About this journal

Aims and scope

The Journal of New Music Research (JNMR) publishes material which increases our understanding of music and musical processes by systematic, scientific and technological means. Research published in the journal is innovative, empirically grounded and often, but not exclusively, uses quantitative methods. Articles are both musically relevant and scientifically rigorous, giving full technical details. No bounds are placed on the music or musical behaviours at issue: popular music, music of diverse cultures and the canon of western classical music are all within the Journal’s scope. Articles deal with theory, analysis, composition, performance, uses of music, instruments and other music technologies. The Journal was founded in 1972 with the original title Interface to reflect its interdisciplinary nature, drawing on musicology (including music theory), computer science, psychology, acoustics, philosophy, and other disciplines.

Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 60K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.1 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.3 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 3.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.100 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.389 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 26 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 106 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 22 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 11% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors-in-Chief:
Johanna Devaney, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Email: [email protected]

David Meredith, Aalborg University, Denmark. Email: [email protected]


Former Editors:

Paul Berg, Jan Broeckx, Gottfried Michael Koenig, Jos Kunst, Marc Leman, Hermann Sabbe, Frits Weiland,

Alan Marsden



Editorial Board:

Gerard Assayag, IRCAM, Paris, France

Emilios Cambouropoulos, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Antonio Camurri, University of Genoa, Italy

Sergio Canazza, University of Padua, Italy

Chris Chafe, CCRMA, Stanford, USA

Darrell Conklin, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Sofia Dahl, Aalborg University, Denmark

Roger Dannenberg, Carnegie Mellon University, USA


Simon Dixon, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Dan Ellis, Google Inc., USA
Anders Friberg, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Rolf Inge Godøy, University of Oslo, Norway

Keiji Hirata, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
Ozgur Izmirli, Connecticut College, USA

Micheline Lesaffre, Ghent University, Belgium

Jukka Louhivuori, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Mauricio Alves Loureiro, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Richard Parncutt, University of Graz, Austria
Preeti Rao, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Robert Rowe, New York University, USA
Makiko Sadakata, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Albrecht Schneider, University of Hamburg, Germany

Emery Schubert, University of New South Wales, Australia

Xavier Serra, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Heinrich Taube, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
David Temperley, Eastman School of Music, USA

Alexandra Uitdenbogerd, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Anja Volk, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Ye Wang, National University of Singapore

Gerhard Widmer, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Geraint Wiggins, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium



Abstracting and indexing

Journal of New Music Research is abstracted/indexed in:

Current Abstracts; SCOPUS; International Index to Music Periodicals; OCLC; The Music Index; R I L M Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale); SCOPUS; Thomson Reuters' Science Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index ®

Open access

Journal of New Music Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

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