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Comparative Drama

Western Michigan University · United States · Est. 1967

ISSN1936-1637

SJR Q4✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,768

Total Citationsi

4,589

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Comparative Drama is a scholarly journal devoted to studies that are international in spirit and interdisciplinary in scope. The journal publishes research related to Arts and Humanities.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,768

Publisher OrgWestern Michigan University

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Western Michigan University

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1936-1637

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Theater

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismTheatre and Performance StudiesCultural Studies and Interdisciplinary ResearchMedieval Literature and HistoryIrish and British StudiesTheater, Performance, and Music HistoryPhilippine History and CultureFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesReformation and Early Modern ChristianityLiterature: history, themes, analysis

Frequently asked questions about Comparative Drama

Is Comparative Drama a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Comparative Drama?

Comparative Drama 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.09.

Is Comparative Drama indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Comparative Drama is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.