Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Music
Jazz Perspectives
ISSN 1749-4060 · eISSN 1749-4079 · Taylor & Francis
Jazz Perspectives: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 19 days (submission to first decision, publisher); indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2021 (Volume 13, Issue 3): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Jazz Perspectives is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Music History and Culture, Musicology and Musical Analysis and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 52% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As a refereed academic journal with an international editorial board of renowned jazz scholars, Jazz Perspectives provides a broad forum for promoting cross-disciplinary scholarly dialogue across the academic jazz community. Our mission is to stimulate the international study and appreciation of the rich legacy of jazz and its many musical and cultural tangents, both past and present. The journal aims to bridge the jazz-as-music and jazz-as-culture divide of contemporary jazz studies, as well as to promote broader international perspectives on the jazz tradition and its legacy. We likewise welcome the submission of first-rate scholarship from outside the academy. The pages of the journal are devoted to all aspects of - and all approaches to - jazz scholarship. The journal is an open platform for historical inquiry, music analysis, and cultural studies. The journal furthermore includes reviews and essays on significant recent literature and new recordings and media. Peer Review Policy All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editorial board screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous external referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Music
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities22.7%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities20.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering8.6%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities7.3%
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities5.7%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science5.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences4.8%
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
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
British Humanities Index, Current Abstracts, The Music Index, OCLCProquest, RILM Abstracts of Music LiteraturePublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 12,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 272 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1 | 48 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- research articlesAll research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer reviewLength not stated
- reviewsThe journal furthermore includes reviews and essays on significant recent literature and new recordings and media.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Jazz Perspectives is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and reade…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: rigorous peer review based on initial editorial board screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous external referees. Model summary
All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editorial board screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous external referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1749-4060
- Electronic ISSN
- 1749-4079
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 3 (2021)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Jazz Perspectives
How long does peer review take at Jazz Perspectives?
The publisher reports about 19 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections. 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.
Which databases index Jazz Perspectives?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Jazz Perspectives is indexed in Scopus.
Is Jazz Perspectives open access, and what is the APC?
Jazz Perspectives is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .