Journal profile · MUSIC
Journal of the American Musicological Society
ISSN 0003-0139 · eISSN 1547-3848 · University of California Press
Journal of the American Musicological Society: CAS Zone 1 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); subscription journal; median 100 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the American Musicological Society is published by University of California Press and is in Zone 1 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Musicology and Musical Analysis, Diverse Musicological Studies and Music History and Culture, together about 59.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MUSIC
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities34.1%
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities15.7%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities9.6%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science4.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities3.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.5%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 534OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,751 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3 | 15 |
| 2024 | 52 | 1 | 18 |
| 2023 | 51 | 7 | 91 |
| 2022 | 41 | 1 | 54 |
| 2021 | 42 | 3 | 95 |
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 PubMed · to
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 64 days – 207 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (57 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 128 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (259 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- ISSN
- 0003-0139
- Electronic ISSN
- 1547-3848
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Musicological Society
What CAS zone is Journal of the American Musicological Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the American Musicological Society is in Zone 1 of Arts, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Music; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the American Musicological Society?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 64–207 days). 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 Journal of the American Musicological Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the American Musicological Society is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of the American Musicological Society open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the American Musicological Society is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .