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Acta Acustica Makes Strides with Unified Impact Factor, Demonstrating Growth in Acoustics Research
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- Published on 19 July 2023
In the recently announced Journal Citation Reports™ by Clarivate, Acta Acustica deserves special recognition for achieving consolidation and progress with a unified Impact Factor of 1.4, following its title change in 2020. This achievement highlights the journal's commitment to acoustics research and signifies its continued growth and impact in the field.
Acta Acustica topical issue on "The sound of Ancient Theatres"
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- Published on 20 October 2022
2021 Impact Factor – first, partial impact factor awarded
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- Published on 01 July 2022
We are pleased to report that Acta Acustica has been awarded its first, partial impact factor of 1.355 since it changed its name from Acta Acustica united with Acustica and transitioned to open access in 2020. We look forward to reporting on its full impact factor next year.
Topical Issue of Acta Acustica "Selected papers from CFA 2022: 16th French Congress on Acoustics"
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- Published on 27 June 2022
Acta Acustica’s topical issue on auditory models follows open science principles
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- Published on 11 May 2022
Acta Acustica announces the publication of the first articles in a new topical issue titled Auditory models: from binaural processing to multimodal cognition. The topical issue edited by P. Majdak, R. Baumgartner and M. Lavandier presents a collection of recent advances in research on conceptual and computational auditory models with a particular focus on spatial hearing. The first eight articles are now available, including the keynote article “AMT 1.x: A toolbox for reproducible research in auditory modeling” by Piotr Majdak, Clara Hollomey and Robert Baumgartner. The full topical issue will contain about 15 articles.
Special issue of Acta Acustica on “Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality” - call for papers
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- Published on 01 March 2022
Special Issue of Acta Acustica on “Aeroacoustics: State of Art and Future Trends” - call for papers
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- Published on 22 February 2022
“Inverse Problems in Acoustics” – new section in Acta Acustica
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- Published on 30 August 2021
We are pleased to share the launch of a new section in Acta Acustica called “Inverse Problems in Acoustics”. Dr. Thierry Scotti, Laboratoire de Mécanique et d’Acoustique, Marseille, who you may recognise as Acta Acustica’s Editorial Assistant, will manage the new section as its Associate Editor. The new section will further broaden the scope of Acta Acustica and will sit alongside other sections such as Computational and Numerical Acoustics, Musical Acoustics, Aeroacoustics, Speech, Ultrasonics and so on.
The fascinating physics behind a banjo’s distinctive voice
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- Published on 06 May 2021
Researchers measure and synthesize the musical acoustics of a 5-string banjo
Musical instruments bring delight to players and listeners alike. Creating the voice – or characteristic style and tone – of an instrument is an exquisite balance of physics and craftsmanship. To date, there has been little analysis of the acoustics responsible for different plucked-string instruments’ distinct voices.
DOAJ Seal awarded to Acta Acustica demonstrating “best practice in open access publishing”
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- Published on 02 March 2021
We are pleased to announce that Acta Acustica, among 22 other EDP Sciences’ journals, has recently been awarded the DOAJ Seal which “is awarded to journals that demonstrate best practice in open access publishing”. Only around 10% of journals indexed in the DOAJ are awarded the DOAJ Seal, so it is a gratifying mark of recognition of the excellent work Acta Acustica is doing.