Acta Musicologica (p-ISSN: 0001-6241 | e-ISSN: 2296-4339), managed and published by the International Musicological Society (IMS), is one of the world’s oldest and most renowned musicological journals. Emphasis is placed on methodological cooperation between all musicological sub-disciplines as well as on the integration of related fields. Contributions can be submitted at any time.
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Acta ensures the highest ethical and professional standards of scholarship. It follows the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the COPE Core Practices published by the Committee for Publication Ethics (COPE). The journal also adheres to the COPE Guidelines. In particular, the following practices are not accepted:
- Misrepresentation (fabrication or falsification of data and inappropriate image manipulation)
- Plagiarism (unreferenced use of published and unpublished ideas)
- Duplicate and redundant publication (text recycling of the author's own work)
- Copyright infringement
The following sanctions may be applied according to the severity of the infraction: The editors may publish a retraction, inform the author’s institution, and/or refuse to consider future work from the author.
Abstracting, Archiving, Indexing, and Ranking
Acta is included in the following indexing services, bibliographic depositories, and full-text databases:
Arts & Humanities Citation Index | Bibliometriske Forskningsindikator (BFI) | BMS Online | Current Contents/Arts & Humanities | Dietrich’s Index Philosophicus | EBSCOhost Music Index | European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH Plus) | Index Copernicus | Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur | JSTOR | JUFO Portal | Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers | Project MUSE | ProQuest | RILM Abstracts of Music Literature | Scilit | SCImago Journal & Country Rank | Scopus
Open Access Policy
Acta is committed to advancing sustained open access to musicological publications. Currently, the journal offers its authors a green open access policy. Therefore the authors’ articles are available for self-deposition from twelve months after the publishing dates (either June 15 or December 15 of the following year).
Ownership
International Musicological Society (IMS)
PO Box 633, Basel, 4001 Switzerland
Official Website / Privacy Notice
The IMS is the media owner of Acta. Although the journal is published and financed by the IMS, it is open to authors and readers from around the world.
Editorial Team
Editors-in-Chief
Jen-yen Chen (TW)
Arnulf Christian Mattes (NO)
Luisa Nardini (US)
Managing and Digital Editor
Lukas Christensen (AT)
Editorial Board
Talia Bachir-Loopuyt (FR)
Egberto Bermúdez (CO)
Jessica Bissett Perea (US)
Maria Alexandra Iñigo Chua (PH)
Michael Fjeldsoe (DK)
Luba Kyyanovska (UA)
Alejandro Madrid-Gonzalez (US)
Ricardo Miranda (MX)
Mathayo Ndomondo (TZ)
Marie Agatha Ozah (NG)
Suddhaseel Sen (IN)
Alejandro Vera (CL)
Helan Yang (HK)