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About the Journal of the Society for American Music format

Journal of the Society for American Music is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Music History and Culture, Musicology and Musical Analysis, Diverse Musicological Studies.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Journal of the Society for American Music 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inMusic History and Culture Musicology and Musical Analysis Diverse Musicological Studies Theater, Performance, and Music History Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
ISSN1752-1963
Citation impact (2-yr)0.05
h-index26
i10-index64
Total citations2,547
Top institutions publishing hereYale University
Journal websiteamerican-music.org
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Papers published in Journal of the Society for American Music per year

58
2014
60
2015
56
2016
57
2017
59
2018
63
2019
57
2020
57
2021
51
2022
49
2023
37
2024
32
2025

Citation impact of Journal of the Society for American Music by publication year

180
2014
189
2015
194
2016
133
2017
165
2018
161
2019
87
2020
53
2021
23
2022
10
2023
3
2024
1
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of the Society for American Music

“You are in a place that is out of the world. . .”: Music in the Detention Camps of the “Global War on Terror”

Suzanne G. Cusick · 25 Jan 2008

Abstract Based on first-person accounts of interrogators and former detainees as well as unclassified military documents, this article outlines the variety of ways that “loud music” has been used in the detention camps of the United States‘ “global war on terror.” A survey of practices at Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan; Camp Nama (Baghdad), Iraq;…

Music as a Technology of Surveillance

Eric Drott · 10 Jul 2018

Abstract This article explores surveillance in cloud-based music streaming. Key catalysts in the transition from ownership- to access-based models of music distribution, services like Spotify, Pandora, or Deezer have positioned themselves as a means of reintegrating listeners into “digital enclosures” over which rights holders exercise greater control. Yet streaming's promise of remonetizing musical commodities demonetized…

Nineteenth-Century Music

Douglas W. Shadle · 1 Nov 2015

Musicological research on nineteenth-century music blossomed during the 1970s. The surge was solidified with the founding of the journal 19th-Century Music in 1977, roughly a year after the establishment of the Sonneck Society and a decade before the appearance of AmeriGrove I . During this decade, the journal published seven articles on nineteenth-century American subjects…

Neoliberalism and the Musical Entrepreneur

Andrea Moore · 1 Feb 2016

Abstract In 2012, the flutist Claire Chase, founder of the International Contemporary Ensemble, received a MacArthur Award for her work as an “arts entrepreneur and flutist.” The award's emphasis on Chase's entrepreneurship reflects the growing demand among classical musicians, educators, and critics for self-driven musical projects, promoted as an engine of classical music's concert culture…

Schizophonic Performance:<i>Guitar Hero, Rock Band</i>, and Virtual Virtuosity

Kiri Miller · 15 Oct 2009

Abstract This article addresses Guitar Hero and Rock Band gameplay as a developing form of collaborative, participatory rock music performance. Drawing on ethnomusicology, performance studies, popular music studies, gender and sexuality studies, and interdisciplinary digital media scholarship, I investigate the games' models of rock heroism, media debates about their impact, and players' ideas about genuine…

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