Journal profile
Music and Arts in Action
ISSN 1754-7105 · University of Exeter · United Kingdom
Music and Arts in Action: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 120 days (submission to final decision, publisher); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Music and Arts in Action is published by University of Exeter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Musicological Studies, Diverse Music Education Insights and Music History and Culture, together about 40.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal Music and Arts in Action (MAiA) emerges from international, cross-disciplinary work that not only examines the social shaping of the arts within particular "art worlds", but takes a wider, holistic approach in researching the dynamic role of music and the arts in social life and cultural experience. In doing so, MAiA will unite research from a wide variety of fields, including musicology, ethnomusicology, cultural studies, anthropology, applied drama, cultural sociology, social ecology, institutional and micro-ethnography, psychology and arts education. Cutting-edge work in this area actively considers how aesthetic experiences and artistic forms are unconsciously, semi-consciously and actively used by individuals and groups to structure social relations, situations, environments and action. Simply put, a topic-led approach is needed to examine precisely how, when and where music and art do something, how music and art matter. Music and Arts in Action accomplishes this through publishing work related to the empirical study of the everyday interplay of people and the arts. Particular interest is accorded to exploring the tacit uses of music and arts found in a wide range of social situations, from intimate encounters to public spectacles. The key focus is on individuals, groups, activity and communication, while also keeping the artistic work, performance, score or experience (along with questions of aesthetics and affordances) at the centre of the enquiry. To encourage a broad and inclusive academic look at issues relating to music and art in society, Music and Arts in Action welcomes contributions from beyond academia to develop a dialogue between researchers, educators, journalists, art historians, artists, practitioners, cultural professionals, NGOs and others. Hence, in addition to academically-oriented articles, we also promote contributions in the form of case-studies, interviews and documentations of past or ongoing interventions throughout the world. Music and Arts in Action is a peer reviewed journal, initially presented in an online, dynamic format that supports the integration of images, sound and video in the text. In the longer-term, a paper-based edition will be published, though retaining the link to these online, multimedia capabilities.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 20, United States 8, Norway 8, Canada 7, Germany 4 (61 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities15.2%
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities13.1%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities12.4%
- Music Education and AnalysisSocial Sciences9.7%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities6.9%
- Music Therapy and HealthPsychology6.2%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities4.1%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities4.1%
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
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 58 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 23 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
120 dayssubmission to final decision · community reports about 20 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to final decision
- 120 daysPublisher website ·
- 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open Access Policy
Music and Arts in Action is freely available online and encourages contributions from anyone with an interest in music and the arts in everyday life. Only registered users are able to view and use MAiA's integrated reader tools, including article-linked commenting and disccusion forums. MAiA is an Open Access journal and its contents published from Volume 5 - Issue 2 (2016) onwards are licensed un…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All submissions to MAiA judged as relevant to the journal's aims and scope by the editors will be peer reviewed by one senior scholar and one junior scholar in closely related areas of research (double-blind peer review). Authors will be notified within 2 weeks if their article will be entered into the peer-review process, and, if so, authors will have a final decision from the editors within 4 mo…
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
- University of Exeter
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1754-7105
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9, Issue 2 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Music and Arts in Action
How long does peer review take at Music and Arts in Action?
The publisher reports about 120 days (submission to final decision); 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Music and Arts in Action based?
Of the 61 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (20), United States (8) and Norway (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Music and Arts in Action?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Music and Arts in Action is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Music and Arts in Action open access, and what is the APC?
Music and Arts in Action 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .