Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media
ISSN 1479-4713 · eISSN 2040-0934 · Taylor & Francis
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 334 days to acceptance (54 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 38% (journal website); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Theatre and Performance Studies, Cinema and Media Studies and Digital Games and Media, together about 35.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media draws its contributions from academics and practitioner-researchers at the interface of new media technologies and performance. It acts as a forum for critical scholarship, innovative practice, and creative pedagogy, addressing themes that may be domain-specific (e.g. theatre, dance, music, live art, computer science) or situated at the convergence of two or more disciplines. The journal invites original, significant, and rigorous inquiry into all subjects within or across disciplines related to performance and digital media. It encourages debate and cross-disciplinary exchange across a broad range of approaches. The spectrum of topics include: cultural mediatization distributed non-linear performance virtual/physical bodies interactive performative installation realtime music performance interfaces These topics are addressed in full-length academic articles, critical statements on current issues, developmental practice, and reviews of books and live/media-based performances. The journal presents an innovative platform for researchers, students, practitioners and educators to both learn from and contribute to the field. Furthermore, it allows software/hardware researchers and developers with an interest in the performance arts to be fully engaged in the critical debates surrounding their work. All articles are subject to initial Editor screening and then a rigorous double-anonymized peer-review process before publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Editor-in-chief Maria ChatzichristodoulouPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities19.3%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.7%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences7.5%
- Innovative Human-Technology InteractionComputer Science6.7%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science6.5%
- Diversity and Impact of DancePsychology5.1%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences4.9%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.32Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.93Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.07%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 59,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 59,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 572 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 14 | 11 |
| 2025 | 48 | 21 | 31 |
| 2024 | 36 | 24 | 74 |
| 2023 | 37 | 16 | 66 |
| 2022 | 34 | 14 | 194 |
| 2021 | 41 | 14 | 116 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
334 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 258 days – 375 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (54 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 358 days
- Sample
- 54 articles with submission and acceptance dates (69 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 38%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 125 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 163 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal (Open Select) Model summary
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open acce…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review after initial editor screening Model summary
All articles are subject to initial Editor screening and then a rigorous double-anonymized peer-review process before publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1479-4713
- Electronic ISSN
- 2040-0934
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 3 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media
What CAS zone is International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Theater. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 23.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media?
Based on the dates recorded on 54 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 334 days (interquartile range 258–375 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 38%. 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.
Which databases index International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .