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Sound Studies

Routledge · United States · Est. 2015

ISSN2055-1940eISSN2055-1959

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total28

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.184

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.124

Total Works

323

Total Citations

1,538

2yr Mean Citedness

0.23

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Sound Studies welcomes interdisciplinary, theoretical, empirically rich, and critical submissions on sound. It builds on work in the history, theory, ethnography, and cultural analysis of sound. The journal publishes in the areas of computer science and sound (geography).

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications323

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

2055-1940 / 2055-1959

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q2

Cultural StudiesQ2

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Communication