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Music Educators Journal
ISSN 0027-4321 · eISSN 1945-0087 · SAGE
Music Educators Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; review about 28 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 20.4% (journal website); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Music Educators Journal is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 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, Musicology and Musical Analysis and Diverse Musicological Studies, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published quarterly, Music Educators Journal offers peer-reviewed scholarly and practical articles on music teaching approaches and philosophies, instructional techniques, current trends and issues in music education in schools and communities and the latest in products and services. Average time from submission to first decision: 28 days. 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 52 (52 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities23.5%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities10.2%
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities8.3%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science6.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- Educational Leadership and PracticesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 855OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 16,584 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 16 | 5 |
| 2025 | 41 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 42 | 4 | 163 |
| 2023 | 50 | 10 | 49 |
| 2022 | 49 | 0 | 114 |
| 2021 | 49 | 1 | 197 |
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)
- 20.4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 215 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 3,400 / GBP 2,493 | — | — | |
| 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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,500 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Not considered
- no citations
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- editorialMEJ encourages the following manuscript types: (1) Feature articles, which are approximately 3,500 words in length and undergo full peer review, and (2) Special…Length not stated
- feature articlesMEJ encourages the following manuscript types: (1) Feature articles, which are approximately 3,500 words in length and undergo full peer review, and (2) Special…Length not stated
- perspectivens relevant to music education. Another Perspective columns are typically around 1,000–1,500 words. Equity: This column focuses on topics in the areas of equimain text ≤ 1,500 words
- reviewMEJ encourages the following manuscript types: (1) Feature articles, which are approximately 3,500 words in length and undergo full peer review, and (2) Special…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- special columnsMEJ encourages the following manuscript types: (1) Feature articles, which are approximately 3,500 words in length and undergo full peer review, and (2) Special…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
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
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
Preprints not accepted Model summary
The journal does not accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
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
- 0027-4321
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-0087
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Music Educators Journal
What CAS zone is Music Educators Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Music Educators Journal is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Music. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Music Educators Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1, h-index 71.
How long does peer review take at Music Educators Journal?
The publisher reports about 28 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20.4%. 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 Music Educators Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,500 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 Music Educators Journal based?
Of the 52 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (52). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Music Educators Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Music Educators Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Music Educators Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Music Educators Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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: .