Music: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Psychology of Music	12
2	Musicae Scientiae	10
3	Music Education Research	9
-	Music Perception	9
-	International Journal of Music Education	9
6	Journal of Research in Music Education	8
7	Popular Music and Society	7
8	Popular Music	6
-	British Journal of Music Education	6
-	Medical Problems of Performing Artists	6
11	Organised Sound	5
-	Journal of New Music Research	5
-	Music Theory Online	5
14	Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education	4
-	Ethnomusicology	4
-	Music Theory Spectrum	4
-	Journal of the American Musicological Society	4
18	Contemporary Music Review	3
-	Computer Music Journal	3
20	Anuario Musical	2
-	Journal of Musicological Research	2
-	Journal of the Royal Musical Association	2
-	Tempo	2
-	American Music	2
-	Music & Letters	2
-	Muzikoloski Zbornik	2
-	Yearbook for Traditional Music	2
28	Nineteenth Century Music	1
-	Early Music	1
-	Musical Quarterly	1
-	Opera Quarterly	1
-	Plainsong & Medieval Music	1
-	Revista Musical Chilena	1