Muziki

Aims & Scope

Focused primarily on African music research, Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa welcomes scholarly articles and reviews of books, music, and recordings related to musical theory and practice of the African continent and beyond.

We aim to provide a platform for established and emerging scholars in the fields of performance practice, ethnomusicology, and ‘traditional’ musicology as well as jazz and popular music studies encompassing diverse aspects of local, diasporic, and global research.

Muziki succeeded the long-established Ars Nova journal of the Musicology Department at the University of South Africa in 2004.

The journal is accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training and employs a rigorous double-blind peer review process for all submissions.

Formerly known as Ars Nova (1969 - 2003).

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.154

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24216

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17

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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.

• Representation of women in male-produced “urban grooves” music in Zimbabwe

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Tendai

• Of Commodities and Objects: Women and Their Representations in Nigerian Hip-Hop

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Paul Ayodele

• The aesthetics of Winky D's Zimbabwe urban grooves music and an overview of his social commentary on the post-2000 experiences in Harare and other urban centres

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Irikidzayi

• Exploring the dimensions of flow and the role of music in professional ballet dancers

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Clorinda

• Challenging Patriarchy and Exercising Women's Agency in Zimbabwean Music: Analysing the Careers of Chiwoniso Maraire and Olivia Charamba

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Ezra, Pauline

• Continuity and change: Impact of global popular culture on urban grooves music in Zimbabwe

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Tendai

• What Is in a Song? Constructions of Hegemonic Masculinity by Zimbabwean Football Fans

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Lyton, Fiona

• Social commentary, subaltern voices and the alternative medium of Zimdancehall music: Unpacking the music of Winky D and Sniper Storm

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Oswelled, Yollanda

• Black September et al: Chimurenga songs as historical narratives in the Zimbabwean Liberation war*

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Charles

• Singing in the Victorian world: Tonic sol-fa and discourses of religion, science and Empire in the Cape Colony

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Grant

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