59 Music journals (Arts and Humanities) in ORBIT Tier 3 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 3: third quarter of Arts and Humanities by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science | 2326-0491 | 1,011 | 3 | ≈ ₹28,899 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Music and Letters | 0027-4224 | 211 | 3 | ≈ ₹4,55,923 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Musica | 1844-4369 | 111 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov Series VIII Performing Arts | 2344-200X | 80 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Romania |
| Музыкальная академия | 0869-4516 | 63 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Music Journal of Northern Europe | 2413-0486 | 57 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Arts education and science | 2410-6348 | 54 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Nineteenth-Century Music Review | 1479-4098 | 54 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Punk & Post Punk | 2044-1983 | 51 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Eighteenth Century Music | 1478-5706 | 49 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of the Society for American Music | 1752-1963 | 46 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Scientific herald of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine | 2522-4190 | 45 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Mongolyn soël, urlag sudlal. | 2310-9114 | 44 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Belgium |
| American String Teacher | 0003-1313 | 42 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,27,517 to publish | No | No | United States |
| College music symposium | 0069-5696 | 40 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Ученые записки Российской академии музыки имени Гнесиных | 2227-9997 | 40 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Forum Musikbibliothek | 0173-5187 | 39 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Res Facta Nova Teksty o muzyce współczesnej | 1897-824X | 38 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Musicology Today. | 2067-5364 | 36 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | RM |
| Musicology Australia | 0814-5857 | 35 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Australia |
| BCMCR new directions in media and cultural research. | 2752-4515 | 34 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | ENK |
| Percepta - Revista de Cognição Musical | 2318-891X | 32 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| ANTEC revista peruana de investigación musical | 2521-8565 | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| AMV Antonio María Valencia | 2323-0568 | 29 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Colombia |
| Fontes artis musicae | 0015-6191 | 29 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| African Music Journal of the International Library of African Music | 0065-4019 | 25 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | South Africa |
| Muzikologija | 1450-9814 | 25 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| South African Music Studies | 0258-509X | 24 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Itamar Revista de investigación musical territorios para el arte | 1889-1713 | 23 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Musicological Annual | 0580-373X | 23 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| MUSICultures | 1920-4213 | 23 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Transposition | 2110-6134 | 23 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning / Swedish Journal of Music Research | 0081-9816 | 22 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Sweden |
| Yale Journal of Music & Religion | 2377-231X | 21 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| CAML Review / Revue de l ACBM | 1496-9963 | 20 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Series in Musical Art | 2616-7581 | 19 | 3 | UAH 1,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Journal of Historical Research in Music Education | 1536-6006 | 19 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Journal of the arts and special education. | 2995-7982 | 19 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | INU |
| Latin American Music Review | 0163-0350 | 19 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Jazz & Culture | 2578-4765 | 18 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Puls - musik- och dansetnologisk tidskrift | 2002-2972 | 18 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Sweden |
| Brazilian Journal of Music Therapy | 2175-5957 | 17 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| El oído pensante | 2250-7116 | 16 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Música na Educação Básica | 2175-3172 | 16 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Musicologica Olomucensia | 2787-9186 | 16 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| New Sound | 0354-818X | 16 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Serbia |
| Multidimensional Culture & Arts | 3104-6517 | 15 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | China |
| Music Theory and Analysis (MTA) | 2295-5917 | 15 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Belgium |
| Journal of Black Opera and Music Theatre | 2813-7906 | 14 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Switzerland |
| Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance. | 2995-9179 | 14 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | COU |
| Soundboard Scholar | 2380-2235 | 14 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of the Science and Practice of Music | 1738-1452 | 13 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| Muzica Academica - scientific journal | 3061-5364 | 13 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Sound Stage Screen | 2784-8949 | 13 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| De musica disserenda | 1854-3405 | 12 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| The Opera Quarterly | 0736-0053 | 12 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,67,590 to publish | No | No | United States |
| International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) Journal | 1021-562X | 10 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Journal of Jazz Studies | 2158-1401 | 10 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Piano Research | 3070-3387 | 10 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No |