Popular Music History

Aims & Scope

Popular Music History publishes original historical and historiographical research that draws on the wide range of disciplines and intellectual trajectories that have contributed to the establishment of popular music studies as a recognized academic enterprise.

Articles that challenge established orthodoxies in popular music studies, examine the formation and dissolution of canons, interrogate histories of genres, focus on forms of popular music that have existed below the "historical radar," and engage in archaeologies of popular music history, are particularly welcome.

The philosophy of Popular Music History is to encourage research that is empirically grounded.

However, the journal's historical orientation is not intended to be exclusive.

Articles that concentrate on historical and historiographical issues that draw on music analysis, incorporate cultural theory, or engage in the ‘history of the present’, are also appropriate.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.104

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	5

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	29297

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4

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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.

• Conflict and collaboration

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Eamonn

• Taste-making and trend-spotting

  Citation: 39

  Authors: David

• Constructing histories through material culture

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Marion

• It was easy, it was cheap, so what?

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Pete

• Popular music, mapping, and the characterization of Liverpool

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Brett, Sara, John

• Heavy metal as controversy and counterculture

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Titus, Keith, Mark

• The forgotten decade

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Andy

• Down beats and rolling stones

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Matt

• Sucking in the Seventies?

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Marcus

• ‘Masters of our own destiny’

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Sarah, Alison

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