Rock Music Studies

Aims & Scope

Published three times a year, Rock Music Studies publishes articles, book and audio reviews, and opinion pieces on rock music and its numerous subgenres.

To best focus this international journal, the editors of Rock Music Studies, which evolved from Popular Music and Society, limit the usually all-inclusive definition of rock to exclude other genres such as doo-wop, country, jazz, soul, and hip hop, but include roll and roll, rockabilly, blues rock, country rock, jazz rock, folk rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, prog rock, metal, punk, alternative, and other subgenres of rock.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.173

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22895

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	22

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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.

• Live Concert Performance: An Ecological Approach

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Adam, Matt, Martin, Simon, Emma

• A New Paradigm of Engagement for the Socially Distanced Artist

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Richard, Andy

• “You Know You’re Missing Out on Something”: Collective Nostalgia and Community in Tim’s Twitter Listening Party during COVID-19

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Wonseok, Grace

• Toward a Systematic Understanding of “Heaviness” in Metal Music Production

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Jan-Peter, Mark

• The Cassette in 1980s Indie Music Scenes

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Rob

• Pussy Riot and the Holy Foolishness of Punk

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Kerith M.

• The Live Concert Experience: An Introduction

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Nick, Thomas M.

• Rock-and-Roll Kinderwhore: Gender, Genre, and “Girlville” in Liz Phair’s<i>Girly Sound</i>(1991)

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Marlie

• The Form is the Message: Bob Dylan and the 1960s

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Brian

• Bravehearts and Bonny Mountainsides: Nation and History in Scottish Folk/Black Metal

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Karl

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