American Music

Aims & Scope

American Music is an independent, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by the University of Illinois Press.

Its articles, reviews, and special issues are devoted to American music in the broadest sense, including musical practices of North, South, and Central America as well as American musics performed anywhere in the world.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.122

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• "God's Gift to Us Girls": Crooning, Gender, and the Re-Creation of American Popular Song, 1928-1933

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Allison

• Music for Middlebrows: Defining the Easy Listening Era, 1946–1966

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Keir

• From Music Publishing to MP3: Music and Industry in the Twentieth Century

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Reebee

• Between the Notes: Finding Asian America in Popular Music

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Oliver

• Elvis Everywhere: Musicology and Popular Music Studies at the Twilight of the Canon

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Robert

• Interpreting Muzak: Speculations on Musical Experience in Everyday Life

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Ronald M.

• White Noise: Race and Erasure in the Cultural Avant-Garde

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Lloyd

• The Emergence of the Jazz Concert, 1935-1945

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Scott

• Jazz outside the Marketplace: Free Improvisation and Nonprofit Sponsorship of the Arts, 1965-1980

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Iain

• One Size Does Not Fit All: The Precarious Position of the African American Entrepreneur in Post-World War II American Popular Music

  Citation: 31

  Authors: David

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