60 Visual Arts and Performing Arts journals (Arts and Humanities) in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Arts and Humanities by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tercio Creciente | 2340-9096 | 71 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença | 2237-2660 | 68 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| EGA Revista de expresión gráfica arquitectónica | 1133-6137 | 51 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| British Art Studies | 2058-5462 | 45 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics | 2000-1452 | 40 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Denmark |
| Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture | 2576-0947 | 38 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Contemporary Drama in English | 2195-0156 | 37 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,61,243 to publish | No | No | Germany |
| AM Journal of Art and Media Studies | 2217-9666 | 36 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Anales de Antropología | 0185-1225 | 36 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| Theater | 0161-0775 | 36 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| ARS (São Paulo) | 1678-5320 | 32 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Artwork scholarship | 2632-7872 | 32 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Ethnohistory | 0014-1801 | 32 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Área Abierta | 1578-8393 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| ARTMargins | 2162-2574 | 31 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Visual Arts Research | 0736-0770 | 31 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International journal of education and the arts | 1529-8094 | 30 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Aesthetic Education | 0021-8510 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Tribelon. | 3035-1421 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Italy |
| Contemporary Theatre Review | 1048-6801 | 29 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Public Art Dialogue | 2150-2552 | 29 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| EU-topías Revista de interculturalidad comunicación y estudios europeos | 2174-8454 | 28 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of dramatic theory and criticism | 0888-3203 | 28 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| October | 0162-2870 | 28 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| AusArt | 2340-8510 | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Screenwriting | 1759-7137 | 27 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Theatre Research in Canada | 1196-1198 | 27 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Theatre & Performance Design | 2332-2551 | 26 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| SERIARTE Revista científica de series televisivas y arte audiovisual | 2792-8713 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| American Art | 1073-9300 | 24 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Revista Española de Antropología Americana | 0556-6533 | 24 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| ANIAV - Revista de Investigación en Artes Visuales | 2530-9986 | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Art Inqiuiry | 1641-9278 | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Boletín del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino | 0716-1530 | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Cuadernos de Música Artes Visuales y Artes Escénicas | 1794-6670 | 23 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Colombia |
| Theatre and Performance Notes and Counternotes | 2693-101X | 22 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| New Theatre Quarterly | 0266-464X | 21 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Global Performance Studies | 2574-027X | 20 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| INMATERIAL Diseño Arte y Sociedad | 2462-5884 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Antropología Americana | 2521-7607 | 19 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Third Text | 0952-8822 | 19 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| ArtsPraxis | 1552-5236 | 18 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| European Journal Of Media Art & Photography | 1339-4940 | 18 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista SOBRE | 2387-1733 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| i+Diseño Revista científico-académica internacional de Innovación Investigación y Desarrollo en Diseño | 1889-433X | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Stanislavski Studies | 2054-4170 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The International Journal of the Arts in Society Annual Review | 1833-1866 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| ARTE IMAGEN Y SONIDO | 2954-4017 | 15 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| Barcelona Investigación Arte Creación | 2014-8992 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| EME Experimental Illustration Art & Design | 2253-6337 | 14 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture | 2380-7679 | 14 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Proceedings of CAGA24 The Conference of AG Animation 2024 | 2795-0484 | 14 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Denmark |
| Thornton Wilder Journal | 2688-1985 | 14 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Women & Performance a journal of feminist theory | 0740-770X | 14 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education | 2152-7172 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Ra Revista de Arquitectura | 1138-5596 | 12 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| REGAC - Revista de Estudios Globales y Arte Contempor�neo | 2013-8652 | 12 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| ArDIn Arte Diseño e Ingeniería | 2254-8319 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Kristu Jayanti Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (KJHSS) | 2583-6277 | 10 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| The Canadian Review of Art Education / Revue canadienne d’éducation artistique | 2290-3747 | 10 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |