Home›Search›Music and Science

Music and Science

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2018

ISSN2059-2043

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

0.564

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.745

Total Worksi

358

Total Citationsi

3,326

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History and Philosophy of Science; Music; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyContinously Updated

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications358

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2017

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2059-2043

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

543

2019

602

2020

513

2021

357

2022

334

2023

172

2024

100

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.

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

MusicQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)MusicHistory and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroscience and Music PerceptionDiverse Music Education InsightsMusic Therapy and HealthMusic and Audio ProcessingMusic Technology and Sound StudiesMultisensory perception and integrationHearing Loss and RehabilitationAction Observation and SynchronizationDiverse Musicological StudiesMusicology and Musical Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Music and Science

Is Music and Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Music and Science: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Science?

Music and Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.564.

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

Music and Science is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Music and Science?