College Music Symposium

The College Music Symposium: Journal of the College Music Society is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes research, comprehensive review articles, forums, and individual reviews, including those of books, audio, technologies, and online platforms. The journal also publishes, with transcriptions, peer-reviewed Performances, Lectures, Lecture-Recitals, and Lessons (PLL) that have been captured on video. Symposium issues are officially released twice a year Summer/Fall and Winter/Spring. The College Music Symposium, which was first published in 1961, was established with a unique purpose not duplicated elsewhere: it was a “different sort of scholarly journal,” a provocative publication that “cuts across lines of specialization...into the liberal arts college or the professional music school,” serving an impressive array of professionals, including the music scholar, performer, composer, educator, and administrator. (McCorkle Symposium 1961). The present journal enhances the comprehensive vision by remaining fluid and addressing the dynamic interests and concerns of music professionals and educators into the 21st century.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Education	2003	Q4
Education	2004	Q4
Education	2005	Q4
Education	2006	Q4
Education	2007	Q4
Education	2008	Q4
Education	2009	Q4
Education	2010	Q4
Music	2003	Q3
Music	2004	Q2
Music	2005	Q3
Music	2006	Q2
Music	2007	Q3
Music	2008	Q3
Music	2009	Q3
Music	2010	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2003	0.102
2004	0.114
2005	0.101
2006	0.111
2007	0.101
2008	0.101
2009	0.101
2010	0.102

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2002	10
2003	10
2004	10
2005	7
2006	8
2007	12
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.150
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.033
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.189
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.027
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.074
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.150
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.033
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.185
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.050
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.150
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.050
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.118
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.000

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	0
Self Cites	2004	1
Self Cites	2005	0
Self Cites	2006	2
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	0
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	0
Total Cites	2004	3
Total Cites	2005	1
Total Cites	2006	5
Total Cites	2007	0
Total Cites	2008	0
Total Cites	2009	1
Total Cites	2010	0

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2002	0
External Cites per document	2003	0.000
External Cites per document	2004	0.100
External Cites per document	2005	0.033
External Cites per document	2006	0.111
External Cites per document	2007	0.000
External Cites per document	2008	0.000
External Cites per document	2009	0.050
External Cites per document	2010	0.000
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.000
Cites per document	2004	0.150
Cites per document	2005	0.033
Cites per document	2006	0.185
Cites per document	2007	0.000
Cites per document	2008	0.000
Cites per document	2009	0.050
Cites per document	2010	0.000

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	0.00
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	0
Citable documents	2002	0
Citable documents	2003	10
Citable documents	2004	20
Citable documents	2005	30
Citable documents	2006	27
Citable documents	2007	25
Citable documents	2008	27
Citable documents	2009	20
Citable documents	2010	12

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2002	0
Uncited documents	2003	10
Uncited documents	2004	17
Uncited documents	2005	29
Uncited documents	2006	22
Uncited documents	2007	25
Uncited documents	2008	27
Uncited documents	2009	19
Uncited documents	2010	12
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	0
Cited documents	2004	3
Cited documents	2005	1
Cited documents	2006	5
Cited documents	2007	0
Cited documents	2008	0
Cited documents	2009	1
Cited documents	2010	0