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Journals in Visual Arts and Performing Arts

262 established journals that publish mainly in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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262 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. 202 of them are fully open access, and at least 1 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 132 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Digital Creativity, Arts Education Policy Review, Empirical Studies of the Arts.

262 journals

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Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and PerformanceRoutledge84 %540.9440Subscription
International Journal of Art & Design EducationWiley56 %631.3946Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital MediaTaylor & Francis72 %391.0523Subscription
ArtsMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute58 %1670.67271 689 USD
Art EducationTaylor & Francis60 %570.8462Subscription
Studies in Art EducationTaylor & Francis58 %370.9871Subscription
Arts Education Policy ReviewTaylor & Francis40 %252.4852Subscription
Journal of Aesthetics and Art CriticismOxford University Press42 %671.14181Subscription; open access option 3 492 USD
Body Space & TechnologyOpen Library of Humanities68 %160.9710Open access, fee unknown
Research in Dance EducationRoutledge43 %541.1140Subscription
The British Journal of AestheticsOxford University Press36 %641.4275Subscription; open access option 3 789 USD
Visual StudiesTaylor & Francis40 %980.8864Subscription
Digital CreativityTaylor & Francis33 %223.0842Subscription
Journal of AESTHETICS & CULTURETaylor & Francis51 %161.3423Open access, fee unknown
Nexus Network JournalBirkhäuser35 %611.2832Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Arte individuo y sociedadComplutense University of Madrid60 %970.4020Open access, fee unknown
Media Practice and EducationTaylor & Francis35 %471.3518Subscription
Critical ArtsTaylor & Francis45 %700.6732Subscription
Art and Design ReviewScientific Research Publishing36 %291.5316Open access, fee unknown
Text and Performance QuarterlyTaylor & Francis61 %350.4948Subscription
Research in Arts and EducationPublisher unknown68 %340.418Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Education through ArtIntellect60 %340.4921Subscription
Art Design & Communication in Higher EducationIntellect44 %201.0026Subscription
Journal of Visual LiteracyTaylor & Francis29 %182.5733Subscription
Journal of Dance EducationTaylor & Francis46 %460.5032Subscription
Empirical Studies of the ArtsSAGE Publishing25 %302.1351Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Art/Research International A Transdisciplinary JournalUniversity of Alberta53 %250.4913Open access, fee unknown
Visual CommunicationSAGE Publishing26 %491.1659Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
International Journal of Fashion StudiesIntellect33 %231.1416Subscription
Fashion PracticeRoutledge32 %271.0030Subscription
AM Journal of Art and Media StudiesSingidunum University. Faculty of Media and Communications61 %380.2910Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Fashion Design Technology and EducationTaylor & Francis25 %431.2946Subscription
ContinuumTaylor & Francis22 %761.2265Subscription
Art & PerceptionBrill36 %121.2518Subscription
Creativity StudiesVilnius Gediminas Technical University25 %431.0523Open access, fee unknown
Visual Arts ResearchUniversity of Illinois Press66 %200.3022Subscription
The Senses and SocietyRoutledge36 %390.5641Subscription
ProjectionsBerghahn Books40 %220.5627Subscription
Proa Revista de Antropologia e ArteUniversidade da Beira Interior, Portugal (UBI) & Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil (UNICAMP)31 %260.814Open access, fee unknown
Voice and Speech ReviewTaylor & Francis37 %440.4517Subscription
Art InqiuiryPublisher unknown65 %220.266Open access, fee unknown
Performance PhilosophyPublisher unknown53 %220.3314Open access, fee unknown
Revista Brasileira de Estudos da PresençaFederal University of Rio Grande do Sul71 %670.1512Open access, fee unknown
Studies in Documentary FilmTaylor & Francis37 %210.6023Subscription
Ancient MesoamericaCambridge University Press24 %440.8859Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
liquid blacknessDuke University Press39 %180.577Open access, fee unknown
Communiars Revista de Imagen Artes y Educación Crítica y SocialEditorial Universidad de Sevilla52 %120.425Open access, fee unknown
Journal of cinema and media studiesPublisher unknown43 %920.2417Subscription
AN-ICON Studies in Environmental ImagesMilano University Press57 %120.373Open access, fee unknown
Tercio CrecienteUniversity of Jaén64 %440.186Open access, fee unknown
The Art and Science of TelevisionPublisher unknown43 %300.366Open access, fee unknown
Fashion HighlightFirenze University Press35 %290.474Open access, fee unknown
Fotocinema Revista científica de cine y fotografíaFotocinema37 %360.378Open access, fee unknown
CINEJ Cinema JournalUniversity of Pittsburgh48 %310.2610Open access, fee unknown
M/C JournalQueensland University of Technology21 %530.7831Open access, fee unknown
Film-PhilosophyEdinburgh University Press43 %360.2916Open access, fee unknown
Harmonia Journal of Arts Research and EducationState University of Semarang27 %350.5916200 USD
Convergences - Journal of Research and Arts EducationPolitécnico de Castelo Branco26 %310.666Open access, fee unknown
Calle 14 revista de investigación en el campo del arteDistrict University of Bogotá59 %310.1910Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Arts & CommunitiesIntellect50 %100.3913Subscription
Review of Artistic EducationDe Gruyter Open37 %450.30953 USD
Art and Performance LettersPublisher unknown35 %880.254Subscription
Media+EnvironmentUniversity of California Press27 %150.7610Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & TextilesIntellect27 %130.848Subscription
International Journal of Creative MultimediaPublisher unknown38 %190.384Open access, fee unknown
International journal of education and the artsPennsylvania State University Libraries Open Publishing51 %270.2126Open access, fee unknown
Film Education JournalUCL Press41 %140.3810Open access, fee unknown
New Techno HumanitiesElsevier BV24 %130.9671 400 USD
Cinema & cie/Cinéma & CiePublisher unknown54 %190.223Open access, fee unknown
Mudra Jurnal Seni BudayaIndonesian Institute of the Arts24 %500.4616Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Contemporary Chinese ArtIntellect56 %200.188Subscription
Critical Studies in Fashion and BeautyIntellect28 %180.5415Subscription
International Journal of Creative and Arts StudiesIndonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta44 %110.335Open access, fee unknown
Rivista di esteticaRosenberg & Sellier32 %420.3013Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Art Culture Design and TechnologyIGI Global37 %90.507Subscription
Journal of Art, Design, and MusicPublisher unknown21 %160.936Open access, fee unknown
Techne serien - Forskning i slöjdpedagogik och slöjdvetenskapNordiskt Forum för Forskning och Utvecklingsarbete inom Utbildning i Slöjd (NordFo)27 %280.4412Open access, fee unknown
Graphic Medicine ReviewUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library45 %70.411Subscription
Academic Quarter | Akademisk kvarterAalborg University28 %200.455Open access, fee unknown
Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi / Journal of Theatre Criticism and DramaturgyIstanbul University54 %160.182Open access, fee unknown
Cultural Politics an International JournalDuke University Press24 %330.4333Subscription
SymbolonPublisher unknown52 %420.132Open access, fee unknown
Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen MediaUniversity College Cork46 %430.1512Open access, fee unknown
Conversations Across the Field of Dance StudiesUniversity of Michigan Library43 %130.272Open access, fee unknown
TheatraliaMasaryk University57 %450.114Open access, fee unknown
Images The International Journal of European Film Performing Arts and Audiovisual CommunicationAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań45 %420.155Open access, fee unknown
The Journal of SomaestheticsAalborg University46 %140.223Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Dance & Somatic PracticesIntellect54 %240.1416Subscription
The International Journal of Design EducationPublisher unknown21 %270.519Subscription
Drama Therapy ReviewIntellect21 %210.5413Subscription
ASRI: Arte y sociedad. Revista de investigaciónPublisher unknown52 %110.185Open access, fee unknown
FilmvisioIstanbul University41 %120.252Open access, fee unknown
RESITAL JURNAL SENI PERTUNJUKANIndonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta21 %270.441265 USD
diségnoPublisher unknown46 %600.116Open access, fee unknown
Youth Theatre JournalTaylor & Francis74 %100.1220Subscription
Visual Communication QuarterlyTaylor & Francis22 %300.3729Subscription
Journal of Applied Arts and HealthIntellect28 %340.2519Subscription
British Art StudiesYale University39 %230.1810Open access, fee unknown
REGAC - Revista de Estudios Globales y Arte Contempor�neoUniversity of Barcelona54 %90.174Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Religion & FilmUniversity of Nebraska Omaha36 %1010.1220Open access, fee unknown
Fashion Style & Popular CultureIntellect25 %640.2214Subscription
Journal for Learning through the Arts A Research Journal on Arts Integration in Schools and CommunitieseScholarship Publishing, University of California44 %60.2923Open access, fee unknown
Virtual CreativityIntellect44 %130.198Subscription
IluminacePublisher unknown45 %240.145Open access, fee unknown
Cinergie – Il Cinema e le altre ArtiUniversity of Bologna46 %420.115Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Embodied ResearchOpen Library of Humanities50 %100.174Open access, fee unknown
Craft ResearchIntellect29 %260.2415Subscription
Artistic Culture Topical IssuesPublisher unknown48 %400.104Open access, fee unknown
Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Series in Audiovisual Art and ProductionKyiv National University of Culture and Arts40 %290.146Open access, fee unknown
Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art EducationUniversity of Iowa61 %60.177Open access, fee unknown
PeripetiPublisher unknown72 %810.056Open access, fee unknown
Film criticismMichigan Publishing39 %160.1714Open access, fee unknown
Open Library of HumanitiesOpen Library of Humanities20 %340.3020Open access, fee unknown
A Peer-Reviewed Journal AboutAarhus University Library23 %110.428Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Festive StudiesPublisher unknown28 %260.217Open access, fee unknown
Circus Arts Life and SciencesUniversity of Michigan Library64 %140.092Open access, fee unknown
Ñawpa PachaTaylor & Francis22 %100.4630Subscription
ESCENA Revista de las artesInstituto de Investigaciones en Arte61 %370.073Open access, fee unknown
Estetika The European Journal of AestheticsESPRIT BOHEMIA27 %140.2811Open access, fee unknown
Matlit Revista do Programa de Doutoramento em Materialidades da LiteraturaUniversity of Coimbra27 %140.278Open access, fee unknown
PanoramaUniversity of Minnesota45 %590.0816Open access, fee unknown
ARTS ACADEMYPublisher unknown43 %230.122Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Textile Design Research and PracticeTaylor & Francis22 %160.3311Subscription
Ra Revista de ArquitecturaUniversity of Navarre27 %150.236Open access, fee unknown
The Comics Grid Journal of Comics ScholarshipOpen Library of Humanities59 %120.1011Open access, fee unknown
TahitiPublisher unknown35 %260.143Open access, fee unknown
DancecultGriffith University23 %180.2720Open access, fee unknown
Dewa Ruci Jurnal Pengkajian dan Penciptaan SeniInstitut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Surakarta22 %130.32865 USD
FormAkademisk - forskningstidsskrift for design og designdidaktikkFormakademisk, Oslo28 %440.1521Open access, fee unknown
Gelar Jurnal Seni BudayaInstitut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Surakarta31 %220.168Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of James Bond StudiesFincham Press26 %80.323Open access, fee unknown
Widok Teorie i Praktyki Kultury WizualnejPublisher unknown59 %640.058Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Science and Technology of the ArtsCatholic University of Portugal46 %220.1014Open access, fee unknown
Scenario A journal for performative teaching learning researchUniversity College Cork55 %270.0712Open access, fee unknown
IAFOR Journal of Cultural StudiesThe International Academic Forum24 %170.235Open access, fee unknown
Demiurge Ideas Technologies Perspectives of DesignKyiv National University of Culture and Arts26 %280.174Open access, fee unknown
Applied Theatre ResearchIntellect82 %120.0610Subscription
Journal of Urban Society s ArtsGedung Rektorat ISI Yogyakarta38 %160.1310Open access, fee unknown
Fashion StudiesToronto Metropolitan University31 %160.165Open access, fee unknown
LEARNing LandscapesLeading English Education and Resource Network20 %260.2427Open access, fee unknown
Kulʹturologìčna dumkaPublisher unknown29 %300.134Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of Arts Architecture & DesignPublisher unknown22 %60.413Open access, fee unknown
ReCIA — Revista del Centro de Investigación en ArtesPublisher unknown61 %80.091Open access, fee unknown
Image & TextAcademy of Science of South Africa43 %250.088Open access, fee unknown
Imaginations Journal of Cross-Cultural Image StudiesImaginations is simultaneously published via the University of Alberta's (UofA) Open Journal Systems (OJS) and via WordPress, ho44 %250.0810Open access, fee unknown
Gondang Jurnal Seni dan BudayaState University of Medan22 %450.1510Open access, fee unknown
Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia de CulturaPedagogical University of Cracow23 %460.147Open access, fee unknown
Przegląd KulturoznawczyWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego32 %450.106Open access, fee unknown
Teatervitenskapelige studierUniversity of Bergen70 %60.082Open access, fee unknown
UKRAINIAN CULTURAL STUDIESTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv25 %360.143Open access, fee unknown

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.