Jazz-hitz is a jazz music research journal promoted by the Jazz Department of Musikene- School of Music of the Basque Country, that aims to publish scientific works related to that music style understood from a very wide perspective: from studies about its history or analysis of different styles and individual interpreters that connects it to other kinds of music (classical, popular…), other artistic expressions (cinema, photography, literature, figurative arts…), or the record industry and media, up to other aspects related to the social, political or cultural background, its teaching and didactics, as well as research in interpretive practice. This wide spectrum is thought to provide the journal with a diversity of themes and approaches that share jazz music as the main focal and common point, so the reader interested in this musical expression can find studies and research materials that enrich the view of it.
The journal is born with a vocation for continuity as an annual journal with the desire to be of interest for the international community, which is the reason why it opens its doors to collaborations from different countries and diverse languages, and it also intends to maintain the journal’s scientific nature specially from the criteria that certify the quality in the publishing process, in the contents of the journal’s research articles, and in its diffusion.
Interested in submitting to this journal? Please review the About the Journal page for the journal’s section policies and the Author Guidelines.
Jazz-hitz 08. Deadlines:
- Abstract: 10 January 2025
- Full article: 01 February 2025
E-mail address: jazz-hitz@musikene.net
Protocol for reasoned communication of the editorial decision to the author
Upon receipt of the reports commissioned to the reviewers, the journal’s management and editorial board will analyse the opinion of the aforementioned reports and will proceed to communicate to the author the decision of acceptance or rejection of the proposed article.
This reasoned communication will include the reasons for the decision, indicating whether the article is considered publishable or not, and indicating, if applicable, the possible modifications, corrections and suggestions proposed by the reviewers.
Statement of ethics and good practice
The journal Jazz-hitz takes as a reference the code of conduct and good practices proposed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for scientific journals.
- The articles will be evaluated by anonymous external peers, with scientific criteria, guaranteeing the confidentiality and anonymity of the entire evaluation process, regarding both the authorship of the papers and the evaluators in charge of their review, as well as the reports they may submit.
- Jazz-hitz Journal declares its commitment to identify plagiarism or fraudulent content, eliminating those articles that do not comply with the principles of respect and integrity in relation to the authorship of the text and the mention of the sources used for its production, or that have been published, in whole or in part, previously.
