Modern Drama (journal)

Modern Drama

Discipline	Drama
Language	English
Edited  by	David Kornhaber, Lawrence Switzky
Publication details
History	1958–present
Publisher	University of Toronto Press  (Canada)
Frequency	Quarterly
Open access	Hybrid open-access journal
Impact factor	0.3 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Mod. Drama
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	0026-7694  (print) 1712-5286  (web)
LCCN	cn76308880
OCLC  no.	1716920
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive Online access at Project MUSE

Modern Drama is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering studies of dramatic literature. It is published by the University of Toronto Press ^[1] and the editors-in-chief are David Kornhaber and Lawrence Switzky. It was established in 1958 and largely focuses on literature of the 19th century onwards. ^[2]

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editors-in-chief: ^[3]

• A.C. Edwards (Founding Editor), 1958–1972
• Ruby Cohn, 1967–1982
• Frederick J. Marker, 1972–1976
• Jill Levenson, 1977–1986
• John H. Astington, 1986–1991
• Patricia Howard, 1990–1993
• Dorothy Parker, 1993–1998
• Alan Thomas, 1993–1998
• David A. Blostein, 1995–1999
• Ric Knowles, 1999–2005
• Joanne Tompkins, 1999–2005
• W.B. Worthen, 1999–2005
• Alan Ackerman, 2005–2015
• R. Darren Gobert, 2015–2020

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Arts and Humanities Citation Index ^[4]
• Current Contents/Arts & Humanities ^[4]
• EBSCO databases ^[5]
• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature ^[5]
• Modern Language Association Database ^[5]
• ProQuest databases ^[5]
• Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) ^[5]
• Scopus ^[6]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 0.3. ^[7]

References

1. "About Modern Drama". University of Toronto Press . Retrieved 2017-07-10.
2. "Modern Drama". Project MUSE . Retrieved 2017-07-10.
3. "Editorial Board". Modern Drama. University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
4. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2024-05-05.
5. "Modern Drama". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2024-05-05.
6. "Source details: Modern Drama". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2024-05-05.
7. "Modern Drama". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Arts and Humanities ed.). Clarivate. 2023 – via Web of Science.

External links

• Official website
• Modern Drama Journal archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services