Studia Musicologica

Aims & Scope

Studia Musicologica, the international journal of musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is dedicated to the study of musicology in the broadest sense.

The journal publishes longer studies, short essays, editions of documents with commentary, and reviews in English and German with special respect to subjects connected with the history of Hungarian and Central European music as well as folk (traditional) music of the region.

Studia Musicologica welcomes articles on these topics using historical, historiographical and analytical perspectives based on archival research, contemporary fieldwork, and digital resources.

The journal also considers review essays on thematically related books, music editions, and/or digital resources.

Digitized or scanned music examples and plates are a welcome addition, yet authors are responsible for obtaining permission to include copyrighted material in any type of text published in the journal.

Peer-review process in Studia Musicologica is double-blind; all submissions are evaluated by two readers.

Original articles that are not under review elsewhere should be anywhere between 4,000 to 12,000 words (footnotes and bibliography included).

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1
2024	0.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.111

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

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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.

• Mid-section cadences in Haydn’s sonata-form movements

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Poundie

• In Beethoven's and Wagner's footsteps: Phrase structures and Satzketten in the instrumental music of Béla Bartók

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Per F.

• Central European Connections of Six Manuscript Organ Tablature Books of the Reformation Era from the Region of Zips (Szepes, SpiÅ¡)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Marta

• Structural communication and predictability in the performance style of Bartók and Dohnányi

  Citation: 4

  Authors: László

• Nationalism through sacred chant? Research of Byzantine musicology in totalitarian Romania

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Nicolae

• Haydn’s sensibility

  Citation: 4

  Authors: James

• “Our song!” Nationalism in folk music research and revival in socialist Czechoslovakia

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Matěj

• Bartók's influence on Chinese new music in the post-cultural revolution era

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Hoi-Yan

• Music and Italian National Identity: Mme de Staël’s Corinne ou l’Italie

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Franco

• The evolution of the idea of ‘National’ as a multi-level construct within 19th-century Croatian musical culture

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Stanislav

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