Nordic Theatre Studies

Aims & Scope

Nordic Theatre Studies is the leading academic journal for theatre researchers in the Nordic and Baltic countries and for all scholars writing about theatre and performance related to these countries.

It has been selected for inclusion in Web of Science and Scopus as well as Ebsco and Google Scholar.

Nordic Theatre Studies covers theatre, dance, music theatre and other performances, mainly after 1850, in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and articles by authors from Nordic and Baltic countries that relate to theatre, dance and performance in all parts of the world.

It is a peer-reviewed journal publishing two issues a year.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	<0.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.102

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	4

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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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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.

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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.

• Bourdieusian Concepts and the Field of Theatre Criticism

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Martynas

• Sounding the Arctic in Chantal Bilodeau’s Climate Change Plays

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Nassin W.

• ‘Suddenly a Stranger Appears’

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Freddie

• Activating Dance Records. Conceptualizing research into the Swedish, Nordic and global archives pertaining to the Russian dancer Anna Robenne

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Astrid

• Performing with Plants in the Ob-scene Anthropocene

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Annette

• Theatricality and Drifting in the Anthropocene

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Carl

• Theatre, Science, and the Popular: Two Contemporary Examples From Scandinavia

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Daria, Kim

• Dancing with the Dragon: Orality and (body) language(s) in a live performance of Beowulf

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Jeff

• The Revitalization of Popular Theatre Forms in Contemporary Performance: The Case of Post-Soviet Lithuanian Theatre

  Citation: 2

  Authors: RÅ«ta

• Infrastructural Performance

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Cecilie Ullerup

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