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Sound Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Music History and Culture, Diverse Musicological Studies, Music Technology and Sound Studies.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Sound Studies 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inMusic History and Culture Diverse Musicological Studies Music Technology and Sound Studies Musicology and Musical Analysis Sound Studies and Aurality
Papers published last year≈30
ISSN2055-1940
Citation impact (2-yr)0.28
h-index20
i10-index38
Total citations1,578
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Cambridge
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Most-cited papers in Sound Studies

Sound studies without auditory culture: a critique of the ontological turn

Brian Kane · 1 Jan 2015

‘Sound studies’ and ‘auditory culture’ are terms often used synonymously to designate a broad, heterogeneous, interdisciplinary field of inquiry. Yet a potential disjunction between these terms remains. Some scholars within sound studies, by turning to the ontology of sound and to the material–affective processes that lie ‘beneath representation and signification’, reject auditory cultural studies. In…

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Between silence and pain: loudness and the affective encounter

Michael Heller · 1 Jan 2015

As an axiomatic condition of sound, loudness is implicated at all levels of aural perception. Ever in contest, loudness asserts its importance in noise ordinances and stage whispers, on the battlefield and by the infant’s bedside. Yet despite its pervasiveness, loudness remains among the least-analyzed components of the sonic encounter. Focusing on musical applications and…

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Beats, flesh, and grain: sonic tactility and affect in electronic dance music

Luis-Manuel Garcia · 1 Jan 2015

This essay sets out to explore the tactilization of sound in electronic dance music (EDM), which offers an important sensory–affective bridge between touch, sonic experience, and an expansive sense of connection in dancing crowds. Electronic dance music events tend to engender spaces of heightened tactility and embodied intimacy, and so it should not be surprising…

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Ontologies of acoustic endurance: rethinking wartime sound and listening

Jim Sykes · 2 Jan 2018

This article argues that when recent writers in sound studies claim primacy for nonrepresentational experiences of the sounds of military weaponry in definitions of the “ontology” of wartime sound and audition, the result is that a universalised, Western, male listener and the sounds of weaponry are positioned as the proper subject and object for writings…

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Sound Studies template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Sound Studies format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Sound Studies template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Sound Studies use?
Sound Studies uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) 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, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Sound Studies 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Sound Studies?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Sound Studies 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 Sound Studies template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Sound Studies format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Sound Studies?
Sound Studies is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Sound Studies template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Sound Studies PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Sound Studies template (the interact class) that is ready to submit to Taylor & Francis, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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