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Australasian Drama Studies

AUSTRALASIAN ASSOC THEATRE DRAMA & PERFORMANCE STUDIES · Australia · Est. 1982

ISSN0810-4123

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.103

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

501

Total Citationsi

1,360

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Australasia's Premier Academic Journal for Research in Drama, Theatre and Performance. ADS is a fully peer-reviewed journal which publishes articles, interviews, and production casebooks on world theatre by Australasian and international scholars. The journal also publishes reviews of scholarly books and published play texts.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 6 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications501

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewfully peer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AUSTRALASIAN ASSOC THEATRE DRAMA & PERFORMANCE STUDIES

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0810-4123

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

fully peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

181

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Theater

Scopus Categories

Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Theatre and Performance StudiesCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismIrish and British StudiesAustralian History and Society

Frequently asked questions about Australasian Drama Studies

Is Australasian Drama Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Australasian Drama Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Australasian Drama Studies?

Australasian Drama Studies is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is Australasian Drama Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Australasian Drama Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.