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Acta Musicologica is the official peer-reviewed journal of the International Musicological Society (IMS). It contains articles on musicological research of international importance. The journal is published semiannually in print form by Bärenreiter. Digital full-text coverage of all issues from 1928 up to the present is provided by various online platforms (IMS members have free access). Furthermore, Acta is indexed and abstracted by all the major citation indexing services and bibliographic databases, such as Thomson Reuters’s Arts & Humanities Citation Index, EBSCOhost’s Music Index, ProQuest’s Periodicals Index Online, or Scopus.
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ACTAvism: Acta Musicologica and Doing What We Believe
As the co-editors of Acta Musicologica we receive inquiries about the range and contents of potential contributions to the IMS journal on an almost daily basis. Which disciplines and fields constitute the musicology Acta’s pages normally contain? Where do the historical and cultural borders fall? Which languages are possible? Which theories? Which scientific methods? Is there some topic to avoid? Is there an approach that might be inappropriate?