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Metal Music Studies

Intellect Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2052-3998eISSN2052-4005

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.271

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.272

Total Worksi

347

Total Citationsi

1,954

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Music.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications347

Publisher OrgIntellect

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?

Intellect Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2052-3998 / 2052-4005

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

Articles published

Citations received

330

2019

213

2020

107

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

Web of Science Categories

Cultural StudiesHumanities, MultidisciplinaryMusic

Scopus Categories

Music

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Music History and CultureDiverse Musicological StudiesMusicology and Musical AnalysisMusic Technology and Sound StudiesGender, Feminism, and MediaSocial and Cultural DynamicsFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesNeuroscience and Music PerceptionCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentDiverse Music Education Insights

Frequently asked questions about Metal Music Studies

Is Metal Music Studies a predatory journal?

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

Metal Music Studies 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 0.12.

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

Metal Music Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Metal Music Studies?