Music Theory And Analysis

Aims & Scope

Music Theory and Analysis (MTA) is a peer-reviewed, international, English-language journal focusing on recent developments in music theory and analysis.

Special emphasis is placed on the interplay between theory and analysis, as well as on the interaction between European and North-American scholarship.

Open to a wide variety of repertoires, approaches, and methodologies, the journal aims to stimulate dialogue between diverse traditions within the field.

While MTA’s primary focus is on peer-reviewed articles (ca. 5,000–12,000 words), the editors welcome submissions in the following formats as well: -Analytical vignettes (peer-reviewed)- Colloquiums (a collection of peer-reviewed articles or vignettes addressing a certain theme)- Contributions to the pedagogy of music theory and analysis (peer-reviewed)- Translations on and commentaries of historical sources (peer-reviewed)- Peer-reviewed review-articles (classic book reviews are by invitation only)

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30207

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1

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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

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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 Syntax of Jazz Harmony: Diatonic Tonality, Phrase Structure, and Form

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Martin

• Criteria for a Theory of Nineteenth-Century Sonata Form

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Julian

• Schubert's SLIDEs: Tonal (Non-)Integration of a Paradoxical Transformation

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Frank

• Implicit Counterpoint in Gjerdingen's Schemata

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Gilad

• The Butterfly and the Artillery: Models of Listening in Schenker and Gjerdingen

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Oliver

• Harmony, Voice Leading, and Cyclic Structures in Thomas Adès's “Chori”

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Philip

• Cadential Content and Cadential Function in the First-Movement Expositions of Schumann's Violin Sonatas

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Peter H.

• Expanding the Sentence: Intersections of Theory, History, and Aesthetics

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Karl

• Schema and Function

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Folker

• Haydn's Early Altered Recapitulations as Evidence of Early Sonata-Form Logic

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Yoel

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