Aims and scope
Research in Music Psychophysiology (RIMP) focuses on research at the intersection of music, psychological processes and bodily responses. The connection between these areas should be central to the research question, methods and interpretation.
The scope includes musical experience, listening, performance and interaction. It is not tied to a single measurement technique. A study needs a clear scientific question and an account of what its evidence can, and cannot, establish.
The publication model
A preprint is a publicly shared research manuscript. Being available as a preprint does not, by itself, mean that independent human experts have peer reviewed it.
RIMP's model combines disclosed, evidence-linked AI review with an explicit human publication decision on the exact version. AI review is not human peer review.
Each released paper will have an evidence-linked companion so readers and research agents can explore that version's text. This feature opens with published papers. Read the assessment approach.
Research types
- Original empirical research, including replications and informative null results.
- Methods and validation studies with a clear use in music psychophysiology.
- Systematic or other clearly defined research reviews.
- Research protocols, data or software papers where their scientific contribution and documentation are explicit.
RIMP does not offer registered-report acceptance or a guaranteed publication schedule.
Automation and accountability
AI can organise checks and identify questions, but a human must approve the exact paper version before release. AI is identified as software, not presented as a person or a human reviewer.
The paper record distinguishes assessment from publication approval. A citation, index listing or model-generated evaluation is not a guarantee of scientific correctness.