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Best Visual Arts and Performing Arts journals

694 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 174 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art 11.1 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
2 Creativity Research Journal 8.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
3 Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 8.3 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
4 International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education 5.8 99th Q1 ESCI – No
5 CoDesign 5.6 99th Q1 AHCI – No
6 Design Science 5.6 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
7 International Journal of Architectural Heritage 5.6 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
8 International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation 5.4 98th Q1 ESCI – No
9 Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 5.1 98th Q1 AHCI – No
10 International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance 5 98th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Feminist Media Studies 4.9 98th Q1 SSCI – No
12 International Journal of Design 4.9 98th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – Yes
13 Journal of Creative Behavior 4.9 98th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Arts Education Policy Review 4.7 98th Q1 – – No
15 Cultural Trends 4.6 97th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
16 Television and New Media 4.6 97th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
17 Fashion Practice 4.5 97th Q1 AHCI – No
18 Museum Management and Curatorship 4.3 97th Q1 AHCI – No
19 Visual Communication 4.3 97th Q1 SSCI – No
20 She Ji 4.1 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 Journal of Interior Design 4 97th Q1 AHCI – No
22 International Journal of Food Design 3.8 96th Q1 – – No
23 Creative Industries Journal 3.6 96th Q1 ESCI – No
24 Research in Dance Education 3.2 96th Q1 AHCI – No
25 Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 3.1 96th Q1 ESCI – No
26 Journal of Architectural Engineering 3.1 96th Q1 ESCI – No
27 Interiority 2.9 96th Q1 – – Yes
28 Design Journal 2.8 96th Q1 AHCI – No
29 Canadian Slavonic Papers 2.8 95th Q1 ESCI – No
30 Signs and Society 2.7 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
31 Artivate 2.4 95th Q1 – – Yes
32 Index.comunicacion 2.3 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
33 International Journal of Art and Design Education 2.3 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
34 Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 2.3 95th Q1 AHCI – No
35 Palestine Exploration Quarterly 2.3 95th Q1 AHCI – No
36 International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 2.3 94th Q1 ESCI – No
37 Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture 2.2 94th Q1 AHCI – No
38 Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning 2.2 94th Q1 – – No
39 Design and Culture 2.1 94th Q1 AHCI – No
40 Temes de Disseny 2 94th Q1 – – Yes
41 Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine 1.9 94th Q1 ESCI – No
42 Journal of Visual Literacy 1.9 94th Q1 – – No
43 Journal of Roman Studies 1.9 93rd Q1 AHCI – No
44 Continuum 1.8 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
45 Journal of Design, Business and Society 1.8 93rd Q1 – – No
46 Journal of New Music Research 1.8 93rd Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
47 Studies in Art Education 1.8 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
48 Nexus Network Journal 1.7 93rd Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
49 Visual Studies 1.7 93rd Q1 AHCI – No
50 Journal of Arts Management Law and Society 1.7 92nd Q1 AHCI C No
51 Journal of African Cultural Studies 1.6 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
52 Journal of Dance Education 1.6 92nd Q1 – – No
53 International Journal of Fashion Studies 1.5 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
54 Journal of Roman Archaeology 1.5 92nd Q1 AHCI – No
55 Speculum 1.5 92nd Q1 AHCI – No
56 International Journal of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles 1.4 92nd Q1 – – No
57 Fashion, Style and Popular Culture 1.4 91st Q1 ESCI – No
58 International Journal of Arts and Technology 1.4 91st Q1 ESCI – No
59 International Journal of Education and the Arts 1.4 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
60 Studies in Documentary Film 1.4 91st Q1 ESCI – No
61 Voice and Speech Review 1.4 91st Q1 ESCI – No
62 Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics 1.3 91st Q1 AHCI – Yes
63 Research Journal in Advanced Humanities 1.3 91st Q1 – – No
64 International Journal of Arts Management 1.3 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
65 Animation 1.3 90th Q1 AHCI – No
66 Home Cultures 1.3 90th Q1 AHCI – No
67 Journal of Architecture 1.3 90th Q1 AHCI – No
68 Journal of Print and Media Technology Research 1.3 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
69 Muqarnas 1.3 90th Q1 AHCI – No
70 Studies in Australasian Cinema 1.3 90th Q1 ESCI – No
71 Asian Ethnology 1.2 89th Q1 AHCI – No
72 Journal of African Archaeology 1.2 89th Q1 AHCI – No
73 Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema 1.2 89th Q1 – – No
74 Projections (New York) 1.2 89th Q1 ESCI – No
75 Research in Drama Education 1.2 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
76 Technology Architecture and Design 1.2 89th Q1 ESCI – No
77 Visible Language 1.2 89th Q1 – – No
78 Art and Perception 1.2 88th Q1 ESCI – No
79 Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty 1.2 88th Q1 ESCI – No
80 Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and Education 1.2 88th Q1 – – Yes
81 Journal of Aesthetics and Culture 1.2 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
82 Letonica 1.2 88th Q1 – – No
83 Technoetic Arts 1.2 88th Q1 ESCI – No
84 Spatium 1.1 88th Q1 – – Yes
85 Annual of the British School at Athens 1.1 87th Q1 AHCI – No
86 Chinese Language and Discourse 1.1 87th Q1 ESCI – No
87 Creativity 1.1 87th Q1 – – No
88 Journal of Popular Film and Television 1.1 87th Q1 AHCI – No
89 Positions 1.1 87th Q1 AHCI – No
90 Radio Journal 1.1 87th Q1 – – No
91 Renaissance Quarterly 1.1 87th Q1 AHCI – No
92 Boletin del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino 1.1 86th Q1 AHCI – Yes
93 Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 1.1 86th Q1 – – No
94 Opuscula 1.1 86th Q1 AHCI – No
95 Santander Art and Culture Law Review 1.1 86th Q1 – – Yes
96 Archives of Design Research 1 86th Q1 – – No
97 Journal of Urban Culture Research 1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
98 Landscape Architecture and Art 1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
99 Drama Therapy Review 1 85th Q1 ESCI – No
100 Eastern European Screen Studies 1 85th Q1 ESCI – No
101 International Journal of Taiwan Studies 1 85th Q1 ESCI – No
102 New Design Ideas 1 85th Q1 – – No
103 Shakespeare Bulletin 1 85th Q1 – – No
104 TDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies 1 85th Q1 AHCI – No
105 Acta Archaeologica Lodziensia 1 84th Q1 – – No
106 Architecture and Culture 1 84th Q1 ESCI – No
107 Brill Research Perspectives in Popular Culture 1 84th Q1 – – No
108 Dance Research 1 84th Q1 AHCI – No
109 International Journal of African Renaissance Studies 1 84th Q1 ESCI – No
110 Leonardo 1 84th Q1 AHCI – No
111 Theatre Research International 1 84th Q1 AHCI – No
112 World Art 1 84th Q1 ESCI – No
113 Arte, Individuo y Sociedad 1 83rd Q1 AHCI – Yes
114 International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice 1 83rd Q1 – – No
115 International Journal of Visual Design 1 83rd Q1 – – No
116 Journal of Hellenic Studies 1 83rd Q1 AHCI – No
117 Melanges de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome:Antiquite 1 83rd Q1 – – No
118 Shakespeare Quarterly 0.9 83rd Q1 AHCI – No
119 Art Bulletin 0.9 82nd Q1 AHCI – No
120 Australian Art Education 0.9 82nd Q1 – – No
121 Craft Research 0.9 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
122 International Journal of Designed Objects 0.9 82nd Q1 – – No
123 Journal of Applied Arts and Health 0.9 82nd Q1 – – No
124 Quarterly Review of Film and Video 0.9 82nd Q1 – – No
125 Studies in American Humor 0.9 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
126 Dance Research Journal 0.9 81st Q1 AHCI – No
127 French Screen Studies 0.9 81st Q1 AHCI – No
128 Journal of Popular Music Education 0.9 81st Q1 – – No
129 Resital 0.9 81st Q1 – – Yes
130 South Asian Popular Culture 0.9 81st Q1 ESCI – No
131 Studies in Costume and Performance 0.9 81st Q1 – – No
132 VISUAL Review. International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional de Cultura 0.9 81st Q1 – – No
133 Archives of Asian Art 0.9 80th Q1 AHCI – No
134 Journal of Mathematics and the Arts 0.9 80th Q1 ESCI – No
135 Rock Art Research 0.9 80th Q1 AHCI – No
136 Art Education 0.8 80th Q1 – – No
137 Film Quarterly 0.8 80th Q1 AHCI – No
138 Kepes 0.8 80th Q1 – – Yes
139 Studies in European Cinema 0.8 80th Q1 ESCI – No
140 International Journal of Design Education 0.8 79th Q1 – – No
141 Journal of Environmental Media 0.8 79th Q1 – – No
142 Journal of Visual Culture 0.8 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
143 Material Religion 0.8 79th Q1 AHCI – No
144 New Review of Film and Television Studies 0.8 79th Q1 AHCI – No
145 Stanislavski Studies 0.8 79th Q1 ESCI – No
146 Youth Theatre Journal 0.8 79th Q1 – – No
147 Journal of Cinema and Media Studies 0.8 78th Q1 AHCI – No
148 Journal of Film and Video 0.8 78th Q1 AHCI – No
149 Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 0.8 78th Q1 ESCI – No
150 Journal of Popular Romance Studies 0.8 78th Q1 – – Yes
151 Papers of the British School at Rome 0.8 78th Q1 AHCI – No
152 Renaissance Society of America 0.8 78th Q1 – – No
153 Visual Resources 0.8 78th Q1 ESCI – No
154 Film-Philosophy 0.8 77th Q1 AHCI – Yes
155 Journal of Visual Art Practice 0.8 77th Q1 ESCI – No
156 Transnational Screens 0.8 77th Q1 ESCI – No
157 Architectural Design 0.7 77th Q1 AHCI – No
158 Artnodes 0.7 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
159 DISEGNARECON 0.7 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
160 Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender 0.7 77th Q1 – – No
161 Afghanistan 0.7 76th Q1 ESCI – No
162 Barnboken 0.7 76th Q1 – – Yes
163 Grafica 0.7 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
164 Jahrbuch der Osterreichischen Byzantinistik 0.7 76th Q1 ESCI – No
165 Journal of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology (Natural Science Edition) 0.7 76th Q1 – – No
166 Photographies 0.7 76th Q1 – – No
167 Studies in Theatre and Performance 0.7 76th Q1 AHCI – No
168 Traditio 0.7 76th Q1 AHCI – No
169 FormAkademisk 0.7 75th Q1 – – Yes
170 International Journal of Film and Media Arts 0.7 75th Q1 – – Yes
171 Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 0.7 75th Q1 AHCI – No
172 Text and Performance Quarterly 0.7 75th Q1 AHCI – No
173 Theatre, Dance and Performance Training 0.7 75th Q1 AHCI – No
174 Visual Arts Research 0.7 75th Q1 – – No
175 Architectural Theory Review 0.7 74th Q2 AHCI – No
176 Dancecult 0.7 74th Q2 – – Yes
177 Con A de Animacion 0.6 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
178 EGA Revista de Expresion Grafica Arquitectonica 0.6 74th Q2 AHCI – Yes
179 Journal of African Films and Diaspora Studies 0.6 74th Q2 – – No
180 Journal of Design History 0.6 74th Q2 AHCI – No
181 Methis 0.6 74th Q2 – – Yes
182 On the W@terfront 0.6 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
183 A/Z ITU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture 0.6 73rd Q2 – – Yes
184 Adaptation 0.6 73rd Q2 AHCI – No
185 ArchiDOCT 0.6 73rd Q2 – – No
186 Arqueologia de la Arquitectura 0.6 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
187 BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies 0.6 73rd Q2 AHCI – No
188 Journal of Writing in Creative Practice 0.6 73rd Q2 – – No
189 Applied Theatre Research 0.6 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
190 Cinema et Cie 0.6 72nd Q2 – – Yes
191 Disegno 0.6 72nd Q2 – – Yes
192 East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 0.6 72nd Q2 – – No
193 Fotocinema 0.6 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
194 Journal of Chinese Cinemas 0.6 72nd Q2 AHCI – No
195 Screen 0.6 72nd Q2 AHCI – No
196 Antiquaries Journal 0.6 71st Q2 AHCI – No
197 Byzantinische Zeitschrift 0.6 71st Q2 AHCI – No
198 En-Claves del Pensamiento 0.6 71st Q2 – – Yes
199 Journal of Victorian Culture 0.6 71st Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
200 Mashriq and Mahjar 0.6 71st Q2 – – Yes
201 New Theatre Quarterly 0.6 71st Q2 AHCI – No
202 Parallax 0.6 71st Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
203 Asian Cinema 0.6 70th Q2 ESCI – No
204 Film Fashion and Consumption 0.6 70th Q2 ESCI – No
205 Ge-Conservacion 0.6 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
206 International Journal of Design in Society 0.6 70th Q2 – – No
207 Renaissance Studies 0.6 70th Q2 AHCI – No
208 Ancient Near Eastern Studies 0.5 70th Q2 ESCI – No
209 Italian Culture 0.5 70th Q2 ESCI – No
210 Enquiry 0.5 69th Q2 – – Yes
211 Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 0.5 69th Q2 AHCI – No
212 Music, Sound and the Moving Image 0.5 69th Q2 ESCI – No
213 RIHA Journal 0.5 69th Q2 AHCI – Yes
214 Studies in the Fantastic 0.5 69th Q2 – – No
215 Victorian Studies 0.5 69th Q2 AHCI – No
216 Yillik: Annual of Istanbul Studies 0.5 69th Q2 – – No
217 Boletin Academico 0.5 68th Q2 ESCI – No
218 Comedy Studies 0.5 68th Q2 – – No
219 Creative Arts in Education and Therapy 0.5 68th Q2 – – No
220 International Journal of Islamic Architecture 0.5 68th Q2 AHCI – No
221 Journal of Screenwriting 0.5 68th Q2 AHCI – No
222 South African Theatre Journal 0.5 68th Q2 ESCI – No
223 Syria 0.5 68th Q2 – – No
224 Canadian Journal of Film Studies 0.5 67th Q2 – – No
225 Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship 0.5 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
226 Contemporary Theatre Review 0.5 67th Q2 AHCI – No
227 Criticism 0.5 67th Q2 AHCI – No
228 Journal of Early Modern Studies 0.5 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
229 Journal of the History of Collections 0.5 67th Q2 AHCI – No
230 Quaestio Rossica 0.5 67th Q2 AHCI – Yes
231 Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes 0.5 67th Q2 AHCI – No
232 VLC Arquitectura 0.5 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
233 Contemporary Musicology 0.5 66th Q2 – – Yes
234 International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design 0.5 66th Q2 – – No
235 Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies 0.5 66th Q2 – – No
236 Korea Journal 0.5 66th Q2 – – Yes
237 Architectural History 0.5 65th Q2 AHCI – No
238 Byzantion: Revue Internationale des Etudes Byzantines 0.5 65th Q2 – – No
239 Istoriya 0.5 65th Q2 ESCI – No
240 Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts 0.5 65th Q2 – – Yes
241 Journal of Scandinavian Cinema 0.5 65th Q2 ESCI – No
242 Modulo Arquitectura CUC 0.5 65th Q2 – – No
243 Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema 0.5 65th Q2 ESCI – No
244 Brumal 0.5 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
245 De Medio Aevo 0.5 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
246 Early Popular Visual Culture 0.5 64th Q2 AHCI – No
247 Grey Room 0.5 64th Q2 AHCI – No
248 Hipogrifo 0.5 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
249 Journal of British Cinema and Television 0.5 64th Q2 AHCI – No
250 Revista de Poetica Medieval 0.5 64th Q2 – – Yes
251 Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art 0.4 63rd Q2 – – No
252 Architectural Histories 0.4 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
253 Design Principles and Practices 0.4 63rd Q2 – – No
254 Dress 0.4 63rd Q2 AHCI – No
255 Korean Studies 0.4 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
256 Studies in South Asian Film and Media 0.4 63rd Q2 – – No
257 Third Text 0.4 63rd Q2 AHCI – No
258 Wacana Seni 0.4 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
259 Art Inquiry 0.4 62nd Q2 – – Yes
260 Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies 0.4 62nd Q2 – – No
261 Gesta 0.4 62nd Q2 AHCI – No
262 Journal of Mosaic Research 0.4 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
263 Studies in Art and Materiality 0.4 62nd Q2 – – No
264 Theatre History Studies 0.4 62nd Q2 AHCI – No
265 Apparatus 0.4 61st Q2 – – Yes
266 Atalante 0.4 61st Q2 AHCI – Yes
267 Cuadernos de Musica, Artes Visuales y Artes Escenicas 0.4 61st Q2 ESCI – No
268 Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture 0.4 61st Q2 AHCI – No
269 Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 0.4 61st Q2 AHCI – No
270 Journal of Architectural Education 0.4 61st Q2 AHCI – No
271 Royal Studies Journal 0.4 61st Q2 – – Yes
272 Asian Journal of Arts and Culture 0.4 60th Q2 – – No
273 Dance Chronicle 0.4 60th Q2 AHCI – No
274 History of Photography 0.4 60th Q2 AHCI – No
275 Logeion 0.4 60th Q2 – – No
276 Punk and Post-Punk 0.4 60th Q2 ESCI – No
277 Sobre Practicas Artisticas y Politicas de la Edicion 0.4 60th Q2 – – Yes
278 Theatre Research in Canada-Recherches Theatrales au Canada 0.4 60th Q2 – – No
279 Ars Orientalis 0.4 59th Q2 AHCI – Yes
280 Art-Sanat Dergisi 0.4 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
281 German Quarterly 0.4 59th Q2 AHCI – No
282 Iranica Antiqua 0.4 59th Q2 AHCI – No
283 Paragraph 0.4 59th Q2 AHCI – No
284 Project Baikal 0.4 59th Q2 – – Yes
285 Art History 0.4 58th Q2 AHCI – No
286 Cracow Indological Studies 0.4 58th Q2 – – Yes
287 Early American Studies 0.4 58th Q2 ESCI – No
288 Epites-Epiteszettudomany 0.4 58th Q2 – – No
289 Journal of Architectural and Engineering Research 0.4 58th Q2 – – Yes
290 Theatre Journal 0.4 58th Q2 AHCI – No
291 Whatever 0.4 58th Q2 – – Yes
292 Anglo Saxonica 0.4 57th Q2 – – Yes
293 Diferents 0.4 57th Q2 – – Yes
294 Journal of Chinese Film Studies 0.4 57th Q2 – – No
295 Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices 0.4 57th Q2 ESCI – No
296 Potestas 0.4 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
297 Res Mobilis 0.4 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
298 SPAFA Journal 0.4 57th Q2 – – Yes
299 Trans Asia Photography 0.4 57th Q2 – – Yes
300 Ancient Asia 0.4 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes

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