Arts
288 journals in P6.04 Arts (Humanities and the Arts), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/288 | Arts Education Policy Review Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1063-2913 | 11.63 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/288 | Research Studies in Music Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1321-103X | 10.80 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/288 | International Journal of Art & Design Education Wiley, ISSN 1476-8062 | 8.36 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/288 | International Journal of Music Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0255-7614 | 7.83 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/288 | Music Education Research Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1461-3808 | 7.48 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/288 | Journal of Research in Music Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0022-4294 | 7.05 | 98.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/288 | Studies in Art Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0039-3541 | 4.94 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/288 | Action Criticism and Theory for Music Education MayDay Group, ISSN 1545-4517 | 4.73 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/288 | Update Applications of Research in Music Education SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1945-0109 | 4.28 | 97.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 10/288 | International Journal of Education through Art Intellect, ISSN 1743-5234 | 3.94 | 96.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/288 | Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education University of Illinois Press, ISSN 0010-9894 | 3.74 | 96.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/288 | British Journal of Music Education Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0265-0517 | 3.66 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/288 | Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Oxford University Press, ISSN 0021-8529 | 3.62 | 95.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/288 | International Journal of Community Music Intellect, ISSN 1752-6299 | 3.56 | 95.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/288 | Nordic Research in Music Education ISSN 2703-8041 | 3.36 | 95.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 16/288 | Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance Routledge, ISSN 1356-9783 | 3.19 | 94.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 17/288 | The British Journal of Aesthetics Oxford University Press, ISSN 0007-0904 | 3.01 | 94.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 18/288 | Popular Music & Society Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0300-7766 | 2.98 | 93.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 19/288 | Music Theory Spectrum Oxford University Press, ISSN 0195-6167 | 2.85 | 93.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 20/288 | Art Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0004-3125 | 2.82 | 93.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 21/288 | Journal of General Music Education ISSN 1048-3713 | 2.79 | 92.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 22/288 | Music Educators Journal SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0027-4321 | 2.79 | 92.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 23/288 | Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP, ISSN 2535-2857 | 2.70 | 92.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 24/288 | Journal of Visual Art Practice Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1470-2029 | 2.64 | 91.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 25/288 | International Journal of Music and Performing Arts ISSN 2374-2690 | 2.63 | 91.5 | Provisional C-Q1 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 26/288 | Journal of Popular Music Education Intellect, ISSN 2397-6721 | 2.62 | 91.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 27/288 | Text and Performance Quarterly Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0734-0796 | 2.45 | 90.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 28/288 | String Research Journal SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1948-4992 | 2.36 | 90.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 29/288 | Grey Room The MIT Press, ISSN 1526-3819 | 2.35 | 90.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 30/288 | Revista Electrónica de LEEME Jesus Tejada and Universidad de Valencia, ISSN 1575-9563 | 2.30 | 89.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 31/288 | Revista Electrónica Complutense de Investigación en Educación Musical - RECIEM Servicio de Publicaciones, ISSN 1698-7454 | 2.28 | 89.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 32/288 | Music Theory Online Society for Music Theory, ISSN 1067-3040 | 2.21 | 89.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 33/288 | REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN MUSICAL SAGE Publishing, ISSN 2307-4841 | 2.19 | 88.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 34/288 | South Asian Popular Culture Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1474-6689 | 2.05 | 88.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 35/288 | Contemporary Music Review Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0749-4467 | 2.02 | 88.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 36/288 | Body Space & Technology Open Library of Humanities, ISSN 1470-9120 | 1.98 | 87.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 37/288 | Journal of Aesthetic Education University of Illinois Press, ISSN 0021-8510 | 1.98 | 87.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 38/288 | Contemporary Musicology ISSN 2587-9731 | 1.93 | 87.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 39/288 | Voice and Speech Review Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2326-8263 | 1.89 | 86.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 40/288 | Studies in Theatre and Performance Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1468-2761 | 1.86 | 86.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 41/288 | Visual Arts Research University of Illinois Press, ISSN 0736-0770 | 1.85 | 85.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 42/288 | African Musicology Online ISSN 1994-7712 | 1.81 | 85.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 43/288 | Ethnomusicology Forum Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1741-1912 | 1.79 | 85.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 44/288 | Journal of Music Theory Duke University, ISSN 0022-2909 | 1.71 | 84.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 45/288 | Metal Music Studies Intellect, ISSN 2052-3998 | 1.59 | 84.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 46/288 | Music Analysis Wiley, ISSN 0262-5245 | 1.59 | 84.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 47/288 | Journal of the American Musicological Society University of California Press, ISSN 0003-0139 | 1.59 | 83.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 48/288 | Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2150-4857 | 1.56 | 83.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 49/288 | Journal of Music Technology and Education Intellect, ISSN 1752-7066 | 1.53 | 83.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 50/288 | Global Hip Hop Studies Intellect, ISSN 2632-6825 | 1.50 | 82.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 51/288 | Muziki Routledge, ISSN 1753-593X | 1.48 | 82.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 52/288 | The Comics Grid Journal of Comics Scholarship Open Library of Humanities, ISSN 2048-0792 | 1.41 | 82.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 53/288 | TDR/The Drama Review Cambridge University Press, ISSN 1054-2043 | 1.40 | 81.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 54/288 | Sound Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2055-1940 | 1.40 | 81.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 55/288 | Popular Music Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0261-1430 | 1.39 | 81.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 56/288 | Leonardo The MIT Press, ISSN 0024-094X | 1.39 | 80.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 57/288 | IASPM Journal International Association for the Study of Popular Music, ISSN 2079-3871 | 1.39 | 80.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 58/288 | Música Hodie Universidade Federal de Goiás, ISSN 1676-3939 | 1.38 | 80.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 59/288 | Applied Theatre Research Intellect, ISSN 2049-3010 | 1.38 | 79.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 60/288 | Journal of Theatre Dance and Performance Training Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1944-3919 | 1.32 | 79.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 61/288 | Journal of Musicology University of California Press, ISSN 0277-9269 | 1.29 | 79.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 62/288 | Conceição|Conception University of Campinas, ISSN 2317-5737 | 1.26 | 78.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 63/288 | Per Musi Escola de Música da UFMG, ISSN 1517-7599 | 1.25 | 78.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 64/288 | Musicologist Trabzon University, ISSN 2618-5652 | 1.24 | 78.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 65/288 | twentieth-century music Cambridge University Press, ISSN 1478-5722 | 1.23 | 77.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 66/288 | Journal of Screenwriting Intellect, ISSN 1759-7137 | 1.20 | 77.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 67/288 | Journal of World Popular Music Equinox Publishing, ISSN 2052-4900 | 1.20 | 76.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 68/288 | Journal of Illustration Intellect, ISSN 2052-0204 | 1.19 | 76.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 69/288 | Research in Arts and Education ISSN 2670-2142 | 1.17 | 76.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 70/288 | Journal for Learning through the Arts A Research Journal on Arts Integration in Schools and Communities eScholarship Publishing, University of California, ISSN 1932-7528 | 1.17 | 75.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 71/288 | Philosophy of Music Education Review Indiana University Press, ISSN 1063-5734 | 1.17 | 75.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 72/288 | ASIAN-EUROPEAN MUSIC RESEARCH JOURNAL ISSN 2625-378X | 1.16 | 75.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 73/288 | Ethnomusicology University of Illinois Press, ISSN 0014-1836 | 1.12 | 74.8 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 74/288 | Journal of Popular Music Studies Wiley, ISSN 1524-2226 | 1.09 | 74.5 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 75/288 | Public Art Dialogue Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2150-2552 | 1.07 | 74.1 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 76/288 | Stanislavski Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2054-4170 | 1.06 | 73.8 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 77/288 | Journal of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association ISSN 1559-7334 | 1.02 | 73.4 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 78/288 | Revista de Fomento Social ISSN 2782-358X | 1.01 | 73.1 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 79/288 | The International Journal of Arts Education ISSN 2326-9944 | 1.01 | 72.7 | Provisional C-Q2 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 80/288 | Malaysian Journal of Music ISSN 2600-9331 | 0.98 | 72.4 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 81/288 | Music and Politics University of Michigan Library, ISSN 1938-7687 | 0.97 | 72.0 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 82/288 | Russian musicology. ISSN 3034-3836 | 0.95 | 71.7 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 83/288 | Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies Intellect, ISSN 2057-0341 | 0.95 | 71.4 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 84/288 | Rock Music Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1940-1159 | 0.93 | 71.0 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 85/288 | Journal of Research in Music ISSN 2961-5666 | 0.92 | 70.7 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 86/288 | Dancecult Griffith University, ISSN 1947-5403 | 0.91 | 70.3 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 87/288 | The Canadian Review of Art Education / Revue canadienne d’éducation artistique ISSN 2290-3747 | 0.90 | 70.0 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 88/288 | Review of Artistic Education De Gruyter Open, ISSN 2069-7554 | 0.89 | 69.6 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 89/288 | Jazz & Culture University of Illinois Press, ISSN 2578-4765 | 0.87 | 69.3 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 90/288 | Journal of Contemporary Drama in English De Gruyter, ISSN 2195-0156 | 0.87 | 68.9 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 91/288 | Научный вестник Московской консерватории ISSN 2079-9438 | 0.86 | 68.6 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 92/288 | Women & music ISSN 1090-7505 | 0.83 | 68.2 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 93/288 | Music and the Moving Image University of Illinois Press, ISSN 1940-7610 | 0.79 | 67.9 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 94/288 | Journal of Musical Arts in Africa Routledge, ISSN 1812-1004 | 0.79 | 67.5 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 95/288 | Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy Lipscomb University, ISSN 0891-7639 | 0.79 | 67.2 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 96/288 | Nordic Theatre Studies Aarhus University Library, ISSN 0904-6380 | 0.78 | 66.8 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 97/288 | Journal of the Royal Musical Association Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0269-0403 | 0.76 | 66.5 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 98/288 | Youth Theatre Journal Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0892-9092 | 0.76 | 66.1 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 99/288 | Journal of Consent-Based Performance ISSN 2771-8298 | 0.75 | 65.8 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
| 100/288 | Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education ISSN 2152-7172 | 0.75 | 65.5 | C-Q2 | Zone 3 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 466 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.