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Popular Music History

Equinox Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1740-7133

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.102

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

406

Total Citationsi

1,175

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Music.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 10 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications406

Publisher OrgEquinox Publishing

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Submission Info

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?

Equinox Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-7133

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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

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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

Scopus Categories

Music

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Music History and CultureDiverse Musicological StudiesMusicology and Musical AnalysisTheater, Performance, and Music HistoryCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentAsian Culture and Media StudiesDiverse Music Education InsightsMusic Technology and Sound StudiesCinema and Media StudiesFolklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

Frequently asked questions about Popular Music History

Is Popular Music History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Popular Music History: 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 Popular Music History?

Popular Music History is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.102.

Is Popular Music History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Popular Music History is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Popular Music History?