Journal of Music Theory

Arts and Humanities

Impact Factor
0.407
2023
H-Index
17.000
2023
SJR
0.246
2023

I. Journal Information

ISSN00222909, 19417497
CountryUnited States
PublisherDuke University Press
Subject AreasArts and Humanities
Publication TypeJournals
Active Years2002-2021
WebsiteVisit journal
JIF 2022–20230.700

II. Scope & Description

Founded by David Kraehenbuehl at Yale University in 1957 the Journal of Music Theory is the oldest musictheory journal published in the United States and has been a cornerstone in music theorys emergence as a research field in North America since the 1960s. The journal is edited by a consortium of musictheory faculty at Yale where it is housed in the Department of Music.The Journal of Music Theory fosters conceptual and technical innovations in abstract systematic musical thought and cultivates the historical study of musical concepts and compositional techniques. The journal publishes research with important and broad applications in the analysis of music and the history of music theory as well as theoretical or metatheoretical work that engages and stimulates ongoing discourse in the field. While remaining true to its original structuralist outlook the journal also addresses the influences of philosophy mathematics computer science cognitive sciences and anthropology on music theory.

III. Impact Factor History

Year2-Year IF3-Year IF4-Year IF
20230.4070.5290.610
20220.7890.7310.794
20211.0000.7270.733
20200.3330.4350.667
20190.3130.5650.710
20180.3330.3910.464
20171.0000.9500.963
20160.4620.5500.692
20150.5830.7220.609
20140.308
20130.909
20120.167
20110.190
20100.111
20090.190
20080.043
20070.048
20060.188
20050.188
20040.071

Note: impact factor data for reference only.

IV. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

SJR measures scientific influence, weighting citations by the prestige of the citing journal.

YearSJR Score
20230.246
20220.255
20210.352
20200.176
20190.352
20180.173
20170.194
20160.296
20150.185

V. H-Index

The H-Index measures both the productivity and citation impact of a journal's publications.

YearH-Index
202317.000
202216.000
202114.000

How to Get Published

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