Opus

National Association of Music Research and Postgraduates · Brazil

ISSN1517-7017eISSN1517-7017

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.163

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.138

Total Worksi

409

Total Citationsi

451

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Music.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguagePortuguese

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications409

Publisher OrgAssociação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Cariniana Network

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Association of Music Research and Postgraduates

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1517-7017 / 1517-7017

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

Cariniana Network

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Portuguese

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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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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Music

Scopus Categories

Music

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Brazilian cultural history and politicsDiverse Music Education InsightsMusicology and Musical AnalysisMusic Education and AnalysisMusic Technology and Sound StudiesDiverse Musicological StudiesMusic History and CultureLiterature, Culture, and CriticismEducation Pedagogy and PracticesMusicians’ Health and Performance

Frequently asked questions about Opus

Is Opus a predatory journal?

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

Opus 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 0.07.

Is Opus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Opus is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Opus?