Researchers can publish their research without APC by sending their research to free publishing research journals indexed in Scopus/ SCI. A Non APC journal is a scientific journal that doesn't ask authors to pay a fee to publish their article after it has been accepted. This web document aims to provide with you free (Un-paid) Music research journals.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | E-ISSN | Review Process | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Popular Music Research Today | Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca | Anonymous peer review | Spanish, English | |
| 2 | Musica Theorica | Associação Brasileira de Teoria e Análise Musical | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, English, Portuguese | |
| 3 | Revista Vortex | Universidade Estadual do Paraná | Double anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 4 | AV Notas | Conservatorio Superior de Música de Jaén | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish | |
| 5 | Musicologica Brunensia | Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts | 1212-0391 | Double anonymous peer review | German, English, Czech |
| 6 | De Musica Disserenda | ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC | 1854-3405 | Double anonymous peer review | French, Italian, German, English, Slovenian |
| 7 | Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica | Babeș-Bolyai University | 1844-4369 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 8 | Musicologica Olomucensia | Palacký University Olomouc | 2787-9186 | Double anonymous peer review | Slovak, German, English, Czech |
| 9 | Súmula | SATMUS - Sociedad de Análisis y Teoría Musical | Anonymous peer review | English, Spanish | |
| 10 | El Oído Pensante | Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Buenos Aires) | Anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 11 | Anuario Musical | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | 0211-3538 | Anonymous peer review | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, English, Catalan |
| 12 | Trio | The Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki | 2242-6418 | Double anonymous peer review | Finnish, English |
| 13 | Jahrbuch Musikpsychologie | PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology | 2511-8277 | Double anonymous peer review | German, English |
| 14 | Musikk og Tradisjon | Novus forlag | 1892-0772 | Peer review | Swedish, Norwegian, English, Danish |
| 15 | Analytical Approaches to World Music | Analytical Approaches to World Music | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 16 | Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie | Olms (only printed volumes 2003-2017) | 1862-6750 | Double anonymous peer review | English, German |
| 17 | Orfeu | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) | Double anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 18 | IASPM Journal | International Association for the Study of Popular Music | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 19 | Per Musi | Escola de Música da UFMG | 1517-7599 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| 20 | Res Facta Nova | Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM) | 1897-824X | Double anonymous peer review | Polish, English |
| 21 | Current Musicology | Columbia University Libraries | 0011-3735 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 22 | Arti Musices | Hrvatsko muzikološko društvo / Croatian Musicological Society | 0587-5455 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Croatian |
| 23 | Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy | Approaches | Anonymous peer review | English, Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| 24 | Вісник Київського національного університету культури і мистецтв. Серія: Музичне мистецтво | KNUKiM Publishing Centre | 2616-7581 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Russian, Ukrainian |
| 25 | Musiikki | Suomen musiikkitieteellinen seura | Peer review | English, Swedish, Finnish | |
| 26 | Cuadernos de Música Iberoamericana | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 1136-5536 | Anonymous peer review | Spanish |
| 27 | Revista Electrónica de LEEME | Universidad de Valencia | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, English | |
| 28 | ATeM Archives of Text and Music Studies | Archiv für Textmusikforschung | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, Italian, German, French, English | |
| 29 | Approaches: Music Therapy & Special Music Education | Greek Association of Primary Music Education Teachers | 1791-9622 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Modern Greek (1453-) |
| 30 | Voices | GAMUT - Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (NORCE & University of Bergen) | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 31 | Eurasian Music Science Journal | The state conservatory of Uzbekistan | 2181-9882 | Editorial review, Double anonymous peer review | Russian, English |
| 32 | Ricercare | Universidad EAFIT | 2346-4879 | Peer review | Portuguese, English, Spanish |
| 33 | Music and Arts in Action | University of Exeter | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 34 | Revista Electrónica Complutense de Investigación en Educación Musical | Ediciones Complutense | Anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 35 | Journal of Creative Music Systems | University of Huddersfield Press | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 36 | Musical Offerings | Department of Music and Worship | 2330-8206 | Anonymous peer review | English |
| 37 | Online Journal of Music Sciences | Nilgün Sazak | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish | |
| 38 | Revista del Instituto Superior de Música | Instituto Superior de Música | 1666-7603 | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish |
| 39 | Edukacja Muzyczna | Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa | 2545-3068 | Double anonymous peer review | Polish, English, Slovak |
| 40 | Música Oral del Sur | Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía | 1138-8579 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Spanish |
| 41 | Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture | University of Huddersfield, Department of Music | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 42 | Muzyka | Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 0027-5344 | Double anonymous peer review | Polish, English |
| 43 | Journal of Beatles Studies | Liverpool University Press | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 44 | Tsantsa: Revista de Investigaciones Artísticas | Universidad de Cuenca | 1390-8472 | Peer review | Spanish |
| 45 | Jurnal Kajian Seni | Universitas Gadjah Mada | 2356-296X | Anonymous peer review | Indonesian, English |
| 46 | Yegâh Mûsikî Dergisi | Yegâh Mûsikî Dergisi | Double anonymous peer review | Turkish | |
| 47 | Musicologica Austriaca | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft | 1016-1066 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 48 | Revista Musical Chilena | Universidad de Chile | 0716-2790 | Peer review | Spanish |
| 49 | IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities | The International Academic Forum | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 50 | Musicology Today | Sciendo | 1734-1663 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 51 | Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education | The MayDay Group | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 52 | European Journal of Philosophy in Arts Education | University College of Music Education in Stockholm (SMI) | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 53 | Revista Foro de Educación Musical, Artes y Pedagogía | Editorial Arte y Pedagogía, Mutual Arte y Educación | 2545-7101 | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish |
| 54 | DAPesquisa | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina | Anonymous peer review | Portuguese | |
| 55 | Early Modern Culture Online | Bergen Open Access Publishing | Double anonymous peer review | English, German | |
| 56 | Opus | Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música | 0103-7412 | Double anonymous peer review | Portuguese |
| 57 | Prâksis | Universidade Feevale | 1807-1112 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| 58 | Musica Docta | University of Bologna | Double anonymous peer review | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | |
| 59 | Journal of Aesthetics & Culture | Taylor & Francis Group | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 60 | Déméter | Université de Lille | Double anonymous peer review | English, French | |
| 61 | JSM (Jurnal Seni Musik) | Universitas Negeri Semarang | 2301-4091 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Indonesian |
| 62 | New Voices in Japanese Studies | The Japan Foundation, Sydney | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 63 | New Voices | The Japan Foundation, Sydney | 1833-5233 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 64 | Культура України | Kharkiv State Academy of Culture | 2410-5325 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Ukrainian |
| 65 | INSAM | INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music | Double anonymous peer review | Croatian, Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, English | |
| 66 | Sound Stage Screen | Milano University Press | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 67 | Nordic Journal of Art and Research | OsloMet — Oslo Metropolitan University | Anonymous peer review | Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål, English | |
| 68 | InFormation: Nordic Journal of Art and Research | Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences | Anonymous peer review | Swedish, English, Norwegian Bokmål | |
| 69 | Il castello di Elsinore | Edizioni di Pagina | 0394-9389 | Double anonymous peer review | Italian |
| 70 | Convergências - Revista de Investigação e Ensino das Artes | Politécnico de Castelo Branco | 2184-0180 | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, Portuguese, English |
| 71 | Studii si Cercetari de Istoria Artei : Teatru, Muzică, Cinematografie | Publishing House of the Romanian Academy | 0039-3991 | Anonymous peer review | English, French, German, Romanian |
| 72 | Media Industries | Michigan Publishing | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 73 | Diagonal: An Ibero-American Music Review | eScholarship Publishing, University of California | Anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 74 | ArtCultura | Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia | 1516-8603 | Anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| 75 | Studiul Artelor şi Culturologie: Istorie, Teorie, Practică | Notograf Prim | 2345-1408 | Peer review | English, German, Romanian, Russian |
| 76 | Art Research Journal | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte | Double anonymous peer review | Portuguese | |
| 77 | Performance Philosophy | Performance Philosophy | Peer review, Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 78 | Archivio d’Annunzio | Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari | 2421-4213 | Double anonymous peer review | Italian |
| 79 | Revista Portuguesa de Educação Artística | Conservatório - Escola Profissional das Artes da Madeira "Eng.º Luiz Peter Clode" | 1647-905X | Anonymous peer review | Portuguese, English |
| 80 | Revista da Fundarte | Editora da FUNDARTE | 1519-6569 | Anonymous peer review | Portuguese, Spanish |
| 81 | Pelataran Seni: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Kajian Seni | Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Performing Arts Education Study Program | 2502-5848 | Double anonymous peer review | Indonesian, English |
| 82 | The Scottish Journal of Performance | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 2054-1953 | Anonymous peer review | English |
| 83 | Matèria | Universitat de Barcelona | 1579-2641 | Double anonymous peer review | Catalan, French, Italian, Spanish |
| 84 | OuvirOUver | Universidade Federal de Uberlândia | 1809-290X | Double anonymous peer review | Portuguese |
| 85 | Gli Spazi della Musica | Università degli Studi di Torino | Anonymous peer review | English, Italian | |
| 86 | Music Theory Online | Society for Music Theory | Anonymous peer review | English | |
| 87 | Revista Académica Estesis | Sello Editorial Débora Arango | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, Portuguese | |
| 88 | Resonancias | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | 0717-3474 | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, English, Portuguese |
| 89 | Muzikološki Zbornik | University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) | 0580-373X | Double anonymous peer review | English, German, Slovenian |
| 90 | Itamar | Universitat de València | Double anonymous peer review | Catalan, Italian, German, French, English | |
| 91 | Calle 14: Revista de Investigación en el Campo del Arte | Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas | 2011-3757 | Anonymous peer review | Spanish |
| 92 | Symbolon | UArtPres | 1582-327X | Double anonymous peer review | Romanian, English, Hungarian, French |
| 93 | Artes | University of Bologna | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, German, French, English, Italian | |
| 94 | Revue LISA | Presses universitaires de Rennes | Peer review | French, English | |
| 95 | Transposition | Éditions de l'EHESS | Double anonymous peer review | English, French | |
| 96 | Accelerando: BJMD | Belgrade Center for Music and Dance | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 97 | Konya Sanat | Necmettin Erbakan University Press | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish | |
| 98 | İstem | Necmettin Erbakan University Press | 1304-0618 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish |
| 99 | Art Vision | Atatürk University | Double anonymous peer review | Turkish, English | |
| 100 | Artseduca | Universitat Jaume I de Castellón | Double anonymous peer review | Catalan, Spanish, English |
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