Journal profile · THEATER
Early Theatre
ISSN 1206-9078
Early Theatre: CAS Zone 3 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Early Theatre is in Zone 3 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, Historical Art and Culture Studies and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, together about 28.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): THEATER
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities10.6%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities9.2%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities9%
- Literature: history, themes, analysisArts and Humanities7.5%
- Philippine History and CultureSocial Sciences7.2%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities5.4%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities5.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 929 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 1 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 5 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 23 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 40 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- ISSN
- 1206-9078
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Early Theatre
What CAS zone is Early Theatre in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Early Theatre is in Zone 3 of Arts, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Theater. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Early Theatre?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Early Theatre is indexed in ESCI.
Is Early Theatre open access, and what is the APC?
Early Theatre is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .