Music and Letters

Aims & Scope

Music & Letters is a leading international journal of musical scholarship, publishing articles on topics ranging from antiquity to the present day and embracing musics from classical, popular, and world traditions.

Since its foundation in the 1920s, Music & Letters has especially encouraged fruitful dialogue between musicology and other disciplines.

It is renowned for its long and lively reviews sections, the most comprehensive and thought-provoking in any musicological journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.127

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	19

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26606

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	21

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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.

• The Non-diegetic Fallacy: Film, Music, and Narrative Space

  Citation: 101

  Authors: B.

• What Makes an Audience? Investigating the Roles and Experiences of Listeners at a Chamber Music Festival

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Stephanie E.

• DICE MUSIC IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

  Citation: 51

  Authors: STEPHEN A.

• Categorical conventions in music discourse: style and genre

  Citation: 38

  Authors: A.

• A NOTE ON TWO CAMBRIDGE MANUSCRIPTS AND THEIR COPYISTS

  Citation: 30

  Authors: BRUCE

• From Microsound to Vaporwave: Internet-Mediated Musics, Online Methods, and Genre

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Georgina, Christopher

• Narrative Theory as an Analytical Tool in the Study of Popular Music Texts

  Citation: 27

  Authors: D.

• Loyalty and Longevity in Audience Listening: Investigating Experiences of Attendance at a Chamber Music Festival

  Citation: 26

  Authors: S. E., C. P.

• Distributed Creativity and Ecological Dynamics: A Case Study of Liza Lim's 'Tongue of the Invisible'

  Citation: 24

  Authors: E., M., L.

• John Field and the Alternative History of Concerto First-Movement Form

  Citation: 21

  Authors: J.

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