About the Journal
Scope of the Journal and Article Types
The journal Музикологија – Musicology (subtitle: Journal of the Institute of Musicology of the SASA) is dedicated to the study of Serbian cultural and music heritage and presenting it to the local and international expert audiences. With an interdisciplinary orientation the journal was open from the start to looking at national music history in a broader cultural context. It strives to promote Serbian music practice abroad, and at the same time, to relay international trends and discoveries in musicology and ethnomusicology to Serbian audiences. Therefore, the journal Musicology is international in its character and it is recognised as one of the leading publications in the field of music study and musicology.
The journal Musicology publishes contributions from the scientific fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, art history and theory, sociology of music, psycho-musicology, philosophy and aesthetics of music, as well as from the intersections of music with science, technology etc.
The journal Musicology was established in 2001 by the Institute of Musicology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
The journal Musicology publishes original papers that have not been published previously, grouped into three sections: Main Theme, Varia and Critics and Polemics (up until vol. 19 the title of the last section was Reviews). The central section, Main Theme, consists of original articles and reviews dedicated to a particular musicological or ethnomusicological topic. The section entitled Varia presents studies from a broader field relevant to art, folklore and sacred music tradition. The third section, Critics and Polemics, consists of critical reviews of musicological publications, conferences, as well as audio and video releases.
Issue Availability
Availability Policy
Musicology is an Open Access journal.
Contributions to the journal shall be submitted in Serbian (Cyrillic) or in English, including an abstract and keywords in both languages. In addition, the submission includes the summary in English (if the main text of the study is in Serbian) or in Serbian language (if the main text of the study is in English). For non-Serbian-speaking authors, the journal provides translations of the abstract, keywords and summary in Serbian language.
The journal is issued twice a year. Until 2011 the journal was published annually, but due to the great interest of local and international collaborators who send their articles on a regular basis, the Editorial Board decided in 2012 to switch to a more intense rhythm of issuing two volumes in a calendar year.
The journal is indexed in doiSerbia, Web of Science, SCOPUS, ProQuest, CEEOL, ERIH PLUS, EBSCO and DOAJ. Until 2014 it was also indexed in Komunikacija database. From 2025, it is on the List of Scientific Journals Categorization of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia (M22).
All articles can be downloaded free of charge and they can be used free of charge in accordance with the Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0 (CC BY NC ND).
Pre-print of the journal, as well as printed copies, are funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Technological Development, as well as the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, and in particular years it was supported by the Secretariat of Culture of the City of Belgrade and Sokoj – Organization of Music Authors of Serbia.
Musicology does not charge neither APC (Article Processing Charge), nor any fees at submission, reviewing and production stages.
Journal Archiving
Digital copies of the journal Musicology are archived in the Digital Repository of the National Library of Serbia.
The journal archives its content in the Digital Archive of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (DAIS).
Copyright
The following non-exclusive rights to the manuscript, including any supplemental material, any parts and copies thereof are transferred to the publisher:
- the right to reproduce and distribute the manuscript in printed form, including print-on-demand;
- the right to produce prepublications, reprints and special editions of the manuscript;
- the right to translate the manuscript into other languages;
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- the right to store the manuscript in databases, including online databases, and the right of transmission of the manuscript in all technical systems and modes;
- the right to make the manuscript available to the public or to closed user groups on individual demand, for use on monitors or other readers (including e-books), and in printable form for the user, either via the internet, other online services, or via internal or external networks.
The authors and third parties who wish use the article in a way not covered by the Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0 (CC BY NC ND 4.0) must obtain a written consent of the publisher. All requests for such a use of the article must be sent in written form to the publisher’s address and also to the e-mail address of the Editor-in-Chief.
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Self-Archiving Policy
The journal Musicology allows authors to deposit publisher’s version/PDF in an institutional repository and non-commercial subject-based repositories or to publish it on Author’s personal website (including social networking sites, such as ResearchGate, Academia.edu, etc.) and/or departmental website, in accordance with the Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0 (CC BY NC ND). Full bibliographic information (authors, article title, journal title, volume, issue, pages) about the original publication must be provided and a link must be made to the article’s DOI.
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