Research in Dance Education

Aims & Scope

Research in Dance Education aims to inform, stimulate lively and critical debate and promote the development of high quality research and practice in dance education.

The journal is relevant to dance academics, teachers and learners.

The journal includes contributors from a wide and diverse, international community of researchers.

This extends to all aspects of dance in education, providing opportunities for both experienced and less experienced researchers.

The journal encourages a wide range of research approaches and methods, in a forum for debate.

Issues related to pedagogy, philosophy, sociology and methodology in relation to creating, performing and viewing dance in various contexts are welcome.

The role and value of dance as part of arts education and the connections with other arts practitioners is also supported.

The research field of Research in Dance Education includes for example: all phases of education, pre-school to higher education and beyond; teaching and learning in dance, theory and practice; embodiment; new technologies; systematic reviews of literature; professional dance artists in education; learning in and through dance; aesthetic and artistic education; dance and the arts; dance and physical education; training dance teachers: initial teacher education, continuing professional development, dance degrees, and professional dance training; examination dance; dance therapy; special educational needs; community dance and youth dance; dance in society: gender, ethnicity, class, religion, economics; psychological issues: self esteem, motivation, body image; creativity; philosophy and the arts; research methods and methodologies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.356

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	22

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14967

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	146

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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.

• ‘Just clicks’: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of professional dancers’ experience of flow

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Kate M., Stewart

• Rehearsing masculinity: challenging the ‘boy code’ in dance education

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Doug

• Socially Constructed Bodies in American Dance Classrooms

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Jill

• Mobile technology in dance education: a case study of three Canadian high school dance programs

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Zihao, Mingming, Timothy

• Teaching choreography in higher education: a process continuum model

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Jo

• dance 4 your life: exploring the health and well‐being implications of a contemporary dance intervention for female adolescents

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Mary Kate, Edel, Emma

• Three Voices: Researching how somatic education informs contemporary dance technique classes

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Sylvie, Warwick, Madeleine

• A reimagined world: international tertiary dance education in light of COVID-19

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Tuomeiciren, Rose

• Problems with Ballet: Steps, style and training

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Geraldine

• Bullying victimisation and social support of adolescent male dance students: an analysis of findings

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Doug

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