Journal of Popular Music Studies

Aims & Scope

Journal of Popular Music Studies is the peer-reviewed, quarterly publication of the U.S.

Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music.

The journal’s purview encompasses all genres of music that have been dubbed popular in any geographic region.

In addition to mainstream genres such as rock, hip hop, EDM, punk, or country, it explores popular forms ranging from broadsides to Broadway to Bollywood film music.

It aims to present popular music scholarship from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including history, sociology, musicology, ethnomusicology, cultural studies, and communication.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.211

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	18

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20515

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	52

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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.

• Genres, Subgenres, Sub-Subgenres and More: Musical and Social Differentiation Within Electronic/Dance Music Communities

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Kembrew

• Teenyboppers, Groupies, and Other Grotesques: Girls and Women and Rock Culture in the 1960s and early 1970s

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Norma

• DEBORAH PACINI HERNANDEZ AND REEBEE GAROFALO: HIP HOP IN HAVANA RAP, RACE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY CUBA

  Citation: 61

  Authors: DEBORAH PACINI, REEBEE

• YouTube, Twerking & You: Context Collapse and the Handheld Co-Presence of Black Girls and Miley Cyrus

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Kyra D.

• Rap's Diasporic Dialogues: Cuba's Redefinition of Blackness

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Alan

• You Keep Coming Back Like A Song: Adult Audiences, Taste Panics, and the Idea of the Standard

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Keir

• A Roundtable on Ken Burns's Jazz

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Geoffrey

• "I Want to See All My Friends At Once": Arthur Russell and the Queering of Gay Disco

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Tim

• “Robo-Diva R&B”: Aesthetics, Politics, and Black Female Robots in Contemporary Popular Music

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Robin

• Is Funny Music Funny? Contexts and Case Studies of Film Music Humor

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Miguel

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