Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Creative Arts in Education and Therapy

ISSN 2451-876X · eISSN 2468-2306 · Inspirees International B.V. · Netherlands

Creative Arts in Education and Therapy: fully open access; no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ2Visual Arts and Performing Arts · rank 221/697 · 68th percentile
Review timeabout 15 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCFully open access
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year252025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Creative Arts in Education and Therapy is published by Inspirees International B.V.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art Therapy and Mental Health, Diversity and Impact of Dance and Art Education and Development, together about 62.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

An international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the fields of creative arts in education, therapy, and health through interdisciplinary research and practice.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Editorial board by country: 15 in mainland China (about 23%); most named United States 19, Mainland China 15, United Kingdom 5, Israel 4, New Zealand 3 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Art Therapy and Mental HealthArts and Humanities31%
  2. Diversity and Impact of DancePsychology16.6%
  3. Art Education and DevelopmentArts and Humanities14.9%
  4. Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities8.3%
  5. Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities4.6%
  6. Music Therapy and HealthPsychology3%
  7. Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities2.5%
  8. Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences2%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ2221/69768th
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q3351/69249th
Psychology (miscellaneous)Q4105/11811th
Applied PsychologyQ4238/2587th

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Google Scholar, EBSCO, CNKI, OCLC, WorldCatPublisher website

As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Metrics

Impact metrics and publication volume

Impact

CiteScore 2026-06
0.5LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.18LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.23LetPub ·
h-index
8OpenAlex ·
i10-index
5OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.73OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 262 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026202077
2025252551
2024111151
2023202037
2022363652
2021111125

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Review & acceptance

Review time and acceptance

Average review time (community reports)
about 15 weeksLetPub ·
Peer review
Anonymous peer reviewLetPub

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

Fees & open access

APC and open-access policy

Fully open accessOpenAlex

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
LetPubNo APCNo—

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
Inspirees International B.V.
Country or region
Netherlands
Language
English
ISSN
2451-876X
Electronic ISSN
2468-2306
Society / sponsor
International Association of Creative Arts in Education and Therapy
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Creative Arts in Education and Therapy

How long does peer review take at Creative Arts in Education and Therapy?

Authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.

Where are the editorial board members of Creative Arts in Education and Therapy based?

Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 15 (about 23%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (19), Mainland China (15) and United Kingdom (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.

Which databases index Creative Arts in Education and Therapy?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Creative Arts in Education and Therapy is indexed in Scopus.

Is Creative Arts in Education and Therapy open access, and what is the APC?

Creative Arts in Education and Therapy is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .