Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Musica: Journal of Music is an academic journal published by Department of Music, Faculty of Performing Arts, Institut Seni Indonesia Padangpanjang twice a year. This journal publishes original articles with focuses on the results of studies in the field of music. The coverage of topics in this journal includes:

  • Western Music Studies,
  • Composition or Arrangement
  • Musical Performances Such as Orchestra/Ensemble/Chamber Music
  • History of music
  • Theory of Music or Analysis
  • Music Education
  • Instrument of Music
  • Music Technology
  • Popular or Traditional Music.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

Some policies in the review of Musica : Journal of Music

1. Any submitted paper will be reviewed by reviewers.

2. Review process employs Double-blind Review, that the reviewer does not know the identity of the author, and the author does not know the identity of the reviewer.

3. In the review process, reviewers consider the correspondence of title, abstract, discussion (findings) and conclusions. In addition, reviewers also consider the novelty, scientific impact and references used in the paper.

The response of the reviewers will be the basis for the Editor to conclude:

 

1. Accept Submission

2. Revisions Required

3. Resubmit for review

4. Resubmit elsewhere

5. Decline Submission

An article was rejected for publication due to various considerations, including:

1.The article does not fit the scope of journal.

2. The article does not follow the rules of writing scientific papers or author guidelines.

3. The fundamental methodological errors.

4. The author refuses to make suggestions of improvements provided by the reviewer without a logical basis.

5. There are indications of plagiarism of more than 15%.

 

Publication Frequency

Musica:Journal of Music published twice annually Juni and Desember.

 

Open Access Policy

Musica:Journal of Music provides immediate open access to all article on the principle that making research freely available to the public; supports a greater global exchange of knowledge; and invaluable way to maximize the visibility and impact of research, especially music field. 

Musica uses CC-BY or The Creative Commons Attribution License

This means :

  • The freedom to use and perform the work;
  • The freedom to study the work and apply the information;

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...