Sound Studies

Aims & Scope

Sound Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is an international, peer reviewed and inter-disciplinary journal in sound studies, providing a unique forum for the development of the subject within a range of disciplines such as history, sociology, media, comparative literature, cultural studies, black studies, indigenous studies, ethnomusicology, historical musicology, film studies, anthropology, geography, philosophy, urban studies, architecture, arts and performance studies.

The journal encourages the study and research of sound by publishing submissions that are interdisciplinary, theoretical, empirically rich and critical in nature.

Situated at the cutting edge of sound studies, Sound Studies builds on more than three decades of pioneering work in the history, theory, ethnography and cultural analysis of sound.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.184

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	11

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22205

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	23

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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.

• Sound studies without auditory culture: a critique of the ontological turn

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Brian

• Sounds inside: prison, prisoners and acoustical agency

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Tom

• Beats, flesh, and grain: sonic tactility and affect in electronic dance music

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Luis-Manuel

• Piano transductions: music, sound and noise in urban Taiwan

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Jennifer C.

• Between silence and pain: loudness and the affective encounter

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Michael C.

• ASMR: bodily pleasure, online performance, digital modality

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Paula Clare

• Murder, she spoke: the female voice’s ethics of evocation and spatialisation in the true crime podcast

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Amanda

• Driving future sounds: imagination, identity and safety in electric vehicle noise design

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Elizabeth A.

• Sonic lawfare: on the jurisprudence of weaponised sound

  Citation: 18

  Authors: James E. K.

• Ontologies of acoustic endurance: rethinking wartime sound and listening

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Jim

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