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Top 10 Music Journals In The World 2026

Are you looking for best Music journals globally? Then you are in the right place.

Here, we provide a leading Music journals list, peer-reviewed and top-ranked journals.

The list of popular Music journals worldwide depends on various ranking factors, such as a journal's impact factor, CiteScore, H-index, peer review process, influence in the field, and overall reputation.

For the top scholarly Music journals, see the list below.

1. Acta Acustica

Acta Acustica is published by European Acoustics Association, EAA, based in France, publishing since 2020. It covers research in Computer Science, Arts and Humanities, Health Professions, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering. Topics covered include linear acoustics, nonlinear acoustics, aeroacoustics, atsmospheric sound, underwater sound, ultrasounds. The journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ; it uses a anonymous peer review process. For full aims and scope, see the journal's official page. more...

2. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica

Acta Ethnographica Hungarica is published by Akademiai Kiado, publishing since 2023. It covers research in Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences. The journal is indexed in Scopus. more...

3. Acta Musicologica

Acta Musicologica is published by International Musicological Society, based in Brazil, publishing since 2013. It covers research in Arts and Humanities. Topics covered include law, society, sociology of law, legal theory. The journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ; it uses a anonymous peer review process. For full aims and scope, see the journal's official page. more...

4. AES Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

AES Journal of the Audio Engineering Society is published by Audio Engineering Society, based in Brazil, publishing since 2013. It covers research in Arts and Humanities, Engineering. Topics covered include law, society, sociology of law, legal theory. The journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ; it uses a anonymous peer review process. For full aims and scope, see the journal's official page. more...

5. American Imago

American Imago is published by Johns Hopkins University Press, publishing since 1996. It covers research in Social Sciences, Psychology, Arts and Humanities. The journal is indexed in Scopus. more...

6. American Music

American Music is published by University of Illinois Press, based in Brazil, publishing since 2013. It covers research in Arts and Humanities. Topics covered include law, society, sociology of law, legal theory. The journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ; it uses a anonymous peer review process. For full aims and scope, see the journal's official page. more...

7. Anuario Musical

Anuario Musical is published by CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, based in Spain, publishing since 1995. It covers research in Arts and Humanities. Topics covered include musicology, ethnomusicology, spanish music, history of music, classical and popular music. The journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ; it uses a anonymous peer review process. For full aims and scope, see the journal's official page. more...

8. Archiv fur Musikwissenschaft

Archiv fur Musikwissenschaft is published by Franz Steiner Verlag, publishing since 2002. It covers research in Arts and Humanities. The journal is indexed in Scopus. more...

9. Art Inquiry

Art Inquiry is published by Lodzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, based in Poland, publishing since 2022. It covers research in Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences. Topics covered include fine arts, film, audiovisual arts, theatre, music. The journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ; it uses a double anonymous peer review process. For full aims and scope, see the journal's official page. more...

10. Arti Musices

Arti Musices is published by Hrvatsko Muzikolosko Drustvo, based in Croatia, publishing since 2007. It covers research in Arts and Humanities. Topics covered include musicology, music, humanities, music history. The journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ; it uses a double anonymous peer review process. For full aims and scope, see the journal's official page. more...