The Nordic Journal of Music Therapy is an international, peer-reviewed journal committed to expanding knowledge and discourse about music therapy in contexts such as health care, education, neuroscience, musicology, and societal change. By publishing empirical and theoretical research, systematic reviews, perspectives on practice, and philosophical discussions on music therapy as well as reviews of recently published books in the field, the journal provides a forum to advance the understanding of how music therapy contributes to the health, education, development, wellbeing and enrichment of people.
As a recognised scholarly publication established in 1992, the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy showcases a broad spectrum of ideas and approaches in therapy, practice, research, theory, and professional issues. Advancing the field's evidence base and encouraging multicultural, meta-theoretical and philosophical perspectives and reflections are at the core of the journal's mission.
The Nordic Journal of Music Therapy is published in collaboration with GAMUT – The Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and University of Bergen). Initially based on a collaboration between the music therapy communities in Nordic and Baltic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), the journal is now guided by a broad international editorial team and advisory board. It offers a platform for dialogue amongst global researchers and practitioners in music therapy, health care, and beyond.
To ensure the quality of the journal, all original research articles and Perspectives on Practice articles are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double-anonymized peer review by two independent expert referees, and review by the editors; book reviews, invited commentaries, letters to the editor, and guest editorials are reviewed by the editors. Submission is online via Routledge's Submission Portal. With our dedicated team of Associate Editors, we are committed to making the review process a constructive experience for authors.
The Nordic Journal of Music Therapy is recommended reading for: professionals and students in the fields of music therapy, music psychology, musicology, community music, music education, special education, psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, creative arts therapy, arts in health, nursing, dementia care, social work, public health, and health policy, as well as service users and their family members and carers.
Journal metrics
Usage
125K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
3.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.703 (2023) SNIP
0.469 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
15 days avg. from submission to first
decision
19% acceptance rate
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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
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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.
Associate Editors Stine Camilla Blichfeldt-Ærø, PhD – Oslo University Hospital, Norway Imogen Clark, PhD – University of Melbourne, Australia Andeline dos Santos, DMus – University of Pretoria, South Africa Josephine Geipel, Dr. sc. hum. – University of Augsburg & SRH University Heidelberg, Germany Bill Matney, PhD – University of Kansas, USA Orii McDermott, PhD – University of Nottingham, UK Sangeeta Swamy, PhD – California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, USA
Associate Editors Statistics Christian Gold, PhD – NORCE, Bergen, Norway Andreas Størksen Stordal, PhD – NORCE, Bergen, Norway
Associate Editor of Communications Beth Pickard, PhD – University of South Wales, UK
Assistant Editor Harald Lexander, MA – GAMUT, NORCE, Bergen, Norway
Advisory Editorial Board Kenneth S. Aigen, DA – New York University, NY, USA Gary Ansdell, PhD – Nordoff -Robbins Music Therapy, UK Felicity Baker, PhD – University of Melbourne, Australia Märith Bergström-Isacsson, PhD – Rett Center, Frösön, Sweden Lars Ole Bonde, PhD – MindandMusic, Copenhagen, Denmark Joke Bradt, PhD – Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Cochavit Elefant , PhD – University of Haifa, Israel Jaakko Erkkilä, PhD – University of Jyväskylä, Finland Valgerður Jónsdóttir, PhD – Reykjavík, Iceland Jinah Kim, PhD – University of Melbourne, Australia Katrina McFerran, PhD – University of Melbourne, Australia Susanne Metzner, Dr. sc. mus. – University of Augsburg, Germany Kana Okazaki-Sakaue, DA – Kobe University, Japan Alice Pehk, PhD – Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, Tallinn, Estonia Hanne Mette Ridder, PhD – Aalborg University, Denmark Sheri L. Robb, PhD – Indiana University, Indiana, USA Brynjulf Stige, PhD – University of Bergen, Norway Sumathy Sundar, PhD – Chennai School of Music Therapy, Chennai, India Ga Eul Yoo, PhD – Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Language Consultants Susan Hadley – Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, USA Jacqueline Z. Robarts – City University, London, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracting and indexing
Nordic Journal of Music Therapy is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
EMCare (Elsevier)
ERIH (European Reference Index for the Humanities)
Index to Dental Literature (selected articles online, the ones deposited to PMC)
PsycINFO
PsycLIT
Pubmed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Behavioural Science & Social Care (NLM)
RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale)
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