Theatre Survey

Aims & Scope

Theatre Survey is chartered by the American Society for Theatre Research as a theatre history journal.

Its theatrical and historical orientations are broadly conceived.

Performance-centered and historiographic studies from all points across the historical, cultural, and methodological spectra are welcome.

Recent issues have included an article on the early professional deaf theatre in post-Stalinist Soviet Union, a study of the gestural vocabulary found in surviving images of early commedia dell'arte, a philosophical treatise by Alan Badiou, and an essay on the impact of neoliberalism—from the classroom to the department to the “global university”—that suggests how theatre and performance scholars might approach the political difficulties currently threatening the mission of higher education.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.145

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	15

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24907

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	15

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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.

• GRAMMAR & GHOSTS: THE PERFORMATIVE LIMITS OF AFRICAN FREEDOM

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Frank B.

• Toward a Historiography of the Popular

  Citation: 31

  Authors: David

• “Quote the Words to Prompt the Attitudes”: The Victorian Performer, the Photographer, and the Photograph

  Citation: 27

  Authors: David

• DEVELOPING DIASPORA LITERACY AND <i>MARASA</i> CONSCIOUSNESS

  Citation: 26

  Authors: VèVè A.

• RHAPSODY FOR THE THEATRE: A SHORT PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Alain

• Slave Spectacles and Tragic Octoroons: A Cultural Genealogy of Antebellum Performance

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Joseph R.

• Stanislavsky and Ramacharaka: The Influence of Yoga and Turn-of-the-Century Occultism on the System

  Citation: 18

  Authors: R. Andrew

• Selling the President: Stand-Up Comedy and the Politricks of Indirection in Ghana

  Citation: 18

  Authors: David A.

• The Context Problem

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Tracy C.

• Music as Performance: Living in the Immaterial World

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Philip

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