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List of top Music journals


This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Music journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.

Top Music journals

Top Music Journals
S. No.Journal TitlePublisherISSNSJR
1Musicae ScientiaeSAGE Publications Inc.10298649, 204541470.993
2Music AnalysisWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd14682249, 026252450.94
3Psychology of MusicSAGE Publications Ltd17413087, 030573560.936
4Research Studies in Music EducationSAGE Publications Ltd1321103X, 183455300.913
5Journal of Research in Music EducationSAGE Publications Inc.00224294, 194500950.887
6Music Theory SpectrumOxford University Press01956167, 153383390.866
7Music Education ResearchRoutledge14699893, 146138080.734
8Music PerceptionUniversity of California Press73078290.727
9Journal of Music Teacher EducationSAGE Publications Inc.19450079, 105708370.719
10Journal of Aesthetics and Art CriticismOxford University Press15406245, 002185290.64
11International Journal of Music EducationSAGE Publications Ltd1744795X, 025576140.604
12Empirical Studies of the ArtsSAGE Publications Inc.27623740.6
13Transactions of the International Society for Music Information RetrievalUbiquity Press251432980.56
14Music Theory OnlineSociety for Music Theory106730400.542
15British Journal of Music EducationCambridge University Press02650517, 146921040.529
16JASA Express LettersAmerican Institute of Physics269111910.464
17Music and ScienceSAGE Publications Ltd205920430.457
18Popular Music and SocietyTaylor and Francis Ltd.30077660.457
19AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering SocietyAudio Engineering Society154949500.455
20Tejuelo. Didactica de la Lengua y la Literatura. EducacionUniversidad de Extremadura198884300.441
21Journal of Music TherapyAmerican Music Therapy Association, Inc.2229170.439
22Update: Applications of Research in Music EducationSAGE Publications Inc.19450109, 875512330.394
23Journal of African Cultural StudiesRoutledge136968150.389
24Acta AcusticaEuropean Acoustics Association, EAA10224793, 268146170.385
25Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music EducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign21627223, 001098940.381
26Popular MusicCambridge University Press14740095, 026114300.376
27Music Educators JournalSAGE Publications Inc.00274321, 194500870.357
28EthnomusicologySociety for Ethnomusicology1418360.355
29Journal of Music TheoryDuke University Press19417497, 002229090.354
30Journal of New Music ResearchTaylor and Francis Ltd.92982150.354
31Journal of General Music EducationSAGE Publications Inc.275276460.351
32Music Therapy PerspectivesOxford University Press07346875, 205373870.34
33Philosophy of Music Education ReviewIndiana University Press10635734, 154334120.328
34International Journal of Community MusicIntellect Ltd.17526302, 175262990.323
35Music and MedicineInternational Association for Music and Medicine1943863X, 194386210.317
36Yazyki i Fol'klor Korennykh Narodov SibiriSiberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philology23126337, 271296080.301
37Journal of Mathematics and MusicTaylor and Francis Ltd.17459737, 174597450.293
38Computer Music JournalMIT Press Journals01489267, 153151690.283
39Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression22204792, 222048060.283
40Organised SoundCambridge University Press13557718, 146981530.279
41International Journal of Education and the ArtsPennsylvania State University Libraries152980940.273
42Revista Electronica de LEEMESocietat de Filosofia del Pais Valencia157595630.267
43Journal of Popular Music EducationIntellect Ltd.23976721, 2397673X0.26
44Dix-NeufTaylor and Francis Ltd.147873180.258
45DancecultUniversity of Huddersfield194754030.244
46Revista Electronica Complutense de Investigacion en Educacion MusicalUniversidad Complutense Madrid169874540.241
47TraditionesZRC SAZU, Zalozba ZRC35204470.236
48Journal of Urban Culture ResearchChulalongkorn University, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts24081213, 222882790.231
49LetonicaLatvian University140731100.226
50String Research JournalSAGE Publications Ltd21640661, 194849920.225
51Leonardo0024094X0.221
52Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and EducationUniversitas Negeri Semarang14115115, 254124260.219
53Journal of Sound and Music in GamesUniversity of California Press257834320.217
54Yearbook for Traditional MusicInternational Council for Traditional Music74015580.213
55Journal of Popular Music StudiesWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd15331598, 152422260.211
56Voice and Speech ReviewBellwether Publishing, Ltd.23268271, 232682630.209
57Twentieth-Century MusicCambridge University Press14785722, 147857300.207
58Resital20859910, 233867700.205
59Music Reference Services QuarterlyRoutledge105881670.203
60Musical Art and EducationMoscow Pedagogical State University230914280.193
61Korean Journal of Research in Music EducationKorean Music Education Society12294179, 271337880.192
62Punk and Post-PunkIntellect Ltd.20443706, 204419830.19
63World of MusicVWB - Verlag f������r Wissenschaft und Bildung4387740.185
64Musical QuarterlyOxford University Press17418399, 002746310.184
65Greek and Roman Musical StudiesBrill Academic Publishers22129758, 2212974X0.18
66NotesMusic Library Association1534150X, 002743800.18
67IASPM JournalInternational Association for the Study of Popular Music207938710.179
68Musicology AustraliaTaylor and Francis Ltd.1949453X, 081458570.173
69Rock Music StudiesRoutledge19401167, 194011590.173
70Musica HodieUniversidade Federal De Goias (UFG)167639390.172
71Contemporary Music ReviewRoutledge74944670.166
72Oido PensanteCAICYT-CONICET225071160.165
73Journal of the American Musicological SocietyUniversity of California Press00030139, 154738480.164
74Metal Music StudiesIntellect Ltd.20523998, 205240050.164
75MusicologistTrabzon University State Conservatory261856520.16
76Acta Ethnographica HungaricaAkademiai Kiado15882586, 121698030.159
77Contemporary Musicology258797310.158
78Jurnal Kajian BaliUdayana University25800698, 208844430.158
79Ethnomusicology ForumTaylor and Francis Ltd.17411920, 174119120.157
80Revista de Poetica MedievalAlcala University2660891X, 113789050.157
81Journal of Folklore ResearchIndiana University Press15430413, 073770370.156
82Journal of World Popular MusicEquinox Publishing Ltd20524919, 205249000.155
83MuzikiRoutledge1753593X, 181259800.154
84Journal of Applied Arts and HealthIntellect Ltd.20402465, 204024570.153
85Art InquiryLodzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe24510327, 164192780.148
86Journal of the Royal Musical AssociationCambridge University Press14716933, 026904030.148
87Revista Musical ChilenaUniversidad de Chile07176252, 071627900.147
88Journal of Band ResearchTroy State University Press2192070.144
89Jazz PerspectivesRoutledge17494060, 174940790.143
90Per MusiUniversidade Federal of Minas Gerais15177599, 231763770.14
91Hudebni VedaInstitute of Art History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic1870030.139
92Yegah Musicology Journal279201780.139
93American ImagoJohns Hopkins University Press10857931, 0065860X0.138
94Nineteenth Century MusicUniversity of California Press01482076, 153386060.138
95Nineteenth-Century Music ReviewCambridge University Press14794098, 204484140.138
96Osmanli Mirasi Arastirmalari Dergisi214857040.138
97ResonanciasPontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile07195702, 071734740.137
98Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conferences251836720.135
99Journal of Historical Research in Music EducationSAGE Publications Ltd15366006, 232825250.134
100Early MusicOxford University Press17417260, 030610780.133
101Res MusicaEstonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Estonian Musicological Society23828080, 173685530.133
102FolkloricaAssociation for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies19200234, 192002420.131
103Studies in Musical TheatreIntellect Ltd.17503159, 175031670.13
104International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of MusicHrvatsko Muzikolosko Drustvo35157960.129
105Jazz Education in Research and PracticeIndiana University Press26397668, 263976760.127
106Journal of Science and Technology of the ArtsUniversidade Catolica Portuguesa16469798, 218300880.127
107Music and LettersOxford University Press14774631, 002742240.127
108TempoCambridge University Press00402982, 147822860.127
109Cuadernos de Musica IberoamericanaUniversidad Complutense Madrid25309900, 113655360.126
110Malaysian Journal of MusicUniversiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris26009366, 260093310.126
111College Music Symposium00695696, 2334203X0.125
112DiacriticaUniversidade do Minho08708967, 218391740.125
113OpusNational Association of Music Research and Postgraduates15177017, 010374120.125
114EcumenicaPenn State University Press19424558, 257821850.124
115Horror StudiesIntellect Ltd.20403283, 204032750.123
116Slovenske DivadloSlovak Academy of Sciences0037699X, 133686050.123
117American MusicUniversity of Illinois Press73443920.122
118Choral JournalAmerican Choral Directors Association00095028, 216321700.119
119Journal of the Association for Music and ImageryAssociation for Music and Imagery109880090.116
120Muzikoloski ZbornikUniversity of Ljubljana0580373X0.116
121Wacana SeniPenerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia16753410, 218043110.116
122Journal of the Musical Arts in AfricaRoutledge2070626X, 181210040.115
123Early American StudiesUniversity of Pennsylvania Press15434273, 155908950.114
124Journal of Popular Romance StudiesInternational Association for the Study of Popular Romance215944730.114
125Rast Muzikoloji Dergisi21477361, 214775310.113
126Journal of Creative Music SystemsUniversity of Huddersfield Press239976560.112
127Perspectives of New MusicPerspectives of New Music3160160.112
128Arti MusicesCroatian Musicological Society05875455, 184893030.111
129Cambridge Opera JournalCambridge University Press95458670.111
130ColloquiaInstitute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore182237370.111
131Explorations in Renaissance CultureBrill Academic Publishers00982474, 235269630.111
132Jazz Research JournalEquinox Publishing Ltd17538645, 175386370.111
133Journal of the Alamire FoundationBrepols Publishers25070320, 203253710.111
134Modernist CulturesEdinburgh University Press20411022, 175386290.111
135Studia MusicologicaAkademiai Kiado3932660.111
136Co-herenciaUniversidad EAFIT179458870.11
137Journal of Musicological ResearchTaylor and Francis Ltd.14118960.11
138In Monte ArtiumOpenEditions Journals20313098, 250703120.107
139Asian-European Music Research JournalLogos Verlag Berlin GmbH27012689, 2625378X0.106
140Revista de MusicologiaSociedad Espanola de Musicologia21014590.106
141Journal of the Society for American MusicCambridge University Press17521971, 175219630.105
142ESPESUniversity of Presov Faculty of Arts133911190.104
143Modernism - ModernityJohns Hopkins University Press10806601, 107160680.104
144MuzikologijaInstitute of Musicology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA)24060976, 145098140.104
145Popular Music HistoryEquinox Publishing Ltd17407133, 174316460.104
146Renaissance and ReformationCentre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies0034429X0.104
147Belarusian Folklore: Data and ResearchBelaruskaya Navuka24112763, 279035590.103
148Musica TecnologiaFirenze University Press19740042, 197400500.103
149Acta MusicologicaInternational Musicological Society162410.102
150Journal of Music ResearchNational Taiwan Normal University-College of Music207988570.102
151MateriaDepartament d'Historia de l'Art. Universitat de Barcelona15792641, 238533870.102
152Opera QuarterlyOxford University Press14762870, 073600530.102
153Plainsong and Medieval MusicCambridge University Press14740087, 096113710.102
154Anuario MusicalCSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas02113538, 198841250.101
155Archiv fur MusikwissenschaftFranz Steiner Verlag GmbH00039292, 236627940.101
156Archivo de Arte ValencianoReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos21158080.101
157BachRiemenschneider Bach Institute536000.101
158Dante e l'ArteUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona23855355, 238572690.101
159De Musica DisserendaZRC SAZU, Zalozba ZRC185434050.101
160I Tatti StudiesUniversity of Chicago Press03935949, 203767310.101
161Journal of MusicologyUniversity of California Press15338347, 027792690.101
162Lied und Populare KulturWaxmann Verlag GmbH161905480.101
163Lietuvos MuzikologijaLithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre139293130.101
164Music Theory And AnalysisLeuven University Press22955917, 229559250.101
165Musicologica BrunensiaMasaryk University2336436X, 121203910.101
166October1536013X, 016228700.101
167Online Journal of Music SciencesNilgun SAZAK253644210.101
168PhilomusicaPavia University Press182690010.101
169Revue de MusicologieSociete Francaise de Musicologie19585632, 003516010.101
170Voices - Journal of New York FolkloreNew York Folklore Society0361204X0.101
171Avant Scene OperaEditions Premieres Loges76428730.1
172Cahiers d'EthnomusicologieAteliers d'ethnomusicologie1662372X0.1
173Du: Zeitschrift Der KulturVerlag Niggli AG1268370.1
174Eighteenth-Century MusicCambridge University Press14785714, 147857060.1
175Fontes Artis MusicaeMusic Library Association1561910.1
176ItamarUniversitat de Valencia238682600.1
177MusikforschungBaerenreiter Verlag2748010.1
178Nauchnyy Vestnik Moskovskoy KonservatoriiMoscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory27131807, 207994380.1
179PAJ - Journal of Performance and Art15379477, 1520281X0.1
180Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, DAFx24136700, 24136689#N/A
181Cuadernos de Musica, Artes Visuales y Artes EscenicasPontificia Universidad Javeriana17946670, 22159959#N/A
182International Computer Music Conference, ICMC Proceedings22233881#N/A
183Journal of Music, Technology and EducationIntellect Ltd.17527074, 17527066#N/A
184Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta, IskusstvovedenieSaint Petersburg State University25422243, 22213007#N/A
185Music, Sound and the Moving ImageLiverpool University Press17530776, 17530768#N/A
186Word and Music StudiesBrill: Rodopi15660958#N/A
187Perfect BeatEquinox Publishing Ltd18360343, 10382909
188Journal of the American Musical Instrument SocietyAmerican Musical Instrument Society3623300
189OperaOpera magazine303526
190Early Music HistoryCambridge University Press02611279, 14740559
191Music and the Moving ImageUniversity of Illinois Press21678464, 19407610
192Clavier CompanionThe Instrumentalist Co.10860819
193Music in ArtCity University of New York15227464, 21699488
194Neue Zeitschrift fur MusikSchott Music GmbH &Co9456945



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