Stanislavski Studies

Aims & Scope

Stanislavski Studies is a peer-reviewed journal with an international scope.

It focuses not only on Stanislavski’s work as actor, director and teacher but more broadly on his influence and legacy which can be seen in the work of many of the twentieth-century’s most influential theatre-makers: these will include Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Michael Chekhov, Stella Adler, Vakhtangov, Komissarjevsky, Meyerhold and the many others who were directly influenced by Stanislavski’s theories and practice.

Intended to be accessible to both the academic reader and the practitioner, Stanislavski Studies collects together some of the best contemporary, international scholarship, translations of original articles written in Russian, and information about major research resources.

As a forum for the analysis and discussion of the history, legacy and application of Stanislavski’s theories it will publish articles that investigate, take issue with, and consider the applications of his theories to contemporary theatre.

The journal will contain reviews of essential new publications in the field, interviews and profiles, occasional play texts and discussion papers.

The journal will be of interest to academics and professional practitioners and teachers interested in acting, directing, international theatre research, scenography, dramaturgy, voice and movement, Russian, non-Western and popular theatre forms.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.139

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	5

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	25394

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8

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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.

• Konstantin Stanislavski and Emile Jaques-Dalcroze: historical and pedagogical connections between actor training and music education

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Andrew

• “This Side of Reality”

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Bella

• “Music, singing, word, action”: the Opera-Dramatic Studio 1935–1938

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Maria

• Improvisations and etudes: an experiment in Active Analysis

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Sharon Marie

• Stanislavski’s system in musical theatre actor training: anomalies of acting song

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Zachary

• A system behind the system: but is it Stanislavski?

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Ysabel

• Stanislavski’s objectives, given circumstances and magic “if”s through the lens of optimal experience

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Fabio, Diane B. V.

• Teaching Stanislavsky: periodization and the formation of theatre canons

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Stefan

• Exploring impulse work and active analysis in practice

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Melanie

• Forward – to early Stanislavsky! or Reconstruction of Actor Training at the First Studio of the Moscow Art Theatre

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Sergei

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