Journal of the Society for American Music

Aims & Scope

Journal of the Society for American Music is an international, peer-reviewed journal dealing with all aspects of American music and music in the Americas.

JSAM is dedicated to supporting scholarship that transcends disciplinary boundaries, cutting across historical musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, cultural theory, identity studies, and American studies.

JSAM encourages international dialogue across disciplines.

The journal features articles, reviews of books, recordings, and multimedia items, and explorations of special topics.

Journal of the Society for American Music welcomes papers covering cultural hierarchy; social, political, economic, gender, and sexuality issues; race and ethnicity; the impact and role of the media; sacred, secular, and popular contexts and traditions; geographical and historical patterns; composers, performers, and audiences; historiography and reception history; problems of research, analysis, criticism, and aesthetics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.105

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	14

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29129

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	12

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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.

• “You are in a place that is out of the world. . .”: Music in the Detention Camps of the “Global War on Terror”

  Citation: 134

  Authors: SUZANNE G.

• Music as a Technology of Surveillance

  Citation: 62

  Authors: ERIC A.

• Schizophonic Performance:<i>Guitar Hero, Rock Band</i>, and Virtual Virtuosity

  Citation: 50

  Authors: KIRI

• “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”: Nina Simone and the Redefining of the Freedom Song of the 1960s

  Citation: 40

  Authors: TAMMY L.

• Neoliberalism and the Musical Entrepreneur

  Citation: 34

  Authors: ANDREA

• The Virtual Discourses of Pamela Z

  Citation: 33

  Authors: GEORGE E.

• Janelle Monáe's<i>Dirty Computer</i>Music Video/Film: A Collective Reading

  Citation: 28

  Authors: CAROL, GABRIEL, JONATHAN, GABRIELLE, DANIEL, STEVEN, MAEVE, MAXWELL

• <i>Rough Americana</i>. By DJ Mutamassik (turntables, tape recorder, and effects) and Morgan Craft (stunt guitar). Circle of Light COL 002, 2003.

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Fred

• John Philip Sousa and “The Menace of Mechanical Music”

  Citation: 25

  Authors: PATRICK

• Staging Overcoming: Narratives of Disability and Meritocracy in Reality Singing Competitions

  Citation: 18

  Authors: WILLIAM

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