Journal profile
Musica Docta
ISSN 2039-9715 · University of Bologna · Italy
Musica Docta: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 50 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Musica Docta is published by University of Bologna. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Musicology and Musical Analysis, Diverse Music Education Insights and Music Education and Analysis, together about 74.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief Giuseppina La FacePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities30.1%
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities26.5%
- Music Education and AnalysisSocial Sciences18.1%
- Literature, Musicology, and Cultural AnalysisSocial Sciences5.9%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities2.2%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities2.2%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science1.5%
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities1.5%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ANVURPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 261 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 8 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 54 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 7 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 50 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 50 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-SA | |
| 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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license Model summary
L'autore è consapevole di rilasciare il proprio lavoro sotto una licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 Internazionale.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Norme relative all’Open Access
Peer reviewed, open access Model summary
«Musica Docta» è una rivista digitale in modalità open access con licenza Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International e con il riconoscimento Approved for Free Cultural Works. Con questa licenza gli autori mantengono il copyright, consentendo a chiunque il download, riutilizzo, ristampa, modifica, distribuzione e/o copia del loro contributo. L’opera deve essere correttamente attribui…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Processo di Peer Review
Gli articoli vengono sottoposti all’esame di due referees: il loro parere motivato viene integralmente comunicato per iscritto agli autori. Le proposte sono sottoposte a refereeing in forma rigorosamente anonima (double blind peer review). I documenti, in lingua francese, inglese, italiana, spagnola o tedesca, vanno inoltrati al Journal Manager, accompagnati da un abstract (circa 200 parole) e da …
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 Bologna
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, German
- ISSN
- 2039-9715
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Musica Docta
How long does peer review take at Musica Docta?
Authors report an average review time of about 50 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.
Which databases index Musica Docta?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Musica Docta is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Musica Docta open access, and what is the APC?
Musica Docta 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, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .