Journal of Contemporary Drama in English
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Editor-in-Chief:
Anette Pankratz
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Herausgegeben von:
Chris Megson
, Kerstin Schmidt , Merle Tönnies und Clare Wallace
Über diese Zeitschrift
Objective
The Journal of Contemporary Drama in English focuses on issues in contemporary Anglophone dramatic literature and theatre performance. It renegotiates the understanding of contemporary aesthetics of drama and theatre by treating dramatic texts of the last fifty years. The peer-reviewed journal publishes essays that engage in close readings of plays and also touch upon historical, political, formal, theoretical and methodological aspects of contemporary drama, theatre and performance. JCDE appears twice a year: volume one is a special issue based on the annual international conferences held by the German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English, volume two invites individual essays on contemporary theatre and drama in English. The journal also contains a review section.
We are very happy to announce that the special issue on Critical Theatre Ecologies (JCDE 10.1) was one of only three books shortlisted for the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) AWARD 2023.
- contemporary Anglophone dramatic literature
- theatre performance
Article formats
Articles, Reviews
Ihre Vorteile
- Wide range of aspects of contemporary drama and theatre
- Theoretical and methodological contributions
- Contemporary drama and theatre aesthetics in the context of other social phenomena
- Rigorous peer-review
Geschichte
The Journal of Contemporary Drama in English (JCDE) was founded in 2013 and is run by the German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English.
Other publications in the field:
| Journal Impact Factor | 0.2 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
| 5-year Journal Impact Factor | 0.2 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
| Journal Citation Indicator | 0.91 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
| CiteScore | 0.6 | 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025) |
| SCImago Journal Rank | 0.118 | 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
| Source Normalized Impact per Paper | 0.484 | 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
Submission
Essay manuscripts should be sent to the General Editor:
Prof. Dr. Anette Pankratz
Englisches Seminar
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum, Germany
Email: anette.pankratz@rub.de
Review copies and requests should be sent to the Reviews Editor:
Prof. Dr. Merle Tönnies
Universität Paderborn
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Englische Literaturwissenschaft
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn, Germany
Email: toennies@mail.upb.de
If you would like to become a reviewer for JCDE, please email us your research interests.
Your benefits of publishing with us
- Optional open access publication
- Accepted papers will be published online first as DOI-citable, forward-linked articles for quickest possible visibility for the scientific community
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Submission process
- Submission of your paper
- Peer review process
- If accepted: you have the option to publish it open access
- Publication online and in print
- Manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English
- Before submitting your article please have a look at our Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement and our Copyright Agreement
- Once your article is accepted you have the option to publish it open access
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We look forward to receiving your manuscript.
Editor-in-Chief
Annette Pankratz, University of Bochum, Germany
Editors
Chris Megson, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Kerstin Schmidt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany
Merle Tönnies, University of Paderborn, Germany (Reviews)
Clare Wallace, University of Prague, Czech Republic
Advisory Board
Mireia Aragay, University of Barcelona
John Bull, University of Lincoln
Johan Callens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Tobias Döring, LMU München
Jill S. Dolan, Princeton University
Nicholas Grene, Trinity College Dublin
Stephen L. Lacey, Glamorgan
Deirdre Osborne, University of London
Dan Rebellato, University of London
Bernhard Reitz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Anthony Roche, University College Dublin
Annette J. Saddik, New York City College of Technology
Elizabeth Sakellaridou, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
Aleks Sierz, Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance, London
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