Theatre and Performance Design

Aims & Scope

Theatre and Performance Design is an international peer-reviewed journal of scenography.

Publishing innovative artistic practice alongside theoretical research, the journal critically evaluates the effect of scenography on the aesthetics and politics of performance and facilitates dialogue amongst practitioners, scholars, and audience.

The journal will publish articles on all aspects of design for performance in the fields of: · theatre · opera · dance · music theatre · site-specific, immersive and virtual theatres · spatial design and architecture In addition to peer-reviewed articles and visual essays the journal engages with the practicalities of construction and production by considering the impact of new materials, techniques, and technologies on the process and realisation of the performance event.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.144

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24988

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	12

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Engineering, 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.

• Scenographic materialism, affordance and extended cognition in Kris Verdonck's<i>ACTOR #1</i>

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Joslin

• A ‘choréographie’ of light and space: Adolphe Appia and the first scenographic turn

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Scott

• Ecomaterialism in scenography

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Tanja

• Expanding scenography: notes on the curatorial developments of the Prague Quadrennial

  Citation: 8

  Authors: S. Zupanc

• Active roles of light in performance design

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Katherine

• Sounding out ‘the scenographic turn’: eight position statements

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Adrian, David

• Scenographer as placemaker: co-creating communities through The Living Stage NYC

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Tanja, Lanxing, Cristina

• Haptic insights: model making as historical methodology

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Cat Fergusson

• The scenographic turn: the pharmacology of the digitisation of scenography

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Néill

• Mixing realities: reflections on presence and embodiment in intermedial performance design of<i>Blue Hour VR</i>

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Paul, Joris

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