Journal of New Music Research

Journal of New Music Research is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Music Technology and Sound Studies, Music and Audio Processing and Neuroscience and Music Perception, together about 68.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board The Journal of New Music Research (JNMR) publishes material which increases our understanding of music and musical processes by systematic, scientific and technological means. Research published in the journal is innovative, empirically grounded and often, but not exclusively, uses quantitative methods. Articles are both musically relevant and scientifically rigorous, giving full technical details. No bounds are placed on the music or musical behaviours at issue: popular music, music of diverse cultures and the canon of western classical music are all within the Journal’s scope. Articles deal with theory, analysis, composition, performance, uses of music, instruments and other music technologies. The Journal was founded in 1972 with the original title Interface to reflect its interdisciplinary nature, drawing on musicology (including music theory), computer science, psychology, acoustics, philosophy, and other disciplines. Peer Review Policy: All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Read full aims and scope

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

1.47LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

1.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.24LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.75LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

23LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

65OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

438OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.18OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

35.71%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

25LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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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.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

ISSN

0929-8215

Electronic ISSN

1744-5027

Latest issue on the website

Volume 54, Issue 2-3 (2025)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website