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Journal of the Royal Musical Association

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1879

ISSN1471-6933

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.107

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.53

Total Worksi

1,007

Total Citationsi

5,259

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of the Royal Musical Association is a leading international journal publishing original research on all aspects of music, past and present. It is committed to the highest standards of scholarship and welcomes submissions from scholars worldwide. The journal covers a wide range of topics, including musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, performance studies, and the history of music.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1879

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,007

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-6933

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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

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Citations received

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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)

Musicology and Musical AnalysisDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesDiverse Musicological StudiesMusic History and CultureLegal case studies and regulationsEducational Robotics and EngineeringHistorical Influence and DiplomacyTheater, Performance, and Music HistoryHuman auditory perception and evaluationMusic Technology and Sound Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Royal Musical Association

Is Journal of the Royal Musical Association a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Royal Musical Association: 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 Journal of the Royal Musical Association?

Journal of the Royal Musical Association 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 0.17.

Is Journal of the Royal Musical Association indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Royal Musical Association is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.