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Prepare your manuscript for International Forum of Psychoanalysis.

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Article types

Review
Editorial
Case Report
Research Article
Book Review
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Letter
Lectio

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Each manuscript should have 3 to 6 keywords.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in APA style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Please use this APA reference style when preparing your paper.
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  • In accordance with the APA reference style, this Journal requires authors to provide English translations for all non-English article and chapter titles in the references; please be sure to include English translations in your manuscript.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.
  • A typical manuscript will not exceed 9000 words including tables, references, captions, footnotes and endnotes.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
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  • All figures must be numbered in the order in which they appear in the manuscript (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2).
  • In multi-part figures, each part should be labelled (e.g. Figure 1(a), Figure 1(b)).
  • Figure captions must be saved separately, as part of the file containing the complete text of the manuscript, and numbered correspondingly.
  • You must ensure appropriate acknowledgement is given to the permission granted to you for reuse by the copyright holder in each figure or table caption.
  • Figures must be saved separate to text.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Please do not embed figures in the manuscript file.

Funding statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please supply all details required by any funding and grant-awarding bodies as an Acknowledgement on the title page of the manuscript, in a separate paragraph, as follows: For multiple agency grants: "This work was supported by the [Funding Agency 1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency 2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency 3] under Grant [number xxxx].".
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  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].
  • Please supply all details required by any funding and grant-awarding bodies as an Acknowledgement on the title page of the manuscript, in a separate paragraph, as follows: For single agency grants: "This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].".

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Data availability statement

  • Include or confirm the data availability statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Cover letter

  • If you wish to include any material in your manuscript in which you do not hold copyright, you must obtain written permission from the copyright owner, prior to submission.

Title page and author information

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
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  • One author should be identified as the corresponding author.
  • All persons who have a reasonable claim to authorship must be named in the manuscript as co-authors; the corresponding author must be authorized by all co-authors to act as an agent on their behalf in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript, and the order of names should be agreed by all authors.

Article structure and word limits

  • Abstracts of 250 words are required for all manuscripts submitted.
  • Biographical notes on contributors (maximum 120 words) are required for this journal.
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  • The filename for a graphic should be descriptive of the graphic, e.g. Figure1, Figure2a.
  • Book Review: Book Reviews should not exceed 1500 words.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Use these instructions if you are preparing a manuscript to submit to International Forum for Psychoanalysis.
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  • When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or TM.
  • Authors must not embed equations or image files within their manuscript.
  • All submissions should be made online at the International Forum for Psychoanalysis Scholar One Manuscripts website.
  • Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre.
  • You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • Authors must also incorporate a Disclosure Statement This is to acknowledge any financial or non-financial interest that has arisen from the direct applications of your research.
  • Sexist or racist terms must not be used.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • New users should first create an account.
  • Research Article: Please include the following statement in all articles and research articles: “Potentially personally identifying information presented in this article that relates directly or indirectly to an individual, or individuals, has been changed to disguise and safeguard the confidentiality, privacy and data protection rights of those concerned, in accordance with the journal’s anonymization policy.”.
  • Review: Please do not inquire on the status of your paper before these periods of review.
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.

Reporting guidelines

  • Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Preprints and prior publication

  • If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Ethics and consent

  • Patient privacy should be protected so that patients can speak and act freely with full confidence.
  • Case Report: Ethical and legal considerations require the protection of patients’ anonymity in case reports and elsewhere.
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  • Authors whose papers include accounts of clinical work are required to take all necessary measures to ensure that none of the individuals written about can be identified by any third party and to fully minimize the likelihood that the patient(s) will recognize him/her/themself.

Authorship and originality

  • Review: To meet these objectives, this publication has adopted guidelines to be followed by all authors, which are required in the online submission and throughout the review process.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Special care should be taken in cases including children and adolescents.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).

Manuscript structure

  • Section headings should be concise.
  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.
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  • Authors must verify that they have anonymized an individual or individuals’ identity, and indicate which method(s) of anonymization have been used, using the following form: Anonymization Checklist.

Language and text style

  • Long quotations of 40 words or more should be indented without quotation marks.
  • Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation”.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Authors should include a word count on the cover page of their manuscript.
  • Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page (including Acknowledgements as well as Funding and grant-awarding bodies); abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgements; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/”Manuscript - anonymous” file.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words
Paper: 9,000 words
Keywords: 3-6 keywords
References: APA
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Funding, Acknowledgements, Artificial intelligence

Source transparency

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