New Theatre Quarterly

Aims & Scope

New Theatre Quarterly provides a vital international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning.

It shows that theatre history has a contemporary relevance, that theatre studies need a methodology and that theatre criticism needs a language.

The journal publishes news, analysis and debate within the field of theatre studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.165

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	18

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23419

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	20

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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.

• ‘Verbatim Theatre’: Oral History and Documentary Techniques

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Derek

• Mapping the Terrain: a Survey of Site-Specific Performance in Britain

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Fiona

• Celebrity and the Semiotics of Acting

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Michael L.

• Archive or Memory? The Detritus of Live Performance

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Matthew

• Participation in Community Dance: a Road to Empowerment and Transformation?

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Sara

• Palimpsest or Potential Space? Finding a Vocabulary for Site-Specific Performance

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Cathy

• Interweaving Cultures in Performance: Different States of Being In-Between

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Erika

• Towards an Ethnography of Rehearsal

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Gay

• Beauty and the Market: Actress Postcards and their Senders in Early Twentieth-Century Australia

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Veronica

• When is a Play not a Drama? Two Examples of Postdramatic Theatre Texts

  Citation: 21

  Authors: David

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