Journal profile · Arts
Problemy muzykal'noi nauki
ISSN 2782-358X · eISSN 2782-3598 · Scholarly-Methodical Center “Innovation Art Studies” · Russian Federation
Problemy muzykal'noi nauki: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Problemy muzykal'noi nauki is published by Scholarly-Methodical Center “Innovation Art Studies” and is in Zone 2 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Musicological Studies, Musicology and Musical Analysis and Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication, together about 46.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cultural Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Russian Musicology Scholarly Journal is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal publishing theoretical and empirical research in the fields of music studies and music education. The journal welcomes contributions from scholars and practitioners worldwide in the form of original research and review articles, opinion papers and book reviews covering the topics of Russian and foreign music history, contemporary art and musical theater, as well as those of style and genre, poetics, semantics and interpretation of artistic texts. Among other invited themes are art synthesis, ethnomusicology, musical performance and music education.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities21.8%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities17.8%
- Discourse Analysis and Cultural CommunicationSocial Sciences6.9%
- Scientific Research and Philosophical InquiryComputer Science6.2%
- Central Asia Education and CultureSocial Sciences5.1%
- Security, Politics, and Digital TransformationSocial Sciences4.7%
- Language, Communication, and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences3.3%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Music | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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
ESCIScopusPublisher website
Other: Russian Index of Science Citation (RINTs)
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.56OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 179 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 18 |
| 2023 | 65 | 65 | 51 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 78 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | RUB 70,500 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | RUB 70,500 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted5
- book reviewsin the form of original research and review articles, opinion papers and book reviewsLength not stated
- opinion papersin the form of original research and review articles, opinion papers and book reviewsLength not stated
- original researchin the form of original research and review articles, opinion papers and book reviewsLength not stated
- original research articlesin the form of original research and review articles, opinion papers and book reviewsLength not stated
- review articlesin the form of original research and review articles, opinion papers and book reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. Model summary
The materials are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Licence (CC–BY–NC–ND).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Platinum Open Access, no publication fees. Model summary
The journal supports Platinum Open Access, i.e., no publication fees are charged.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Anti-plagiarism check and double-blind peer review by at least two specialists in the field. Model summary
All submissions are subject to anti-plagiarism check and double-blind peer review by at least two specialists in the field.
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
- Scholarly-Methodical Center “Innovation Art Studies”
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English, Russian
- ISSN
- 2782-358X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2782-3598
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Problemy muzykal'noi nauki
What CAS zone is Problemy muzykal'noi nauki in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Problemy muzykal'noi nauki is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Music; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Problemy muzykal'noi nauki?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Problemy muzykal'noi nauki?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Problemy muzykal'noi nauki is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ESCI and Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Problemy muzykal'noi nauki open access, and what is the APC?
Problemy muzykal'noi nauki is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .