About This Journal
The Yale Journal of Music & Religion (YJMR) is a forum for the study of sacred music in its ritual, artistic, and cultural contexts. Twice yearly, this peer-reviewed, open access journal publishes scholarship on religious music of all traditions across a range of methodologies, situating it within the worlds of beliefs and practices.
The YJMR pursues best practices in open access academic publishing. In keeping with the journal's goals for a broad readership and a reputation for excellence, each issue of the YJMR will be forwarded to premier research indexes and databases for permanent indexing.
The YJMR will consider the following types of articles for publication:
Research Articles: Original work on topics at the intersections of music and religion that contribute highest-quality scholarship to the disciplines represented by our editorial board and readership.
Case Studies: Reports on specific projects or practices with background information, analyses, and descriptions of implications for broader audiences.
Translations: Projects that present primary sources, scholarship, essays, and commentaries in English.
Book and Digital Reviews: Reviews for recent publications and digital projects (from the past 5 years) on topics relating to music and religion. The average length of reviews is 1,500 words. Please contact Editor-in-Chief Jeffers Engelhardt before writing your review to ensure title approval.
If you are interested in submitting to the YJMR, please follow the menu link: Submit Article. If your submission is sent out for review, the response time is generally three to six months. Submissions must conform to the style and formatting outlined in the YJMR's Submission Guidelines. Authors are welcome to contact Editor-in-Chief Jeffers Engelhardt with questions regarding their submission.
The Yale Journal of Music & Religion participates in industry-standard discovery and preservation tools. Articles from the journal are placed in the world’s major library catalogs and databases (OCLC Worldcat, ProQuest’s Summon, Ex Libris’s Primo, and EBSCO Discovery). The YJMR is preserved in CLOCKSS and Portico, the two leading preservation archives that guarantee persistent access for the very long term. Articles also receive Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) from the CrossRef organization to ensure they can always be found.
