Music journals in Scopus

Scopus journals in the Music category, ranked by their quartile in this category.

Scopus subject areas › Arts and Humanities › Music

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201 journals · page 1 of 5 · list date 2026-11-10

JournalWeb of ScienceJCRCategory QDOAJ
Q1Acta Acustica
France · European Acoustics Association, EAA · ISSN 1022-4793, 2681-4617
SCI-EQ3Q1Yes
Q1AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
United States · AUDIO ENGINEERING SOC · ISSN 1549-4950
SCI-EQ3Q1—
Q1British Journal of Music Education
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0265-0517, 1469-2104
SSCI, AHCIQ3Q1—
Q1Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
United States · UNIV ILLINOIS PRESS · ISSN 0010-9894, 2162-7223
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Computer Music Journal
United States · MIT PRESS · ISSN 0148-9267, 1531-5169
SCI-E, AHCIQ4Q1—
Q1Contemporary Musicology
Russia · Gnesins Russian Academy of Music · ISSN 2587-9731
——Q1Yes
Q1Empirical Studies of the Arts
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 0276-2374, 1541-4493
SSCI, AHCIQ3Q1—
Q1Ethnomusicology Forum
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1741-1912, 1741-1920
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and Education
Indonesia · Universitas Negeri Semarang · ISSN 1411-5115, 2541-2426
——Q1Yes
Q1International Journal of Community Music
United Kingdom · INTELLECT LTD · ISSN 1752-6299, 1752-6302
AHCI—Q1—
Q1International Journal of Education and the Arts
United States · ARIZONA STATE UNIV · ISSN 1529-8094
ESCIQ3Q1Yes
Q1International Journal of Music Education
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD · ISSN 0255-7614, 1744-795X
SSCI, AHCIQ3Q1—
Q1JASA Express Letters
United States · AIP PUBLISHING · ISSN 2691-1191
ESCIQ3Q1Yes
Q1Jazz Perspectives
United Kingdom · Routledge · ISSN 1749-4060, 1749-4079
——Q1—
Q1Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0021-8529, 1540-6245
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Journal of African Cultural Studies
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1369-6815, 1469-9346
SSCI, AHCIQ2Q1—
Q1Journal of General Music Education
United States · SAGE Publications Inc. · ISSN 2752-7646
——Q1—
Q1Journal of Music Teacher Education
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 1057-0837, 1945-0079
ESCIQ3Q1—
Q1Journal of Music, Technology and Education
United Kingdom · INTELLECT LTD · ISSN 1752-7066, 1752-7074
ESCI—Q1—
Q1Journal of Music Theory
United States · DUKE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0022-2909, 1941-7497
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Journal of Music Therapy
United States · OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC · ISSN 0022-2917, 2053-7395
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Journal of Popular Music Education
United Kingdom · Intellect Ltd. · ISSN 2397-6721, 2397-673X
——Q1—
Q1Journal of Research in Music Education
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 0022-4294, 1945-0095
SSCI, AHCIQ3Q1—
Q1Journal of Urban Culture Research
Thailand · CHULALONGKORN UNIV, FAC FINE & APPLIED ARTS · ISSN 2228-8279, 2408-1213
ESCI—Q1—
Q1Malaysian Journal of Music
Malaysia · UNIV PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS, FAC MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS · ISSN 2600-9331, 2600-9366
ESCI—Q1Yes
Q1Metal Music Studies
United Kingdom · INTELLECT LTD · ISSN 2052-3998, 2052-4005
ESCIQ3Q1—
Q1Musicae Scientiae
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD · ISSN 1029-8649, 2045-4147
SSCI, AHCIQ4Q1—
Q1Music and Science
United Kingdom · SAGE Publications Ltd · ISSN 2059-2043
——Q1Yes
Q1Music Education Research
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1461-3808, 1469-9893
SSCI, AHCIQ3Q1—
Q1Music Educators Journal
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 0027-4321, 1945-0087
ESCIQ4Q1—
Q1Music Perception
United States · UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS · ISSN 0730-7829, 1533-8312
SSCI, AHCIQ3Q1—
Q1Music Theory Online
United States · SOC FOR MUSIC THEORY · ISSN 1067-3040
AHCI—Q1Yes
Q1Music Theory Spectrum
United States · OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC · ISSN 0195-6167, 1533-8339
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Music Therapy Perspectives
United States · OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC · ISSN 0734-6875, 2053-7387
ESCIQ4Q1—
Q1Organised Sound
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1355-7718, 1469-8153
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Philosophy of Music Education Review
United States · INDIANA UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1063-5734, 1543-3412
ESCI—Q1—
Q1Popular Music
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0261-1430, 1474-0095
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Popular Music and Society
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0300-7766, 1740-1712
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Psychology of Music
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 0305-7356, 1741-3087
SSCI, AHCIQ3Q1—
Q1Rast Müzikoloji Dergisi
Türkiye · Genc Bilge Yayincilik · ISSN 2147-7361, 2147-7531
——Q1—
Q1Research Studies in Music Education
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD · ISSN 1321-103X, 1834-5530
ESCI—Q1—
Q1Rock Music Studies
United Kingdom · Routledge · ISSN 1940-1159, 1940-1167
——Q1—
Q1Russian Musicology
Russia · GNESIN RUSSIAN ACAD MUSIC · ISSN 3034-3836
ESCI—Q1Yes
Q1String Research Journal
United Kingdom · SAGE Publications Ltd · ISSN 1948-4992, 2164-0661
——Q1—
Q1Tejuelo. Didactica de la Lengua y la Literatura. Educacion
Spain · UNIV EXTREMADURA, SERVICIO PUBLICACIONES · ISSN 1988-8430
ESCI—Q1Yes
Q1Traditiones
Slovenia · Zalozba ZRC · ISSN 0352-0447, 1855-6396
——Q1Yes
Q1Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval
United Kingdom · UBIQUITY PRESS LTD · ISSN 2514-3298
ESCI—Q1Yes
Q1Update: Applications of Research in Music Education
United Kingdom · SAGE Publications Inc. · ISSN 1945-0109, 8755-1233
——Q1—
Q1Voice and Speech Review
United States · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2326-8263, 2326-8271
ESCIQ3Q1—
Q2Acta Ethnographica Hungarica
Hungary · Akademiai Kiado · ISSN 1216-9803, 1588-2586
——Q2—

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