Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Music

Online Journal of Music Sciences

ISSN 2536-4421 · Online Journal of Music Sciences · Turkey

Online Journal of Music Sciences: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 86 days (first decision after review, publisher); 64 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value

CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartileQ4Music · rank 161/196 · 18th percentile

Review time86 daysPublisher-reported, first decision after review · community reports about 10 weeks

APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)

Acceptance—No reports yet

Articles per year642025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Online Journal of Music Sciences is published by Online Journal of Music Sciences. 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 56.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music and Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Online Journal of Music Sciences (OJOMUS), Müzik bilimleri üzerine yüksek kaliteli makaleler yayınlayan, Scopus tarafından indekslenen uluslararası ve hakemli bir dergidir. Online Journal of Music Sciences yılda Dört kere yayınlanmaktadır. Müzik Bilimleri alanına katkı sağlayacak nitelikteki, özgün makalelerin yanı sıra seminer, konferans ve sempozyum değerlendirmelerini yayınlar.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Music

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities23.3%
Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities21.1%
Music Education and AnalysisSocial Sciences12%
Turkish Literature and CultureArts and Humanities8.4%
Music History and CultureArts and Humanities4.9%
Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science4.7%
Cultural and Sociopolitical StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
Educational Methods and AnalysisSocial Sciences3.2%

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.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

Subject	Quartile	Rank	Percentile
Music	Q4	161/196	18th

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

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: 0.2LetPub · 2026-11-01
SJR 2026-06: 0.13LetPub · 2026-11-01
SNIP 2026-06: 1.18LetPub · 2026-11-01
h-index: 5OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
i10-index: 1OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
2-year mean citedness: 0.38OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
Share of gold OA articles: 0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 287 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	100	100	66
2025	64	64	48
2024	41	41	21
2023	14	14	18
2022	14	14	9
2021	12	12	13

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

86 daysfirst decision after review · community reports about 10 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 10 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01
Desk decision: 11 daysPublisher website · 2026-11-01
First decision after review: 86 daysPublisher website · 2026-11-01
Acceptance to publication: 34 daysPublisher website · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported): about 10 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01
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	2026-11-01
LetPub	No APC	No	—	2026-11-01

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)

Article types accepted6

araştırma makalesiAraştırma MakalesiLength not stated
bibliyografiBibliyografiLength not stated
derlemeDerlemeLength not stated
kitap i̇ncelemesiKitap İncelemesiLength not stated
sanat ve edebiyatSanat ve EdebiyatLength not stated
toplantı özetiToplantı ÖzetiLength not stated

Publisher website

Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism

Publication ethics

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy Model summary

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Source ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Çift taraflı kör hakemlik (double-blind peer review) politikası uygulanmaktadır. Model summary

Dergide çift taraflı kör hakemlik politikası izlenmektedir.

Source ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

Plagiarism

İntihal/benzerlik oranı kaynaklar hariç %20'nin altında olmalıdır. Model summary

Benzerlik yüzdesi kaynaklar hariç %20'dan az olmalıdır.

Source ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

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: Online Journal of Music Sciences
Country or region: Turkey
Language: English, Turkish
ISSN: 2536-4421
Official links: Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
Author guidelines ↗LetPub
Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
APC information ↗DOAJ
Open access statement ↗DOAJ
License & copyright ↗DOAJ
Peer review process ↗LetPub
Editorial board ↗LetPub
Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Online Journal of Music Sciences

How long does peer review take at Online Journal of Music Sciences?

The publisher reports about 86 days (first decision after review); authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Online Journal of Music Sciences?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Online Journal of Music Sciences is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Online Journal of Music Sciences open access, and what is the APC?

Online Journal of Music Sciences 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: 2026-11-01.