Journal profile · MUSIC
Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship
ISSN 1997-0854 · eISSN 2587-6341 · Ufa State Academy of Arts named after Zagir Ismagilov · Russian Federation
Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 10 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship is published by Ufa State Academy of Arts named after Zagir Ismagilov 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 Central Asia Education and Culture, together about 44% of its articles. (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
Research area (LetPub): MUSIC
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Musicological StudiesArts and Humanities17.8%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities14.4%
- Central Asia Education and CultureSocial Sciences11.9%
- Scientific Research and Philosophical InquiryComputer Science7.5%
- Security, Politics, and Digital TransformationSocial Sciences6.9%
- Discourse Analysis and Cultural CommunicationSocial Sciences6.1%
- Arts, Culture, and Music StudiesSocial Sciences3.4%
- Educational Methods and Teacher DevelopmentComputer Science3.3%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 581 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | 90 |
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 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double blind peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | RUB 9,600 | No | — | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Ufa State Academy of Arts named after Zagir Ismagilov
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- Russian
- ISSN
- 1997-0854
- Electronic ISSN
- 2587-6341
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship
What CAS zone is Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Music; it is a Top journal. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 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 Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship open access, and what is the APC?
Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki-Music Scholarship is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .