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Music Reference Services Quarterly

Routledge · United States

ISSN1058-8167

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.126

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

955

Total Citationsi

1,827

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Music; Library and Information Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications955

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1058-8167

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

172

2019

123

2020

139

2021

165

2022

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.

MusicQ3

Library and Information SciencesQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesMusic

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Musicological StudiesMusicology and Musical AnalysisMusic History and CultureMusic and Audio ProcessingTheater, Performance, and Music History

Frequently asked questions about Music Reference Services Quarterly

Is Music Reference Services Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Music Reference Services Quarterly: it is indexed in 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 Music Reference Services Quarterly?

Music Reference Services Quarterly is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.126.

Is Music Reference Services Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Music Reference Services Quarterly is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Music Reference Services Quarterly?