Journal of New Music Research

Aims & Scope

The Journal of New Music Research (JNMR) publishes material which increases our understanding of music and musical processes by systematic, scientific and technological means.

Research published in the journal is innovative, empirically grounded and often, but not exclusively, uses quantitative methods.

Articles are both musically relevant and scientifically rigorous, giving full technical details.

No bounds are placed on the music or musical behaviours at issue: popular music, music of diverse cultures and the canon of western classical music are all within the Journal’s scope.

Articles deal with theory, analysis, composition, performance, uses of music, instruments and other music technologies.

The Journal was founded in 1972 with the original title Interface to reflect its interdisciplinary nature, drawing on musicology (including music theory), computer science, psychology, acoustics, philosophy, and other disciplines.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.354

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	45

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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.

• Expression, Perception, and Induction of Musical Emotions: A Review and a Questionnaire Study of Everyday Listening

  Citation: 645

  Authors: Patrik N., Petri

• Which Emotions Can be Induced by Music? What Are the Underlying Mechanisms? And How Can We Measure Them?

  Citation: 287

  Authors: Klaus R.

• Beat Tracking by Dynamic Programming

  Citation: 225

  Authors: Daniel P. W.

• Resonance in the Perception of Musical Pulse

  Citation: 221

  Authors: Leon, Dirk

• Representing Musical Genre: A State of the Art

  Citation: 189

  Authors: Jean-Julien, Fran�ois

• Automatic Extraction of Tempo and Beat From Expressive Performances

  Citation: 182

  Authors: Simon

• A Highly Robust Audio Fingerprinting System With an Efficient Search Strategy

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Jaap, Ton

• An Audio-based Real-time Beat Tracking System for Music With or Without Drum-sounds

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Masataka

• Multiple viewpoint systems for music prediction

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Darrell, Ian H.

• Social Tagging and Music Information Retrieval

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Paul

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