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Rock Music Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN1940-1167

SJR Q1✓ 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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.264

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.311

Total Worksi

396

Total Citationsi

1,198

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Rock Music Studies publishes articles, book and audio reviews, and opinion pieces on rock music and its numerous subgenres. The journal limits its definition of rock to exclude genres such as doo-wop, country, jazz, and soul.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications396

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

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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?

1940-1167

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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

2019

2020

136

2021

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

Scopus Categories

Music

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Music History and CultureMusicology and Musical AnalysisDiverse Musicological StudiesTheater, Performance, and Music HistoryCinema and Media StudiesMusic Technology and Sound StudiesDiverse Music Education InsightsRace, History, and American SocietyPoetry Analysis and CriticismFolklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

Frequently asked questions about Rock Music Studies

Is Rock Music Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rock Music Studies: 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 Rock Music Studies?

Rock Music Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.264.

Is Rock Music Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rock Music Studies is indexed in Scopus.