Ethnomusicology Forum , formerly known as the British Journal of Ethnomusicology, is the academic, refereed journal of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology. The journal seeks to provide a dynamic forum for the presentation of new thinking in the field of ethnomusicology, defined broadly as the study of "people making music", and encompasses the study of all music, including Western art music and popular music.
Articles often emphasise first-hand, sustained engagement with people as music makers, taking the form of ethnographic writing following one or more periods of fieldwork. Typically, ethnographies aim for a broad assessment of the processes and contexts through and within which music is imagined, discussed and made. Ethnography may be synthesised with a variety of analytical, historical and other methodologies, often entering into dialogue with other disciplinary areas such as music psychology, music education, historical musicology, performance studies, critical theory, dance, folklore and linguistics. The field is therefore characterised by its breadth in theory and method, its interdisciplinary nature and its global perspective.
Each volume comprises three issues: one focuses on a specific theme and is prepared by a guest editor; the others include a range of articles covering a broader field of interest.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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Impact Factor*:
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Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
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5 Year Impact Factor*:
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= 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.
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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.
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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.
Editors Helena Simonett, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland Jason Stanyek, University of Oxford, UK
Reviews Editor Amanda Bayley, Bath Spa University, UK
Editorial Assistant Laura Spence, Royal Holloway, UK
International Advisory Board Daniel Avorgbedor, University of Ghana, Ghana Michael Bakan, Florida State University, USA Linda Barwick, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia Susanne Fürniss , Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France Ruth Hellier, University of California Santa Barbara, USA David R.M. Irving, ICREA & IMF-CSIC, Spain Eleni Kallimopoulou, University of Macedonia, Greece Simon Keegan-Phipps, University of Sheffield, UK Donna Kwon, University of Kentucky, USA Lonán O'Briain, University of Nottingham, UK Helen Rees, University of California Los Angeles, USA Suzel Reily, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil Huib Schippers, University of California Los Angeles, USA Henry Stobart, Royal Holloway University of London, UK Shzr Ee Tan, Royal Holloway University of London, UK Abigail Wood, University of Haifa, Israel Zhang Boyu, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China
Abstracting and indexing
Ethnomusicology Forum is abstracted/indexed in:
Anthropological Index Online; Current Abstracts; EBSCOhost; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; 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 Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Open access
Ethnomusicology Forum 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.
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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(BFE) is proud to be home to a vibrant and growing community of academics, scholars and students interested in the field of ethnomusicology. We have an international membership community (membership is open to all interested parties located anywhere in the world) which has increased steadily over the past few years. According to our latest figures, we have over two hundred overseas and UK members, as well as a substantial and expanding institutional subscriber base.
If you require any help in joining or renewing your British Forum for Ethnomusicology membership for 2017, please get in touch with BFE at: https://bfe.org.uk/join-bfe
Annual membership
includes a subscription to
Ethnomusicology Forum
2016-2017 Membership prices:
Students/unwaged:
£20/€24/US $31
Anyone in full-time education or currently without regular income*
Regular:
£32/€38/US $50
Anyone earning a regular salary below the enhanced rate
Enhanced:
£46/€54/US $72
Anyone earning a salary above £43k/€50k/US$65k
*Proof of student ID may be required from time to time.
The subscription year for all members runs from January to December. If you are joining part-way through a calendar year, your membership will count for the current year and you will receive all of the journal issues relating to that year.
Please note that renewal reminders are sent out to existing members from September, to allow sufficient time for administration.
Members of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology enjoy the following benefits:
a subscription to Ethnomusicology Forum, including: - three printed issues a year - online access to the journal back to Volume 1, Issue 1
an enhanced BFE website, including: - a resource centre - functionality for members to create their own user account - a secure log-in area for members to access Ethnomusicology Forum directly
online access to an additional Routledge Music journal, Popular Music and Society, in 2015
access to the latest and most cutting-edge research in the field of ethnomusicology
preferential rates at BFE conferences
Student members attending a BFE conference to present a paper may apply for a bursary to help with travel costs. They are also eligible to submit their work to the
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