Journal of Contemporary Drama in English

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Contemporary Drama in English focuses on issues in contemporary Anglophone dramatic literature and theatre performance.

It renegotiates the understanding of contemporary aesthetics of drama and theatre by treating dramatic texts of the last fifty years.

The peer-reviewed journal publishes essays that engage in close readings of plays and also touch upon historical, political, formal, theoretical and methodological aspects of contemporary drama, theatre and performance.

JCDE appears twice a year: volume one is a special issue based on the annual international conferences held by the German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English, volume two invites individual essays on contemporary theatre and drama in English.

The journal also contains a review section.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27460

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	18

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.118

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

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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, 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.

• Viral Theatre: Preliminary Thoughts on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Online Theatre

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Heidi, Monika

• Watching, Attending, Sense-making: Spectatorship in Immersive Theatres

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Josephine

• Staging the unsayable: debbie tucker green’s political theatre

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Nicola

• Anthropo-Scenes: Theater and Climate Change

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Una

• The Dystopian Near-Future in Contemporary British Drama

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Trish

• Tragedies of the Capitalocene

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Wendy

• Posthuman Dystopia: Animal Surrealism and Permanent Crisis in Contemporary British Theatre

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Eckart, Merle

• Making Mistakes in Immersive Theatre: Spectatorship and Errant Immersion

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Adam

• Theatre in the “Forest of Things and Signs”

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Gareth

• Kinship and Community in Climate-Change Theatre: Ecodramaturgy in Practice

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Theresa J.

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