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Music and Medicine

International Association for Music and Medicine · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1943-8621

SJR Q2✓ 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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.193

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.205

Total Worksi

545

Total Citationsi

3,989

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Music; Behavioral Neuroscience; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications545

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Association for Music and Medicine

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1943-8621

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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

106

2019

133

2020

114

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.

MusicQ2

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

MusicMedicine (miscellaneous)Behavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Music Therapy and HealthNeuroscience and Music PerceptionDiverse Music Education InsightsMusicians’ Health and PerformanceInfant Development and Preterm CareIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersArt Therapy and Mental HealthEmpathy and Medical EducationInfant Health and DevelopmentFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Frequently asked questions about Music and Medicine

Is Music and Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Music and Medicine: 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 Music and Medicine?

Music and Medicine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.193.

Is Music and Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Music and Medicine is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Music and Medicine?