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World of Music

VWB - Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung · Germany

ISSN0043-8774

SJR Q4✓ 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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.105

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

138

Total Citationsi

562

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Music.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications138

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

VWB - Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0043-8774

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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

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2019

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2021

2023

2024

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.

MusicQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Music

Scopus Categories

Music

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Musicological StudiesLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesLegal and Regulatory AnalysisMilitary Technology and StrategiesMusic History and CultureMusicology and Musical AnalysisDiverse Music Education InsightsAsian Studies and HistoryFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesMusic Education and Analysis

Frequently asked questions about World of Music

Is World of Music a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World of Music: 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 World of Music?

World of Music 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 0.24.

Is World of Music indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World of Music is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of World of Music?