Journal profile · THEATER
New Theatre Quarterly
ISSN 0266-464X · eISSN 1474-0613 · Cambridge University Press
New Theatre Quarterly: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
New Theatre Quarterly is published by Cambridge University 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, Irish and British Studies and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, together about 51.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
New Theatre Quarterly provides a vital international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet and where prevailing dramatic assumptions can be subjected to vigorous critical questioning. It shows that theatre history has a contemporary relevance, that theatre studies need a methodology and that theatre criticism needs a language. The journal publishes news, analysis, debate and expansion of vision and theatre practice in all its forms within the field of theatre and performance studies, and interdisciplinary and cross‐cultural research with a theatre/performance focus.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): THEATER
Editor-in-chief Drew MilnePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United Kingdom 11, United States 5, Mainland China 1, Taiwan, China 1, Germany 1 (23 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities31.9%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences11.3%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities8%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities7.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.1%
- Diversity and Impact of DancePsychology3.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.3%
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 2 |
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)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 149OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,233 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 46 | 15 | 8 |
| 2023 | 41 | 21 | 18 |
| 2022 | 45 | 17 | 23 |
| 2021 | 50 | 17 | 23 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- articleArticle The Ethics of Empathic Unsettlement: Violence and Witnessing in Sarah Kane’s BlastedLength not stated
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
- Cambridge University Press
- ISSN
- 0266-464X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1474-0613
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about New Theatre Quarterly
What CAS zone is New Theatre Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, New Theatre Quarterly is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 2 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.
Where are the editorial board members of New Theatre Quarterly based?
Of the 23 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (11), United States (5) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index New Theatre Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, New Theatre Quarterly is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is New Theatre Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
New Theatre Quarterly is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .