Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Women & Performance
ISSN 0740-770X · eISSN 1748-5819 · Taylor & Francis
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Women & Performance: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; 14 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Women & Performance is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Theatre and Performance Studies, Arts and Performance Studies and Gender and Feminist Studies, together about 66.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Gender Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory publishes scholarly essays from interdisciplinary feminist perspectives. For us, “women” and “performance” denote not simply what we study but how we study it—that is, not preconceived objects of analysis, but rather an open assembly of political, ethical, and aesthetic orientations, feminism chief among them. We encourage dialogues among various fields of performance scholarship, including theater and performance studies, dance studies, music history and criticism, ethnography, new and digital media, cinema studies, and cultural studies; as well as queer, critical race, and post- and decolonial theory. Working with/in this disciplinary hybridity, we explore critiques of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, dis/ability, technology, nation, and capitalism. The journal is a peer-reviewed, triannual publication with guest-edited special issues. We encourage general submissions that foreground questions of gender and performance, as well as proposals for special issues that address specific topics within feminism and performance studies. Included in our journal is a section titled “&,” which features performative writing, poetry, artist’s statements, manifestos, feminist and queer takes on current events, and other modes of intellectual production and critical engagement that perform feminist theory in alternative forms. The journal also includes reviews of recent performances and scholarly books. About Us Women & Performance was founded in 1983 by graduate students in the Department of Performance Studies at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. After self-publishing for 23 years, Women & Performance was acquired by Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Since its inception the journal has operated as a feminist collective. For us, being a feminist collective entails a fair and ethical distribution of labor, a nonhierarchical and collaborative editorial structure, and a review process that hopes to diverge from what is extractive and transactional in traditional academic publishing.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities24.6%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities24.3%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences17.7%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities5.1%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities4.4%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences4.1%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences2.5%
- Feminist Theory and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q4 | 613/697 | 11th |
| Gender Studies | Q4 | 226/233 | 3rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
British Humanities Index, Current Abstracts, Film and Television Literature Index, Feminist Periodicals, International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance, International Index to the Performing Arts, Periodicals Index Online, Studies on Women and Gender AbstractsPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.11Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.11Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 183OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 40,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,060 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 443 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1 | 791 |
| 2024 | 27 | 6 | 1,328 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 953 |
| 2022 | 27 | 2 | 1,252 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1 | 947 |
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted8
- articleWe encourage general submissions that foreground questions of gender and performance, as well as proposals for special issues that address specific topics withi…Length not stated
- artist’s statementsIncluded in our journal is a section titled “&,” which features performative writing, poetry, artist’s statements, manifestos, feminist and queer takes on curre…Length not stated
- manifestosIncluded in our journal is a section titled “&,” which features performative writing, poetry, artist’s statements, manifestos, feminist and queer takes on curre…Length not stated
- performative writingIncluded in our journal is a section titled “&,” which features performative writing, poetry, artist’s statements, manifestos, feminist and queer takes on curre…Length not stated
- poetryIncluded in our journal is a section titled “&,” which features performative writing, poetry, artist’s statements, manifestos, feminist and queer takes on curre…Length not stated
- reviews of recent performancesThe journal also includes reviews of recent performances and scholarly books.Length not stated
- reviews of scholarly booksThe journal also includes reviews of recent performances and scholarly books.Length not stated
- special issueWe encourage general submissions that foreground questions of gender and performance, as well as proposals for special issues that address specific topics withi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory 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 access? Increa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer-reviewed, triannual publication with guest-edited special issues. Model summary
The journal is a peer-reviewed, triannual publication with guest-edited special issues.
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.
Before you submit
Four checks before submitting to Women & Performance
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Theatre and Performance Studies, Arts and Performance Studies.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Submission rules
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesYes, amount not published (Publisher website)Fee details
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0740-770X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1748-5819
- Society / sponsor
- Women & Performance Project Inc
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Women & Performance
Which databases index Women & Performance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Women & Performance is indexed in Scopus.
Is Women & Performance open access, and what is the APC?
Women & Performance is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .