Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny

about the yearbook

„Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny” –
Polish Musicological Yearbook

e-ISSN 2719-7891 – online version
ISSN 1733-9871 – printed version

„Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny” (PRM – Polish Musicological Yearbook):

• is a bilingual journal published yearly, containing research papers in both Polish and English, which constitutes an international forum for the dissemination of scholarly knowledge concerning musicology and related academic disciplines,

• contains original research papers, including important recent findings, from all branches of musicology (e.g. music history, music theory, music analysis, music aesthetics, ethnomusicology, anthropology of music, popular music, film and theatre music studies), which are published after double-blind peer reviews by international experts on the subject,

• represents a wide spectrum of authors including both recognised academics from Poland and abroad as well as freelancers and young researchers,

• observes the highest standards of publishing both in its electronic and printed forms,

• is available online worldwide with unrestricted access to all published articles,

• is available in print in many libraries in Poland and other European countries,

• offers Open Access Publication with no APC (Article Processing Charges) as well as fully open access for readers, without any fees.

Ethical principles:

The Board of Editors and the owner of the title declare and ensure that they make all needed efforts to meet the good standards of the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing developed by the The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), as described in the COPE — DOAJ — OASPA — WAME. Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.12. Full text of declaration regarding the Polish Musicological Yearbook can be found here.

The title’s history in brief:

„Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny” – Polish Musicological Yearbook – was initiated by Adolf Chybiński in 1935. However, only two volumes were then issued (the second one in 1936). After nearly 70 years, in 2004, the Musicological Section of the Polish Composers’ Union came back to that project and published the third issue, dedicated to two founders of Polish musicology: professors Zdzisław Jachimecki and Adolf Chybiński.

Now, the Polish Musicological Yearbook represent the whole spectrum of Polish scholars’ activity, including proceedings of musicological conferences organised yearly by the Polish Composers’ Union. It contans papers in two languages: Polish and English.

Both the current volume and the past issues published since 2011 are available online at the Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY–SA 4.0) licence, and thanks to that they can be read as pdf files in the ALL ISSUES menu.

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Since 2016, thanks to efficient co-operation with the PWM Edition (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne) – the main and prestigious music publisher in Poland, apart from the internet version the Yearbook has gain its printed version too. Starting with 2016, all printed issues can be purchased in the internet bookshop of the PWM Edition.

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In 2019, the homepage of the journal was launched, which was deeply rebuilt, upgraded and gained its new graphic design in 2023.

In the end of 2020, the publisher of the title – Polish Composers’ Union – signed an agreement with Sciendo, specialising in distribution and promotion of scientific journals.

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In 2022 the Polish Musicological Yearbook joined the Biblioteka Nauki (The Library of Science) platform, which is developed by the ICM UW – Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling at the University of Warsaw. At the beginning of 2024, our articles began to appear on the academic portal Academic Journals (https://academic-journals.eu).

Works on the portal in the years 2021–2023 were co-financed by the Minister of Education and Science as part of the two-year task ‘Modernisation and update of web portals of the Library of the Polish Composers’ Union' under the ‘Social responsibility of science – Support for scientific libraries 2021’ programme.

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In 2024, we started implementing the project entitled: ‘Increasing the visibility of the Polish Musicological Yearbook in 2024–2025 on the national and international forum’, possible thanks to support under the ‘Journals’ government program.

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Polish Republic from the means of the Culture Promotion Fund.

Polskie Symbole Narodowe

The Patron of the „Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny” – Polish Musicological Yearbook is the Society of Authors ZAiKS.