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Journal of Research in Music Education
ISSN 0022-4294 · eISSN 1945-0095 · SAGE
Journal of Research in Music Education: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.28; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 6 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 4.3% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Research in Music Education is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Music Education Insights, Neuroscience and Music Perception and Musicology and Musical Analysis, together about 50.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Research in Music Education is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal comprising reports of original research related to music teaching and learning. The wide range of topics includes various aspects of music pedagogy, history, and philosophy, and addresses vocal, instrumental, and general music at all levels, from early childhood through adult. View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 31, Canada 1 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities29.1%
- Neuroscience and Music PerceptionNeuroscience14.8%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities6.3%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science5.7%
- Music Education and AnalysisSocial Sciences4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.4%
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.28LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,162OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,219 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 29 | 10 | 21 |
| 2024 | 25 | 8 | 64 |
| 2023 | 34 | 10 | 198 |
| 2022 | 22 | 2 | 145 |
| 2021 | 39 | 7 | 310 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 91 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- book reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. JRME publishes research articles. This includes quantitati…Length not stated
- editorialPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. JRME publishes research articles. This includes quantitati…Length not stated
- letterPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. JRME publishes research articles. This includes quantitati…Length not stated
- literature reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. JRME publishes research articles. This includes quantitati…Length not stated
- research articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. JRME publishes research articles. This includes quantitati…Length not stated
- research articlesJRME publishes research articles. This includes quantitative, qualitative, action, historical, and philosophical research relevant to national and international…Length not stated
- short-form articlesAuthors may submit short-form articles (2000-4000 words) for research involving new reports related to an ongoing line of research and for replications.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Guidance on use of artificial intelligence
Please note that authors should fully read and comply with Sage’s artificial intelligence policy which provides information on disclosure and prohibited uses.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures supplied in color will appear in color online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. If you have requested color reproduction in the print version, we will advise you of the costs on receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0022-4294
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-0095
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Research in Music Education
What CAS zone is Journal of Research in Music Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Research in Music Education is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Music / Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Research in Music Education?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.28; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 99.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Research in Music Education?
The publisher reports about 6 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4.3%. 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 Journal of Research in Music Education?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. 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 Journal of Research in Music Education based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (31) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Research in Music Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Research in Music Education is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Research in Music Education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Research in Music Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .