About the Journal

Vórtex Music Journal (ISSN 2317-9937 - Qualis A1) is an online, open-access journal dedicated to music and edited under the responsibility of the Graduate Program in Music (PPGMUS) of the State University of Paraná (Unespar), Brazil. We are part of a public, non-profit educational institution, so our content is 100% free (Open Access). Our purpose is to disseminate and share original research free of charge with the Brazilian and international academic community, covering the following sub-areas and thematic fields of music:

- Sound Creation and Music Composition;
- Music Computing and Music Technology;
- Sound Studies and Sonology;
- Aesthetics and Philosophy of Music;
- Music Performance;
- Analysis, Perception and Music Theory;
- Musicology and Ethnomusicology;
- Popular Music.

Periodicity and Publication Schedule

Vórtex Music Journal operates on a continuous publication system (1 volume per year), i.e. once the evaluation and editing process is complete, the work is published. The approximate time between submission and publication is 6 months, but it may vary. The entire process follows this flow:

- The editors make a first reading of the manuscript and decide if the work is of interest to the journal (2/3 weeks);
- The editors analyze the profile and invite two reviewers for the task (2 weeks);
- The reviewers evaluate the work (12 weeks);
- Based on the evaluations, the editors decide on publication or rejection (2 weeks);
- If accepted with the necessary corrections and revisions, the manuscript returns to the authors (3 weeks).
- Once accepted, the manuscript goes to Publishing, where it will be prepared for publication, with DOI assignment and layout finalization (3 weeks).