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Music Theory Online

Society for Music Theory · United States · Est. 1993

ISSN1067-3040eISSN1067-3040

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.46

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.675

Total Worksi

1,232

Total Citationsi

6,873

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Music Theory Online is one of the flagship journals of the Society for Music Theory. It is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal of research and scholarship in music theory, music analysis, and related disciplines.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Frequency4 times per year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,232

Publisher OrgSociety for Music Theory

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicensePublisher's own license

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society for Music Theory

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1067-3040 / 1067-3040

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

223

2019

660

2020

225

2021

256

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.

MusicQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Music

Scopus Categories

Music

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Musicology and Musical AnalysisMusic Technology and Sound StudiesNeuroscience and Music PerceptionMusic History and CultureDiverse Musicological Studies

Frequently asked questions about Music Theory Online

Is Music Theory Online a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Music Theory Online: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Theory Online?

Music Theory Online 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 0.45.

Is Music Theory Online indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Music Theory Online is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.