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Renaissance Drama

University of Chicago Press · United States · Est. 1964

ISSN2164-3415

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.102

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

807

Total Citationsi

3,632

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Renaissance Drama (RD) explores theatrical and performance traditions and practices in early modern Europe and intersecting cultures. It is a scholarly journal devoted to Renaissance theater and performance.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications807

Publisher OrgNorthwestern University Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Chicago Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2164-3415

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

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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

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary Theory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismRenaissance and Early Modern StudiesReformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistorical Art and Culture StudiesMedieval Literature and HistoryLiterature: history, themes, analysisTheatre and Performance StudiesRenaissance Literature and CultureIrish and British StudiesEarly Modern Spanish Literature

Frequently asked questions about Renaissance Drama

Is Renaissance Drama a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Renaissance Drama: it is indexed in 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 Renaissance Drama?

Renaissance Drama is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.102.

Is Renaissance Drama indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Renaissance Drama is indexed in Scopus.