Journal of World Popular Music
Published by Equinox Publishing Ltd
ISSN : 2052-4900 eISSN : 2052-4919
Abbreviation : J. World Pop. Music.
Aims & Scope
Journal of World Popular Music is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research and scholarship on recent issues and debates surrounding international popular musics, also known as World Music, Global Pop, World Beat or, more recently, World Music 2.0.
The journal provides a forum to explore the manifestations and impacts of post-globalizing trends, processes, and dynamics surrounding these musics today.
It adopts an open-minded perspective, including in its scope any local popularized musics of the world, commercially available music of non-Western origin, musics of ethnic minorities, and contemporary fusions or collaborations with local ‘traditional’ or ‘roots’ musics with Western pop and rock musics.
Placing specific emphasis on contemporary, interdisciplinary, and international perspectives, the journal’s special features include empirical research and scholarship into the global creative and music industries, the participants of World Music, the musics themselves and their representations in all media forms today, among other relevant themes and issues; alongside explorations of recent ideas and perspectives from popular music, ethnomusicology, anthropology, musicology, communication, media and cultural studies, sociology, geography, art and museum studies, and other fields with a scholarly focus on World Music.
The journal also features special, guest-edited issues that bring together contributions under a unifying theme or geographical area.
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Impact Factor
Year | Value |
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2025 | 0.3 |
2024 | 0.20 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
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2024 | 0.155 |
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2024 | Q2 |
h-index
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2024 | 6 |
Journal Rank
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2024 | 24135 |
Journal Citation Indicator
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2024 | 15 |
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Most Cited Articles
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New Normal or Old Problems? “Hibernation†and Planning for Music Careers in the Victorian Music Industries during COVID-19
Citation: 4
Authors: Fabian, Catherine