Notes

Music Library Association · United States

ISSN0027-4380eISSN1534-150X

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.206

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

0.34

Total Worksi

16,410

Total Citationsi

72,080

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Music; Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 138 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications16,410

Publisher OrgMusic Library Association

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Music Library Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0027-4380 / 1534-150X

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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?

English

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

142

2019

133

2020

122

2021

112

2022

127

2023

183

2024

104

2025

2026

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

Library and Information SciencesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Music

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesMusic

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Musicology and Musical AnalysisDiverse Musicological StudiesMusic Technology and Sound StudiesMusic History and CultureTheater, Performance, and Music History

Frequently asked questions about Notes

Is Notes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Notes: 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 Notes?

Notes 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.02.

Is Notes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Notes is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Notes?