ICCM 2026: 20. International Conference on Cognitive Musicology
January 14-15, 2026 in Zurich, Switzerland
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The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
International Conference on Cognitive Musicology aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Cognitive Musicology. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Cognitive Musicology.
Call for Contributions
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Cognitive Musicology are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.
Guidelines for Authors
Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the check list for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers.
Please refer to the Paper Submission Guideline, Abstract Submission Guideline and Author Information before submitting your paper.
Conference Proceedings
All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Zenedo, BASE, WorldCAT, Sherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.
Special Journal Issues
20. International Conference on Cognitive Musicology has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Cognitive Musicology. A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.
Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.
Application Forms
Selected Papers
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Cognition Technique for Developing a World Music
Haider Javed Uppal, Javed Yunas Uppal -
OSEME: A Smart Learning Environment for Music Education
Konstantinos Sofianos, Michael Stefanidakis -
Drive-Related Behaviors as Elements of Thinking
Peter Pfeifer, Julian Pfeifer, Niko Pfeifer -
An Ontology for Smart Learning Environments in Music Education
Konstantinos Sofianos, Michail Stefanidakis -
Students with Special Educational Needs Camouflaging and Teacher Training of University Teaching Staff: Practical Reflection
Ana Mercedes Vernia Carrasco -
The Functions of the Student Voice and Student-Centered Teaching Practices in Classroom-Based Music Education
Sofia Douklia -
Manodharmam: A Scientific Methodology for Improvisation and Cognition in Carnatic Music
Raghavi Janaswamy, Saraswathi K. Vasudev -
On Musical Information Geometry with Applications to Sonified Image Analysis
Shannon Steinmetz, Ellen Gethner -
Libretto Thematology in Rossini's Operas and Its Formation by the Composer
Areti Tziboula, Anna-Maria Rentzeperi-Tsonou -
Research on the Teaching Quality Evaluation of China’s Network Music Education APP
Guangzhuang Yu, Chun-Chu Liu -
Machine Learning for Music Aesthetic Annotation Using MIDI Format: A Harmony-Based Classification Approach
Lin Yang, Zhian Mi, Jiacheng Xiao, Rong Li -
A Program Based on Artistic and Musical Activities to Acquire Educational Concepts for Children with Learning Difficulties
Ahmed Amin Mousa, Huda Mazeed, Eman Saad -
Words of Peace in the Speeches of the Egyptian President, Abdulfattah El-Sisi: A Corpus-Based Study
Mohamed S. Negm, Waleed S. Mandour -
Carnatic Music Ragas and Their Role in Music Therapy
Raghavi Janaswamy, Saraswathi K. Vasudev -
Analyzing Microblogs: Exploring the Psychology of Political Leanings
Meaghan Bowman
Conference venue information will be released soon.
Psychology of music
Linguistics and music
Music cognition and the cognitive sciences
Evolutionary and developmental role of music
Music as complex cognitive system
Signal processing, perception of pitch, and time
Pitch distributions and transitions
Tonal centers, keys, chords, and harmonic syntax
Recursive processing
Attention, learning, and memory
Cross-modal cognition
Emotion and meaning
Challenges in music cognition
Corpus studies
Computational music theory
Music and emotion
Cognitive science
Psychoacoustics
Music information retrieval
Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline | February 13, 2025 | |
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection | February 27, 2025 | |
Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline | December 14, 2025 | |
Conference Dates | January 14-15, 2026 |
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