Journal profile · THEATER
PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art
ISSN 1520-281X · eISSN 1537-9477 · MIT Press
PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 32 articles a year; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art is published by MIT Press 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, Diversity and Impact of Dance and Art, Politics, and Modernism, together about 46.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): THEATER
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities28.4%
- Diversity and Impact of DancePsychology10.2%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities8.2%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities5.2%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities4.6%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities4.2%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.6%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in AHCI on 16 March 2026. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,273 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51 | 6 | 3 |
| 2023 | 56 | 8 | 13 |
| 2022 | 44 | 7 | 5 |
| 2021 | 48 | 4 | 22 |
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
- MIT Press
- ISSN
- 1520-281X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-9477
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art
What CAS zone is PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Theater. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art is indexed in Scopus.
Is PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art open access, and what is the APC?
PAJ A Journal of Performance and Art 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; 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: .