Editorial Introduction Issue 2.2 (2015) Journal of World Popular Music

What is it about?

This editorial introduction issue 2.2 of the Journal of World Popular Music presents a rich and varied mix of reviews, interviews and articles that engage with the interdisciplinary study of the world’s popular musics. Themes included in this issues are: World Music; Latin American Music; Global Hip Hop; Popular Music in the Caribbean; and Popular Music in Asia.

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Why is it important?

JWPM has slowly established itself as a vibrant academic outlet for innovative, contemporary debates surrounding international popular musics, evidence of which is that JWPM has recently been selected to be indexed by the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) by Thomson Reuters, publishers of the influential indices that generate the impact factor widely used to rate journals. ESCI will extend the universe of publications in Web of Science to include high-quality, peer-reviewed publications of regional importance and in emerging scientific fields. For our authors and readers, this means that JWPM is searchable, discoverable and citable, and that you can get real-time insight into a journal’s citation performance, whilst the content is considered for inclusion in other Web of Science collections. Readers and authors of JWPM can now measure the contribution of an article in specific disciplines and identify potential collaborators for expanded research. JWPM is also indexed by RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, and has recently featured in the MLA (Music Library Association) Notes journal, whilst our international subscription and readership base is steadily growing.