and Western Perspectives is an international journal intended for artists, educators, therapists, community workers and others who both use and integrate the creative arts in their work.

CAET’s focus is on reporting and discussing perspectives, artistic expressions, theory-based applications as well as practice-based approaches between the West and the East – particularly China and its neighboring cultures.

CAET supports cross-disciplinary dialogue, cooperation and research between the creative arts (creative writing, dance/movement, drama, film and video, music and the visual arts) and therapy, education, psychology, medicine, community applications and other related fields.

We encourage creative and imaginative scholarships that promote cultural diversity, inclusivity and social justice.

CAET invites articles describing innovative professional approaches and practices and/or research within the arts, presentations of art in varied media (as described above), program descriptions, position papers, interviews and conference reports relevant to the field.

CAET encourages scholarly, engaging, original, timely work and art-based submissions and expressions in varied forms of media presented in ways that are accessible to the public.

We also welcome authors to submit books for assignment and review consideration.

Manuscripts are subject to a peer review process before being accepted and published.

Contributions are to be in English.

Articles published in CAET must be focused upon the broad uses and applications of the creative and expressive arts across education, therapy, health and communities.

Research in the arts can include art-based, mixed-methods, quantitative, qualitative, theoretical, historical, cultural, and other methodologies.

There is no standardized format required for presentation of the research.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Preservation url
• Apc url

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Psychology, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Dance Therapy Today: An Overview of the Profession and Its Practice Around the World

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Kim, Dita, Diana, Amber, Vincenzo, Tony Yu, Ella

• Ch’i and Artistic Expression: An East Asian Worldview that Fits the Creative Process Everywhere

  Citation: 8

  Authors: S.

• Offering Space for Choice and Voice: Participant Assent as a Creative Workshop Informed by Dramatherapy Practice

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Amanda

• Dance movement therapy in Asia: an overview of the profession and its practice

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Tony, Nayung, Shoichi, Yukari, Pei-Shan, Tsungchin, Rainbow, Rashi, Devika, Minh

• Ecological/Nature-Assisted Arts Therapies and the Paradigm Change

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Alexander

• Expressive Arts Therapy with Chinese Calligraphy Elements as a Working Approach

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Esther Yau

• Enduring Liminality: Creative Arts Therapy When Nature Disrupts

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Deborah

• A China Focus on the Arts and Human Understanding

  Citation: 4

  Authors: S.

• CONFERENCE REVIEW: British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) and American Art Therapy Association (AATA) Art Therapy Practice and Research Conference, London, UK, 2019

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Debra, Girija, Mimma Della, Jo, Maria Regina A., Ronald P. M. H.

• The Tao of Poiesis: Expressive Arts Therapy and Taoist Philosophy

  Citation: 3

  Authors: S.K.