100 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Music. 67 of them are fully open access. Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 132 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Arts Education Policy Review, Psychology of Music, Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal.
100 journals
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| International Journal of Music EducationSAGE Publishing | 55 % | 63 | 1.79 | 59 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Research Studies in Music EducationSAGE Publishing | 51 % | 32 | 1.91 | 58 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Music Education ResearchTaylor & Francis | 50 % | 56 | 1.43 | 71 | Subscription |
| Psychology of MusicSAGE Publishing | 36 % | 84 | 2.27 | 121 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Research in Music EducationSAGE Publishing | 57 % | 30 | 1.24 | 99 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Musicae ScientiaeSAGE Publishing | 41 % | 34 | 2.07 | 75 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| IASPM JournalInternational Association for the Study of Popular Music | 71 % | 27 | 0.64 | 19 | Open access, fee unknown |
| African Musicology OnlinePublisher unknown | 67 % | 18 | 0.73 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| British Journal of Music EducationCambridge University Press | 56 % | 36 | 0.64 | 61 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Journal of Music TheoryDuke University | 55 % | 18 | 0.96 | 74 | Subscription |
| Music & ScienceSAGE Publishing | 28 % | 50 | 2.12 | 28 | 854 USD |
| Music Theory OnlineSociety for Music Theory | 58 % | 46 | 0.50 | 39 | Open access, fee unknown |
| International Journal of Community MusicIntellect | 60 % | 22 | 0.64 | 31 | Subscription |
| Journal of Music Teacher EducationSAGE Publishing | 40 % | 27 | 1.18 | 40 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Journal of Popular Music EducationIntellect | 65 % | 26 | 0.48 | 16 | Subscription |
| Música HodieUniversidade Federal de Goiás | 57 % | 52 | 0.41 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music EducationUniversity of Illinois Press | 51 % | 18 | 0.83 | 44 | Subscription |
| Nordic Research in Music EducationPublisher unknown | 46 % | 10 | 1.52 | 8 | 1 142 USD |
| ASIAN-EUROPEAN MUSIC RESEARCH JOURNALPublisher unknown | 76 % | 23 | 0.33 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Update Applications of Research in Music EducationSAGE Publishing | 49 % | 28 | 0.58 | 37 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Contemporary MusicologyPublisher unknown | 56 % | 29 | 0.38 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Music Perception An Interdisciplinary JournalUniversity of California Press | 22 % | 31 | 2.23 | 121 | Subscription |
| RESITAL JURNAL SENI PERTUNJUKANIndonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta | 50 % | 27 | 0.44 | 12 | 65 USD |
| Musical Art and EducationPublisher unknown | 59 % | 41 | 0.29 | 5 | 28 USD |
| Arts Education Policy ReviewTaylor & Francis | 20 % | 25 | 2.48 | 52 | Subscription |
| Action Criticism and Theory for Music EducationMayDay Group | 42 % | 24 | 0.55 | 23 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of New Music ResearchRoutledge | 27 % | 25 | 1.31 | 65 | Subscription |
| Metal Music StudiesIntellect | 75 % | 29 | 0.20 | 25 | Subscription |
| Global Hip Hop StudiesIntellect | 55 % | 18 | 0.38 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| DIY Alternative Cultures & SocietySAGE Publishing | 41 % | 17 | 0.60 | 7 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Journal of World Popular MusicEquinox Publishing | 79 % | 17 | 0.21 | 7 | Subscription |
| Empirical Musicology ReviewThe Ohio State University Libraries | 35 % | 22 | 0.61 | 33 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Medical Problems of Performing ArtistsPublisher unknown | 23 % | 27 | 1.08 | 51 | Subscription |
| Asian MusicPublisher unknown | 79 % | 22 | 0.15 | 31 | Subscription |
| Harmonia Journal of Arts Research and EducationState University of Semarang | 27 % | 35 | 0.59 | 16 | 200 USD |
| Philosophy of Music Education ReviewIndiana University Press | 53 % | 18 | 0.27 | 30 | Subscription |
| Journal of Mathematics and MusicTaylor & Francis | 38 % | 20 | 0.41 | 24 | Subscription |
| Journal of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators AssociationPublisher unknown | 49 % | 9 | 0.42 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Music and PoliticsUniversity of Michigan Library | 75 % | 10 | 0.20 | 18 | Open access, fee unknown |
| JURNAL SENI MUSIKState University of Semarang | 60 % | 24 | 0.18 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Review of Artistic EducationDe Gruyter Open | 34 % | 45 | 0.30 | 9 | 53 USD |
| MuzykaInstitute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 49 % | 48 | 0.17 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Musicology TodayDe Gruyter Open | 59 % | 10 | 0.24 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| DancecultGriffith University | 42 % | 18 | 0.27 | 20 | Open access, fee unknown |
| INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music Art and TechnologyPublisher unknown | 34 % | 21 | 0.34 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Malaysian Journal of MusicSultan Idris Education University | 68 % | 14 | 0.15 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| String Research JournalSAGE Publishing | 47 % | 7 | 0.37 | 11 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Journal of the Arkansas Academy of ScienceArkansas Academy of Science | 56 % | 1 037 | 0.06 | 26 | 300 USD |
| Journal of Creative Music SystemsUniversity of Huddersfield Press | 31 % | 4 | 1.00 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Organised SoundCambridge University Press | 30 % | 50 | 0.25 | 46 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Russian musicology.Publisher unknown | 58 % | 16 | 0.16 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Art and Performance LettersPublisher unknown | 25 % | 88 | 0.25 | 4 | Subscription |
| Jahrbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Musikpsychologie/Jahrbuch MusikpsychologiePublisher unknown | 24 % | 7 | 0.77 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Music Reference Services QuarterlyTaylor & Francis | 50 % | 29 | 0.13 | 20 | Subscription |
| International Journal of Music Business ResearchDe Gruyter | 28 % | 10 | 0.37 | 6 | Subscription |
| Musicological AnnualLjubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts | 61 % | 25 | 0.09 | 11 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Research in MusicPublisher unknown | 52 % | 8 | 0.18 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai MusicaBabeș-Bolyai University | 60 % | 80 | 0.06 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Dewa Ruci Jurnal Pengkajian dan Penciptaan SeniInstitut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Surakarta | 27 % | 13 | 0.32 | 8 | 65 USD |
| Journal of Jazz StudiesRutgers University Libraries | 76 % | 9 | 0.09 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| International Journal of Music in Early ChildhoodIntellect | 41 % | 14 | 0.14 | 8 | Subscription |
| Gondang Jurnal Seni dan BudayaState University of Medan | 26 % | 45 | 0.15 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Grenek Music JournalState University of Medan | 60 % | 26 | 0.07 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| El oído pensanteNational Scientific and Technical Research Council | 68 % | 17 | 0.07 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Series in Musical ArtKyiv National University of Culture and Arts | 64 % | 21 | 0.07 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| International Journal of Creative and Arts StudiesIndonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta | 21 % | 11 | 0.33 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Fontes artis musicaePublisher unknown | 42 % | 31 | 0.08 | 9 | Subscription |
| Computer Music JournalThe MIT Press | 33 % | 34 | 0.10 | 91 | Subscription |
| Musicologica BrunensiaMasaryk University | 54 % | 25 | 0.06 | 6 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Culture of UkraineKharkiv State Academy of Culture | 35 % | 61 | 0.07 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of sonic studiesLeiden University Press (LUP) | 20 % | 15 | 0.23 | 11 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia de CulturaPedagogical University of Cracow | 20 % | 46 | 0.14 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| De musica disserendaPublisher unknown | 48 % | 12 | 0.08 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Musiikki-lehtiMusicological Society of Finland | 67 % | 25 | 0.04 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Music & MinoritiesSaxon State and University Library, Dresden | 67 % | 6 | 0.07 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Music ArchaeologyAustrian Academy of Sciences Press | 45 % | 6 | 0.11 | 1 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Revista del ISMUniversidad Nacional del Litoral | 66 % | 27 | 0.04 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| MuzikologijaSerbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Institute of Musicology of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts | 65 % | 20 | 0.04 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| TrioPublisher unknown | 51 % | 12 | 0.06 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Musical SciencePublisher unknown | 60 % | 10 | 0.05 | 1 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Res Facta Nova Teksty o muzyce współczesnejAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań | 51 % | 13 | 0.05 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Ekspresi Seni Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Karya SeniInstitut Seni Indonesia Padang Panjang | 21 % | 26 | 0.09 | 12 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Musical OfferingsDepartment of Music and Worship | 58 % | 7 | 0.05 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Edukacja MuzycznaJan Długosz University | 62 % | 17 | 0.02 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Musicologica OlomucensiaPalacký University Olomouc | 59 % | 17 | 0.03 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Cuadernos de Música IberoamericanaComplutense University of Madrid | 69 % | 20 | 0.02 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Sound Stage ScreenMilano University Press | 38 % | 10 | 0.03 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Musiques, recherches interdisciplinaires :Laval University | 46 % | 5 | 0.03 | 1 | Open access, fee unknown |
| DrammaturgiaFirenze University Press | 30 % | 24 | 0.02 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice StudiesIntellect | 27 % | 16 | 0.03 | 10 | Subscription |
| Studiul artelor şi culturologie istorie teorie practicăPublisher unknown | 47 % | 39 | 0.01 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Music Technology and EducationIntellect | 39 % | 10 | 0.00 | 27 | Subscription |
| Música oral del sur/Música oral del surCentro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía | 74 % | 11 | 0.00 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Pro Musica SacraPontifical University of John Paul II | 41 % | 8 | 0.00 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Zbornik Akademije umetnostiArt Academy of Novi Sad University | 29 % | 15 | 0.00 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Nota beneDon Wright Faculty of Music | 64 % | 6 | 0.00 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Gli Spazi della MusicaUniversity of Turin | 55 % | 7 | 0.00 | 3 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Archival NotesGiorgio Cini Foundation | 44 % | 7 | 0.00 | 1 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Musikk og TradisjonNovus forlag | 71 % | 6 | 0.00 | 2 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Music and Arts in ActionUniversity of Exeter | 45 % | 6 | 0.00 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
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