Theatre Journal

Aims & Scope

For seven decades, Theatre Journal's broad array of scholarly articles and reviews has earned it an international reputation as one of the most authoritative and useful publications of theatre studies available today.

Drawing contributions from noted practitioners and scholars, Theatre Journal features social and historical studies, production reviews, and theoretical inquiries that analyze dramatic texts and production.

Theatre Journal is an official publication of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE).

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.212

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	30

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20464

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	53

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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.

• Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory

  Citation: 2188

  Authors: Judith

• Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Teresa

• Geographies of Learning: Theatre Studies, Performance, and the "Performative"

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Jill

• Dancing the Orient for England: Maud Allan's "The Vision of Salome"

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Amy

• Women's Performance Art: Feminism and Postmodernism

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Jeanie

• Repeatability, Reconstruction and Beyond

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Mark

• Mardi Gras Indians and Others: Genealogies of American Performance

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Joseph

• Acting Black: "Othello," "Othello" Burlesques, and the Performance of Blackness

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Joyce Green

• "Preaching to the Converted"

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Tim, David

• Refusing the Romanticism of Identity: Narrative Interventions in Churchill, Benmussa, Duras

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Elin

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