Journal profile · THEATER
Nordic Theatre Studies
ISSN 0904-6380 · eISSN 2002-3898 · Wiley-Blackwell
Nordic Theatre Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 36, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nordic Theatre Studies is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 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 Industries and Urban Development and Diversity and Impact of Dance, together about 45.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
1: Focus and Scope Nordic Theatre Studies is the leading academic journal for theatre researchers in the Nordic and Baltic countries and for all scholars writing about theatre and performance related to these countries. It has been selected for inclusion in Web of Science and Scopus as well as Ebsco and Google Scholar. Nordic Theatre Studies covers theatre, dance, music theatre and other performances, mainly after 1850, in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and articles by authors from Nordic and Baltic countries that relate to theatre, dance and performance in all parts of the world. It is a peer-reviewed journal publishing two issues a year. The journal is divided into a thematic section, an open section for other topics, and a book review section. The journal also publishes occasional shorter essays (which are peer-reviewed and can use a more personal approach). Specialising in Nordic and Baltic theatre research, it prioritizes articles that relate to some aspect of Nordic or Baltic theatre and performance, or that have been written by a scholar resident in a Nordic or Baltic country. It has been a print journal since 1988, and recently converted into an online publication so that it is freely accessible to scholars around the world. It is published by the Association of Theatre Scholars. Copyright Users can use, reuse and build upon the material published in the journal but only for non-commercial purposes. Users are allowed to link to the files, download the files, distribute the files on a local network (preferably by links), upload the files to local repositories if their institutions require them to do so, but not republish the files without proper agreements with the journal and the author. 2: Journal History In 1988, the Association for Theatres Scholars (Föreningen Nordiska Teaterforskare) established Nordic Theatre Studies as a journal of scholarly writing on theatre. Ever since it has published research on all aspects of theatre in the Nordic region, including since 2012 the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and it has promoted Nordic and Baltic scholars writing on any aspect of theatre in the world. Within the Nordic and Baltic region, it is the only English language publication on its subject. Since 2014 NTS is published twice every year. One number addresses a certain theme announced in a call for contributions, the other number is dedicated to selected and peer reviewed articles developed from papers presented at conferences,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): THEATER
Editor-in-chief Martynas PetrikasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities32%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences7.6%
- Diversity and Impact of DancePsychology6.3%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities4.2%
- Social and Educational SciencesSocial Sciences3.9%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities3.9%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities3.9%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Theater | Zone 4 |
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Ebsco, Google Scholar
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.31OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.65%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 291 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 5 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 10 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 6 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
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
- 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
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics 5: Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement It is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the publisher. This ethic statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, Publication decisionsThe editor of the journal is responsible for de…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 4: Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 3: Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review Nordic Theatre Studies operates a double-blind peer review system. The journal appoints at least two external peer reviewers for each article, both of whom normally have a doctoral degree and a high level of expertise on the topic of the article. The identities of both reviewers and authors are concealed from each other throughout the review process. To facilitate this, au…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0904-6380
- Electronic ISSN
- 2002-3898
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 36, Issue 1 (2024)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nordic Theatre Studies
What CAS zone is Nordic Theatre Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nordic Theatre Studies is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Nordic Theatre Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Nordic Theatre Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nordic Theatre Studies is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Nordic Theatre Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Nordic Theatre Studies 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, 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: .