About this journal
Aims and scope
Journal of Mathematics and Music aims to advance the use of mathematical modelling and computation in music theory. The Journal focuses on mathematical approaches to musical structures and processes, including mathematical investigations into music-theoretic or compositional issues as well as mathematically motivated analyses of musical works or performances. In consideration of the deep unsolved ontological and epistemological questions concerning knowledge about music, the Journal is open to a broad array of methodologies and topics, particularly those outside of established research fields such as acoustics, sound engineering, auditory perception, linguistics etc.
Three issues of theJournal are published per annual volume, with one issue devoted exclusively to a single topic. The online edition of theJournal provides extended material in the form of sound files, applets, or similar electronic media. The Journal also welcomes the submission of book reviews.
Readership
Journal of Mathematics and Music is intended to serve the communities of music scholars, composers, mathematicians and computer scientists, particularly those with interdisciplinary interests. The Journal assumes a certain level of proficiency in these fields, appropriate to professionals and graduate students.
To join the SMCM, please visit http://www.smcm-net.info/.
Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submissions can be made online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tmam
Publishing Ethics
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The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 21K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.501 (2023) SNIP
- 0.295 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 0 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 25% 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
Emmanuel Amiot, Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Physique, et Informatique, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, Perpignan, 66860, France
Darrell Conklin, Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebastián, Spain, and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
Reviews Editor
Moreno Andreatta, CNRS, IRMA-University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Alsace, France; IRCAM-Sorbonne
University, Paris, France
Advisory Board
Jean-Paul Allouche, CNRS and Université P. et M. Curie, France
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Institut des hautes études scientifiques, France
Richard Cohn, Yale University, USA
Noam Elkies, Harvard University, USA
Peter Johnstone, University of Cambridge, UK
Robert D. Morris, University of Rochester, USA
John Rahn, University of Washington, USA
José-Francisco Rodrigues, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Benedetto Scimemi, University of Padova, Italy
Editorial Board
Jan Beran, University of Konstanz, Germany
Clifton Callender, Florida State University, USA
Norman Carey, City University, New York, USA
Marc Chemillier, Centre d’Analyse et de Mathématiques Sociales, Ecole des Hauts Etudes en Science Sociales, France
Adrian P. Childs, University of Georgia, USA
David Clampitt, Ohio State University, USA
Thomas M. Fiore, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Harald Fripertinger, University of Graz, Austria
Julian Hook, Indiana University, USA
Franck Jedrzejewski, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, France
Maria Mannone, The University of Palermo, Italy
Guerino Mazzola, University of Minnesota, USA & University of Zurich, Switzerland
Mariana Montiel, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, USA
Thomas Noll, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, Spain
Robert Peck, Louisiana State University, USA
Ian Quinn, Yale University, USA
Ramon Satyendra, University of Michigan, USA
William Sethares, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Dmitri Tymoczko, Princeton University, USA
Jonathan Wild, McGill University, Canada
Marek Žabka, Comenius University, Slovakia
Former Editors-in-Chief
Clifton Callender, College of Music, Florida State University, 122 North Copeland Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Thomas M. Fiore, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128, USA
Thomas Noll, Department of Theory and Composition, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, C/Padilla, 155, Edifici L’Auditori, 08013 Barcelona, Spain
Robert Peck, School of Music, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2504, USA
Jason Yust, College of Fine Arts, Boston University, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
Marek Žabka, Comenius University, Department of Musicology, Gondova 2, Bratislava, 81801, Slovakia
Updated 21-03-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Mathematics and Music is abstracted and indexed in:
Arts and Humanities Citation Index®
Australian Research Council ERA list 2015
Baidu Scholar
British Library Inside
Clarivate Analytics: Science Citation Index Expanded™
CNKI
CNPIEC
CnpLINKer
Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator (BFI)
DTU Findit
E-lib Breman
EBSCO Databases
Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
Finnish Publication Forum (Julkaisufoorumi)
Genamics JournalSeek
Google Scholar
JournalTOCs
MathEduc Database
MathSciNet
Microsoft Academic
Naver Academic
New Jour
NHN
Norwegian Register of Scientific Journals and Publishers
Portico
ProQuest (British) Humanities Index
ProQuest Technology Collection
Publons
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
SciBase
Scopus™ - click here for current CiteScore
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Web of Science
WorldCat Local (OCLC)
zbMath
Zetoc
Open access
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Society information
Journal of Mathematics and Music is the official journal of the Society for Mathematics and Computation in Music. To join the society and receive the Journal as a benefit of membership, please visit www.smcm-net.info/registration.html.
Members of the following groups can receive an individual print subscription to Journal of Mathematics and Music at a special society member rate of US$40/£24. Contact +44 (0)20 8052 0501 or [email protected] to subscribe. (Quote UE10101W)
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