Journals

The following list is a selection of peer-reviewed journals that publish research in music education, psychology, and performance science. Research in these fields appears in a wide range of formats and media, so we have also provided links to academic publishers where you can find other journals that publish relevant research in music and the arts, education, psychology, and science.

Music education

British Journal of Music Education
Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
Canadian Music Educator
International Journal of Music Education
Journal of Historical Research in Music Education
Journal of Music Teacher Education
Journal of Music, Technology and Education
Journal of Popular Music Education
Journal of Research in Music Education
Music Education Research
Music Educators Journal
Philosophy of Music Education Review
Research Perspectives in Music Education
Research Studies in Music Education
Update: Applications of Research in Music Education

Music psychology and performance science

Arts and Health
The Arts in Psychotherapy
British Journal of Music Therapy
Empirical Musicology Review
Empirical Studies of the Arts
Frontiers in Psychology: Performance Science
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Journal of Applied Arts and Health
Journal of Music Therapy
Journal of New Music Research
Medical Problems of Performing Artists
Music and Science
Music Perception
Music Performance Research
Musicae Scientiae
Music Therapy Perspectives
Nordic Journal of Arts, Culture, and Health 
Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
Psychology of Music
Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain

Music (general)

Comprehensive lists of music journals, including specialist bulletins and periodicals in music composition, history, librarianship, technology, and theory, are available at:

Music Research: A Handbook (Oxford University Press)

Arts, education, psychology, and science (general)

Comprehensive lists of arts, education, psychology, and science journals are available on the following publishers’ websites:

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Psychological Association
Cambridge University Press
Elsevier
Frontiers
MIT Press
National Academy of Sciences of the USA
Springer Nature
Oxford University Press
Public Library of Science
Royal Society
Sage
Taylor and Francis
University of California Press
University of Chicago Press
Wiley