Popular Music

Aims & Scope

Popular Music is an international multi-disciplinary journal covering all aspects of the subject - from the formation of social group identities through popular music, to the workings of the global music industry, to how particular pieces of music are put together.

The journal includes all kinds of popular music, whether rap or rai, jazz or rock, from any historical era and any geographical location.

Popular Music carries articles by scholars from a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives.

Each issue contains substantial, authoritative and influential articles, shorter topical pieces, and reviews of a wide range of books.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.376

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	43

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14399

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	99

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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 and Social Sciences, 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.

• ‘Turn it down!’ she shrieked: gender, domestic space, and high fidelity, 1948–59

  Citation: 233

  Authors: Keir

• Authenticity as authentication

  Citation: 197

  Authors: Allan

• Why 1955? Explaining the advent of rock music

  Citation: 181

  Authors: Richard A.

• Analysing popular music: theory, method and practice

  Citation: 166

  Authors: Philip

• The walkman effect

  Citation: 162

  Authors: Shuhei

• ‘The magic that can set you free’: the ideology of folk and the myth of the rock community

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Simon

• ‘Represent’: race, space and place in rap music

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Murray

• A corpus analysis of rock harmony

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Trevor, David

• Rethinking the music industry

  Citation: 107

  Authors: JOHN, MARTIN

• Another boring day in paradise: rock and roll and the empowerment of everyday life

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Lawrence

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