Leonardo Music Journal

Aims & Scope

Leonardo Music Journal (LMJ) is the annual companion journal to Leonardo.

LMJ is devoted to aesthetic and technical issues in contemporary music and the sonic arts.

Each thematic issue features artists and writers from around the world, representing a wide range of stylistic viewpoints.

Recent issues have covered improvisation, musical communities, live performance in the digital age, and the politics of sound art.

Each volume includes the latest offering from the LMJ audio series—an exciting sampling of works chosen by a guest curator and accompanied by notes from the composers and performers.

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

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

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.

• Too Many Notes: Computers, Complexity and Culture in <i>Voyager</i>

  Citation: 165

  Authors: George E.

• Displaced Soundscapes: A Survey of Network Systems for Music and Sonic Art Creation

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Álvaro

• Vox Populi: An Interactive Evolutionary System for Algorithmic Music Composition

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Artemis, Jônatas, Fernando Von, Ricardo

• <i>Heat and the Heartbeat of the City:</i> Sonifying Data Describing Climate Change

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Andrea

• Inventing Images: Constructing and Contesting Gender in Thinking about Electroacoustic Music

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Andra

• The Aesthetics and History of the Hub: The Effects of Changing Technology on Network Computer Music

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Scot

• On the Entropy of Music: An Experiment with Bach Chorale Melodies

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Leonard C., Ian H., Mark

• Algorithms as Scores: Coding Live Music

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Thor

• A Performer-Controlled Live Sound-Processing System: New Developments and Implementations of the Expanded Instrument System

  Citation: 30

  Authors: David, Pauline

• Compositional Processes from an Ecological Perspective

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Damián