Metal Music Studies

Aims & Scope

This peer-reviewed journal provides a focus for research and theory in metal music studies, a multidisciplinary (and interdisciplinary) subject field that engages with a range of parent disciplines.

It provides a platform for high-quality research and theory and aims to be a unique resource for metal music studies.

It is the intellectual hub for the International Society of Metal Music Studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.164

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	13

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23477

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	18

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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.

• ‘To Holmgard … and Beyond’: Folk metal fantasies and hegemonic white masculinities

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Karl

• Re-conceptualizing women’s marginalization in heavy metal: A feminist post-structuralist perspective

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Gabby

• Heaviness and the electric guitar: Considering the interaction between distortion and harmonic structures

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Jan-Peter

• Historical development, sound aesthetics and production techniques of the distorted electric guitar in metal music

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Jan-Peter

• ‘I’m sorry, but it’s true, you’re bringin’ on the heartache’: The antiquated methodology of Deena Weinstein

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Amanda, Lyndsay

• Considering genre in metal music

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Benjamin

• Predictors of communal formation in a small heavy metal scene: Puerto Rico as a case study

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Nelson, Eliut, Carmen L. Rivera, Sigrid, Osvaldo

• Difficulty as heaviness: Links between rhythmic difficulty and perceived heaviness in the music of Meshuggah and The Dillinger Escape Plan

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Calder

• Postfeminism and heavy metal in the United Kingdom: Sexy or sexist?

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Heather, Sam

• Amalgamated anecdotes: Perspectives on the history of metal music and culture studies

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Brian

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