Journal profile
INSAM
ISSN 2637-1898 · INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music · Bosnia and Herzegovina
INSAM: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
INSAM is published by INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Music Technology and Sound Studies, Musicology and Musical Analysis and Sound Studies and Aurality, together about 57.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art, and Technology publishes original papers that have not been published previously. INSAM Journal is structured in four sections: The Main Theme, Beyond the Main Theme, Reviews, and Interviews. Only The Main Theme section is predefined by the main topic; in other sections, we welcome contributions related to contemporary art and media theory, art music, performing and visual arts, technology. The journal is relevant to academic and freelance researchers, theorists and curators with an interest in music, art and technology practices from the positions of scientific fields, theoretical approaches, platforms and schools of thought that encompass musicology, art theory, performance studies, poststructuralism, deconstruction, theoretical psychoanalysis, philosophy, aesthetics, cultural studies, media studies, etc. The Journal is issued semi-annually (in July and December) in open-access electronic form. Section Policies Main Theme Open Submissions; Indexed; Peer Reviewed Beyond the Main Theme Open Submissions; Indexed; Peer Reviewed (Inter)Views Open Submissions; Indexed Reviews Open Submissions; Indexed Open Access Policy INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology is an open access journal. All articles can be downloaded free of charge in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International License. The journal does not charge any fees at submission, reviewing, and production stages. Copyright Notice Once the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors should transfer the copyright to the Publisher. If the submitted manuscript is not accepted for publication by the journal, all rights will be retained by the author(s). Authors grant to the Publisher the following rights to the manuscript, including any supplemental material, and any parts, extracts or elements thereof: • the right to reproduce and distribute the Manuscript in printed form, including print-on-demand; • the right to produce prepublications, reprints, and special editions of the Manuscript; • the right to translate the Manuscript into other languages; • the right to reproduce the Manuscript using photomechanical or similar means including, but not limited to photocopy, and the right to distribute these reproductions; • the right to reproduce and distribute the Manuscript electronically or optically on any and all data carriers or storage media – especially in machine readable/digitaliz
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Bojana Radovanović ŠuputPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Serbia 2, United States 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science25.1%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities20.8%
- Sound Studies and AuralityPsychology11.5%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities9.7%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities6.6%
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities3.9%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities2.7%
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: CEEOL – Central and Eastern European Online Library, RILM – Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 176 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 56 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 36 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 23 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 7 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 300 words
- Keywords
- 5–10
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- book, conference, and festival reviewsBook, conference, and festival reviews should bring to attention relevant and valuable contributions or events that are in the scope of our journal's interest.Length not stated
- interviews(Inter)Views The section is open for interviews with artists, musicians, composers, researchers, performers, scientists, etc., that deal with contemporary music…Length not stated
- original scholarly paperOriginal scholarly paper intended for sections The Main Theme and Beyond the Main Theme should include an abstract (300 words), 5–10 keywords, as well as a summ…Length not stated
- review00 words Book, conference, and festival reviews – 1000-1500 words Interviews – 1000-2000 words Other remarks: Em dash is usedmain text ≤ 1,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- AI use GENERATIVE AI USE POLICY
As part of our commitment to transparency and research integrity, INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music has established the following policy governing the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in scholarly publishing. The policy applies to authors, reviewers, and editors and addresses the use of AI in manuscript preparation and editorial processing. It does not cover AI tools…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship AUTHORSHIP
Authors must make sure that only contributors who have significantly contributed to the submission are listed as authors and, conversely, that all contributors who have significantly contributed to the submission are listed as authors. If persons other than authors were involved in important aspects of the research project and the preparation of the manuscript, their contribution should be acknowl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Once the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors should transfer the copyright to the Publisher. If the submitted manuscript is not accepted for publication by the journal, all rights will be retained by the author(s). Authors grant to the Publisher the following rights to the manuscript, including any supplemental material, and any parts, extracts or elements thereof: • the right to repro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology is an open access journal. All articles can be downloaded free of charge in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International License. The journal does not charge any fees at submission, reviewing, and production stages.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
When a manuscript is submitted to the INSAM Journal, it undergoes an initial prescreening by the Editor-in-Chief and appropriate members of the Editorial Board in order to determine whether or not the paper fits the scope of the journal. In that process, the Editorial Team is guided by the INSAM Journal Editorial Policy: Editorial Responsibilities. If the Editor-in-Chief and appropriate members of…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism, where someone assumes another's ideas, words, or other creative expression as one's own, is a clear violation of scientific ethics. Plagiarism may also involve a violation of copyright law, punishable by legal action. Plagiarism includes the following: Word for word, or almost word for word copying, or purposely paraphrasing portions of another author's work without clearly indicating …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving `Editorial Policy: Self-Archiving Policy
INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology allows authors to deposit publisher's version/PDF in an institutional repository and non-commercial subject-based repositories, or to publish it on Author's personal website (including social networking sites, such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.) and/or departmental website, no earlier than the article is published online. Full bibliogra…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music
- Country or region
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian, English, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
- ISSN
- 2637-1898
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about INSAM
How long does peer review take at INSAM?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of INSAM?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 300 words; Keywords: 5–10; Reference style: Author–date. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of INSAM based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Serbia (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index INSAM?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, INSAM is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is INSAM open access, and what is the APC?
INSAM is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .