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Acta Musicologica

International Musicological Society · Switzerland

ISSN0001-6241

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.157

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.436

Total Worksi

1,116

Total Citationsi

4,610

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Acta Musicologica is a musicological journal published by the International Musicological Society. It emphasizes methodological cooperation between musicological sub-disciplines and the integration of related fields.

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General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 1 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,116

Publisher OrgBärenreiter

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Musicological Society

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-6241

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2023

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

MusicQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Music

Scopus Categories

Music

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Musicology and Musical AnalysisDiverse Musicological StudiesHistorical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesHistorical Influence and DiplomacyGerman Literature and Culture StudiesMusic Technology and Sound StudiesHistorical and Archaeological StudiesBach Studies and Logistics DevelopmentHistorical and Literary StudiesMedieval European Literature and History

Frequently asked questions about Acta Musicologica

Is Acta Musicologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Musicologica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Musicologica?

Acta Musicologica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is Acta Musicologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Musicologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.