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About the Early Music format

Early Music is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Musicology and Musical Analysis, Diverse Musicological Studies, Historical Influence and Diplomacy.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Early Music, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Early Music has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inMusicology and Musical Analysis Diverse Musicological Studies Historical Influence and Diplomacy Music Technology and Sound Studies Music History and Culture
ISSN0306-1078
Citation impact (2-yr)0.01
h-index45
i10-index333
Total citations13,073
Article processing charge$3,497
Top institutions publishing herePerfect Harmony Health
Journal websiteem.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in Early Music per year

139
2014
141
2015
110
2016
124
2017
91
2018
97
2019
84
2020
83
2021
65
2022
82
2023
65
2024
56
2025

Citation impact of Early Music by publication year

187
2014
194
2015
92
2016
112
2017
137
2018
176
2019
74
2020
50
2021
8
2022
9
2023
1
2024
1
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Early Music

L’art de toucher le clavecin

D. Gerrard · 5 Jun 2019

2018 warranted 350th-birthday presents galore for François Couperin, and this francocentric roundup includes several such offerings. We must nonetheless begin rather earlier, bordering the pre-clavecin, with Pierre Attaingnant: Auprès de vous (L’Encelade ecl 1301, rec 2013, 65′), in which Pierre Gallon explores Attaingnant’s anonymously prepared 1531 keyboard tablatures, drawing primarily from the four books of…

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Mozart's Viennese orchestras

Dexter Edge · 1 Feb 1992

Mozart's Viennese orchestras Get access Dexter Edge Dexter Edge Lived in Vienna since 1987 and has published several articles on Mozart. He is currently completing a doctoral dissertation on the 18th-century viennese concerto for the University of Southern California. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Early Music, Volume XX,…

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Topical content in Mozart's keyboard sonatas

Leonard G. Ratner · 1 Nov 1991

Journal Article Topical content in Mozart's keyboard sonatas Get access Leonard G. Ratner Leonard G. Ratner professor emeritus of Stanford University. He is the author of Classic Music: Expression, Form, and Style (1980) and Romantic Music: Sound and Syntax (forthcoming). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Early Music, Volume…

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Early Music template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Early Music format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Early Music template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Oxford University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Early Music use?
Early Music uses Author–year (OUP) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Early Music, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Early Music?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready Early Music document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Early Music template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Early Music format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Early Music?
Early Music is a multidisciplinary journal published by Oxford University Press. DocuGuru's Early Music template matches Oxford University Press's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Early Music PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Early Music template (the oup-authoring-template class) that is ready to submit to Oxford University Press, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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