Journal profile · THEATER
Modern Drama
ISSN 0026-7694 · eISSN 1712-5286 · University of Toronto Press
Modern Drama: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Modern Drama is published by University of Toronto Press 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, Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research and Theater, Performance, and Music History, together about 49.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Modern Drama (MD) is the most prominent journal in English to focus on dramatic literature. The journal has been distinguished by its close readings of both canonical and lesser-known dramatic texts from a range of methodological perspectives.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): THEATER
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities25.7%
- Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary ResearchArts and Humanities15.5%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities8.3%
- Samuel Beckett and ModernismArts and Humanities7.8%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences6.6%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities6.1%
- Literature Analysis and CriticismMedicine3.5%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities2.3%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 147OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,488 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 53 | 0 | 9 |
| 2023 | 56 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 56 | 3 | 37 |
| 2021 | 52 | 1 | 19 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- ISSN
- 0026-7694
- Electronic ISSN
- 1712-5286
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Modern Drama
What CAS zone is Modern Drama in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Modern Drama is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Theater. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Modern Drama?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Modern Drama is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Modern Drama open access, and what is the APC?
Modern Drama is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .