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
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
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?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- 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
- Listed in the Journal Citation Reports
- Special subscription rate of £64/$112 for ICMA Members. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe. (Quote XD81303W)
5 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Journal of New Music Research (1994 - current)
Formerly known as
- Interface (1972 - 1993)
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