About the Journal

1. Journal Presentation

ANTEC: Revista Peruana de Investigación Musical is a biannual publication edited by the Instituto de Investigación (ININ) of the Universidad Nacional de Música of Peru. It is supported by an editorial team responsible for managing the external peer-review process. The journal is distributed nationally and internationally and is intended for students, faculty members, and researchers in music and related disciplines. Submitted manuscripts must present original research and comply with academic standards that ensure the quality of the published work.

The journal's target audience is the academic community, particularly researchers, professionals, and students interested in the thematic areas covered by the journal.

The journal is published in both digital and print formats, with two issues per year, published in June and December. Submitted manuscripts must comply with the specifications described in the Author Guidelines and Editorial Policies. Authors are encouraged to review all sections carefully before submitting their manuscripts through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform and to follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), Seventh Edition.

ANTEC is an open-access journal. Accordingly, the Universidad Nacional de Música makes its contents freely available, allowing users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles, as well as to use them for any lawful purpose, provided that the original source is properly cited and the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license are respected.

2. Mission

The mission of ANTEC: Revista Peruana de Investigación Musical is to disseminate original and rigorous scholarly research in the field of music, promoting the exchange of knowledge and the development of music research from an interdisciplinary and open-access perspective.

3. General Objective

To provide a specialized academic forum for the publication and dissemination of research in music, aimed at strengthening musical knowledge and fostering dialogue among researchers, faculty members, students, and specialists in related disciplines.

4. Editorial Focus and Scope

ANTEC has an interdisciplinary orientation based on an integrative perspective aimed at understanding the multiple relationships between the musical profession, the various fields of knowledge, and human behavior.

The journal welcomes scholarly research that draws on diverse theoretical, methodological, and practical perspectives related to musical practice, promoting a plurality of approaches, critical reflection, and scholarly innovation.

5. Academic and Cultural Purpose

In recent years, musicology in Peru has experienced remarkable growth and increasing diversification, both in its objects of study and in its methodological approaches. Research focused on traditional and art music has been complemented by new perspectives from philosophy, pedagogy, cultural studies, social history, gender studies, artistic research, and other fields of knowledge.

Within this context, ANTEC: Revista Peruana de Investigación Musical has established itself as a specialized academic forum for the dissemination of original and rigorous research in the field of music. Its purpose is to strengthen scholarly production, promote the exchange of knowledge, and foster dialogue among researchers, faculty members, students, and specialists in related disciplines.

The journal also seeks to contribute to the understanding of musical phenomena in their historical, social, cultural, and artistic dimensions, recognizing music as an expression of identity, memory, and cultural heritage.

Supported by the Universidad Nacional de Música, ANTEC reaffirms its commitment to academic quality, the advancement of research, and the international visibility of musical scholarship produced in Peru.