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 you with 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 | Journal of Research in Music | Faculty of Music, University of the Visual & Performing Arts | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 4 | Ayalgu Disiplinlerarası Türk Mûsikîsi Araştırmaları Dergisi | Atatürk University | Editorial review, Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish | |
| 5 | Revista Vortex | Universidade Estadual do Paraná | Double anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 6 | Musicologica Brunensia | Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts | 1212-0391 | Double anonymous peer review | German, English, Czech |
| 7 | Musicologica Olomucensia | Palacký University Olomouc | 2787-9186 | Double anonymous peer review | Slovak, German, English, Czech |
| 8 | AV Notas | Conservatorio Superior de Música de Jaén | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish | |
| 9 | Súmula | SATMUS - Sociedad de Análisis y Teoría Musical | Anonymous peer review | English, Spanish | |
| 10 | Journal of Music and Folklore Studies | Sakarya University | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish | |
| 11 | Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica | Babeș-Bolyai University | 1844-4369 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 12 | Современные проблемы музыкознания | Gnesin Russian Academy of Music | Double anonymous peer review | Russian, English | |
| 13 | De Musica Disserenda | ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC | 1854-3405 | Double anonymous peer review | French, Italian, German, English, Slovenian |
| 14 | Orfeu | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) | Double anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 15 | Trio | The Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki | 2242-6418 | Double anonymous peer review | Finnish, English |
| 16 | El Oído Pensante | Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Buenos Aires) | Anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 17 | Musikk og Tradisjon | Novus forlag | 1892-0772 | Peer review | Swedish, Norwegian, English, Danish |
| 18 | Analytical Approaches to World Music | Analytical Approaches to World Music | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 19 | Nota Bene | Western Libraries, The University of Western Ontario | 1920-8979 | Double anonymous peer review | English, French |
| 20 | Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie | Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie (GMTH) | 1862-6750 | Double anonymous peer review | German, English |
| 21 | Per Musi | Escola de Música da UFMG | 1517-7599 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| 22 | IASPM Journal | International Association for the Study of Popular Music | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 23 | Res Facta Nova | Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM) | 1897-824X | Double anonymous peer review | Polish, English |
| 24 | Current Musicology | Columbia University Libraries | 0011-3735 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 25 | Anuario Musical | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | 0211-3538 | Anonymous peer review | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, English, Catalan |
| 26 | Jahrbuch Musikpsychologie | PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology | 2511-8277 | Double anonymous peer review | English, German |
| 27 | Approaches: Music Therapy & Special Music Education | Greek Association of Primary Music Education Teachers | 1791-9622 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Modern Greek (1453-) |
| 28 | Cuadernos de Música Iberoamericana | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 1136-5536 | Anonymous peer review | Spanish |
| 29 | ATeM Archives of Text and Music Studies | Archiv für Textmusikforschung | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, Italian, German, French, English | |
| 30 | Revista Electrónica de LEEME | Universidad de Valencia | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, English | |
| 31 | Ricercare | Universidad EAFIT | 2346-4879 | Peer review | Portuguese, English, Spanish |
| 32 | Ex Chordis | Milano University Press | Double anonymous peer review | Italian, English | |
| 33 | Musiikki | Suomen musiikkitieteellinen seura | Peer review | English, Swedish, Finnish | |
| 34 | Вісник Київського національного університету культури і мистецтв. Серія: Музичне мистецтво | KNUKiM Publishing Centre | 2616-7581 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Russian, Ukrainian |
| 35 | Arti Musices | Hrvatsko muzikološko društvo / Croatian Musicological Society | 0587-5455 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Croatian |
| 36 | Contrapulso | Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades | Anonymous peer review | Spanish, Portuguese, English | |
| 37 | Music & Minorities | mdwPress, mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 38 | Edukacja Muzyczna | Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa | 2545-3068 | Double anonymous peer review | Polish, English, Slovak |
| 39 | Revista Electrónica Complutense de Investigación en Educación Musical | Ediciones Complutense | Anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 40 | Sonic Scope | Goldsmiths, University of London | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 41 | Musical Offerings | Department of Music and Worship | 2330-8206 | Anonymous peer review | English |
| 42 | Music and Arts in Action | University of Exeter | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 43 | Online Journal of Music Sciences | Nilgün Sazak | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish | |
| 44 | Revista del Instituto Superior de Música | Instituto Superior de Música | 1666-7603 | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish |
| 45 | Música Oral del Sur | Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía | 1138-8579 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Spanish |
| 46 | Eurasian Music Science Journal | The state conservatory of Uzbekistan | 2181-9882 | Editorial review, Double anonymous peer review | Russian, English |
| 47 | Journal of Beatles Studies | Liverpool University Press | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 48 | Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture | University of Huddersfield, Department of Music | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 49 | Voices | GAMUT - Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (NORCE & University of Bergen) | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 50 | Journal of Creative Music Systems | University of Huddersfield Press | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 51 | Muzyka | Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 0027-5344 | Double anonymous peer review | Polish, English |
| 52 | Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy | Approaches | Anonymous peer review | English, Modern Greek (1453-) | |
| 53 | Divulgazione Audio Testuale | Il Sileno edizioni | Double anonymous peer review | Italian, English, French | |
| 54 | Media Industries | Michigan Publishing | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 55 | Diagonal: An Ibero-American Music Review | eScholarship Publishing, University of California | Anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish | |
| 56 | New Voices in Japanese Studies | The Japan Foundation, Sydney | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 57 | New Voices | The Japan Foundation, Sydney | 1833-5233 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 58 | Культура України | Kharkiv State Academy of Culture | 2410-5325 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Ukrainian |
| 59 | Il castello di Elsinore | Edizioni di Pagina | 0394-9389 | Double anonymous peer review | Italian |
| 60 | Art Research Journal | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte | Double anonymous peer review | Portuguese | |
| 61 | Calle 14: Revista de Investigación en el Campo del Arte | Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas | 2011-3757 | Anonymous peer review | Spanish |
| 62 | Música Hodie | Universidade Federal de Goiás | 1676-3939 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Spanish, Portuguese |
| 63 | هنرهای زیبا. هنرهای نمایشی و موسیقی | University of Tehran | 2228-6012 | Peer review | Persian |
| 64 | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | 2148-6026 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish |
| 65 | Gli Spazi della Musica | Università degli Studi di Torino | Anonymous peer review | English, Italian | |
| 66 | Musicology Today | Sciendo | 1734-1663 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 67 | Tsantsa: Revista de Investigaciones Artísticas | Universidad de Cuenca | 1390-8472 | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, English |
| 68 | Jurnal Kajian Seni | Universitas Gadjah Mada | 2356-296X | Anonymous peer review | Indonesian, English |
| 69 | Revista Musical Chilena | Universidad de Chile | 0716-2790 | Peer review | Spanish |
| 70 | Studiul Artelor şi Culturologie: Istorie, Teorie, Practică | Notograf Prim | 2345-1408 | Peer review | English, German, Romanian, Russian |
| 71 | DAPesquisa | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina | Anonymous peer review | Portuguese | |
| 72 | Sufiyye | Kalem Eğitim Kültür Akademi Derneği | 2791-6650 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish |
| 73 | Nordic Journal of Art and Research | OsloMet — Oslo Metropolitan University | Anonymous peer review | Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål, English | |
| 74 | Déméter | Université de Lille | Double anonymous peer review | English, French | |
| 75 | Revista da Fundarte | Editora da FUNDARTE | 1519-6569 | Anonymous peer review | Portuguese, Spanish |
| 76 | Pelataran Seni: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Kajian Seni | Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, Performing Arts Education Study Program | 2502-5848 | Double anonymous peer review | Indonesian, English |
| 77 | Matèria | Universitat de Barcelona | 1579-2641 | Double anonymous peer review | Catalan, French, Italian, Spanish |
| 78 | Muzikološki Zbornik | University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) | 0580-373X | Double anonymous peer review | English, German, Slovenian |
| 79 | Revue LISA | Presses universitaires de Rennes | Peer review | French, English | |
| 80 | Transposition | Éditions de l'EHESS | Double anonymous peer review | English, French | |
| 81 | Accelerando: BJMD | Belgrade Center for Music and Dance | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 82 | Studii si Cercetari de Istoria Artei : Teatru, Muzică, Cinematografie | Publishing House of the Romanian Academy | 0039-3991 | Anonymous peer review | English, French, German, Romanian |
| 83 | South African Journal of Arts Therapies | UJ Press | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 84 | Opus | Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música | 0103-7412 | Double anonymous peer review | Portuguese |
| 85 | Prâksis | Universidade Feevale | 1807-1112 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| 86 | Yegâh Mûsikî Dergisi | Yegâh Mûsikî Dergisi | Double anonymous peer review | Turkish | |
| 87 | Archival Notes | Fondazione Giorgio Cini | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 88 | INSAM | INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music | Double anonymous peer review | English, Bosnian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Croatian | |
| 89 | Revista Académica Estesis | Sello Editorial Débora Arango | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, Portuguese | |
| 90 | Resonancias | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | 0717-3474 | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, English, Portuguese |
| 91 | ArtCultura | Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia | 1516-8603 | Anonymous peer review | English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| 92 | OuvirOUver | Universidade Federal de Uberlândia | 1809-290X | Double anonymous peer review | Portuguese |
| 93 | Music Theory Online | Society for Music Theory | Anonymous peer review | English | |
| 94 | Konya Sanat | Necmettin Erbakan University Press | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish | |
| 95 | İstem | Necmettin Erbakan University Press | 1304-0618 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Turkish |
| 96 | Art Vision | Atatürk University | Double anonymous peer review | Turkish, English | |
| 97 | Symbolon | UArtPres | 1582-327X | Double anonymous peer review | Romanian, English, Hungarian, French |
| 98 | Convergências - Revista de Investigação e Ensino das Artes | Politécnico de Castelo Branco | 2184-0180 | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, Portuguese, English |
| 99 | Music & Politics | Michigan Publishing Services | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 100 | Artes | University of Bologna | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, German, French, English, Italian | |
| 101 | Journal of Aesthetics & Culture | Taylor & Francis Group | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 102 | IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities | The International Academic Forum | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 103 | InFormation: Nordic Journal of Art and Research | Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences | Anonymous peer review | Swedish, English, Norwegian Bokmål | |
| 104 | Musica Docta | University of Bologna | Double anonymous peer review | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish | |
| 105 | Revista Portuguesa de Educação Artística | Conservatório - Escola Profissional das Artes da Madeira "Eng.º Luiz Peter Clode" | 1647-905X | Anonymous peer review | Portuguese, English |
| 106 | Archivio d’Annunzio | Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari | Double anonymous peer review | Italian | |
| 107 | Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education | The MayDay Group | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 108 | Musicologica Austriaca | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft | 1016-1066 | Double anonymous peer review | English |
| 109 | Performance Philosophy | Performance Philosophy | Peer review, Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 110 | Sendas | Editorial de la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba | Double anonymous peer review | Spanish, Portuguese | |
| 111 | Sound Stage Screen | Milano University Press | Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 112 | JSM (Jurnal Seni Musik) | Universitas Negeri Semarang | 2301-4091 | Double anonymous peer review | English, Indonesian |
| 113 | Revista Científica/FAP | Universidade Estadual do Paraná | Double anonymous peer review | French, English, Spanish, Portuguese | |
| 114 | Art Time | Atatürk University | Editorial review, Double anonymous peer review | English | |
| 115 | European Journal of Philosophy in Arts Education | University College of Music Education in Stockholm (SMI) | Double anonymous peer review | English |
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