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Prepare your manuscript for The International Journal of Psychoanalysis.

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Article types

Review
Original Article
Editorial
Case Report
Research Article
Brief Communication
Letter to the Editor
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Lectio

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 1500 words.
  • In addition, for articles submitted in a non English language authors should include a longer abstract of between 1000 to 1500 words, in English, detailing the main argument.
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  • All papers (apart from Film Essays) must have an abstract in English.
  • The abstract should be printed on a separate page at the beginning of the paper.
  • Authors are asked to pay particular attention to the abstract, as this must present the main argument and the way it is supported, and will be used to help the process of evaluation.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Use double-spacing throughout, including quotations, footnotes and references, with at least 25mm margins all round.
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  • If more than two co-authors are cited, the reference in the text should take the form of, for example, Smith et al. (1972) or (Smith et al., 1972).
  • Please note when submitting online that author details are loaded separately from the paper itself, which must not include any references to the author(s).
  • Footnotes should be kept to the minimum strictly required and should not be used for giving bibliographical references.
  • References should only be made to works that are strictly relevant and necessary, and no attempt to compile an extensive 'bibliography' should be made.
  • These details should be confined to the reference list.
  • Please use this reference guide when preparing your paper.
  • 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.
  • References in the text are given by quoting the author's name followed by the year of publication in round brackets, for example, Freud (1918) or (Freud, 1918).

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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  • Figures should be saved separately from the text.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: JPEG or TIFF.
  • Tables, figures, photographs and diagrams should also be kept to a minimum as demanded by the argument in the paper.

Funding statement

  • 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].

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.

Ethics statement

  • Case Report: In all submissions involving case reports authors should state in their cover letter which method they have chosen of protecting the patient's privacy (Gabbard, IJP 2000, 81:1071-1086).
  • Patient privacy should be protected so that patients can speak and act freely with full confidence.
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  • Case Report: Ethical and legal considerations require the protection of patients’ anonymity in case reports and elsewhere.
  • When consent is obtained from the patient or patients, authors should indicate in the cover letter if the written consent has been saved and is available if necessary.
  • 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.

Blinded manuscript

  • Remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and other direct identifiers from the blinded manuscript file.

Cover letter

  • v. that he/she agrees to sign a copyright assignment form should the paper be accepted.
  • Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright owner to use quotations, poetry, song lyrics etc and these permissions need to be supplied with the final accepted version of their article.

Author contributions

  • Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.

Article structure and word limits

  • Original Article: Original articles need to be written in a clear and economical style appropriate for their argument and should normally be between 6,000 and 10,000 words.
  • Abstracts should be between 150 and 200 words.
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  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Review: Note: Authors should not submit two papers at the same time, nor submit a second paper while another paper is under review.
  • Proposals for film essays should be sent to the Film Editor: bruce.eadie@flanr.net.
  • The paper should therefore make its context clear.
  • Such information should be kept out of the published paper itself to avoid undermining the disguise.
  • Page numbers should be included at the bottom right of each page.
  • Quotations should be carefully checked for accuracy and page numbers must be given.
  • For quotations from Freud, the Standard Edition version must generally be used, with the appropriate page number of the volume given in brackets in the text.
  • Three dots should be used for indicating omissions in the quoted text, for example, "This is … always the case".
  • If editions other than the Standard Edition are used, authors should indicate why the alternative has been chosen.
  • 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.
  • When submitting a paper, the author must confirm: i. that the paper or its main argument and content has not been published elsewhere (except as specified above) and is not being considered for publication elsewhere, in whole or in part.
  • They should be numbered consecutively.
  • To create an account, visit https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijp, click on the ‘Create an account’ text and complete the required fields.
  • 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.”.
  • Please remember that you are writing for an international audience who may not be aware of the issues being debated in your community.
  • If you haven't submitted a paper to this journal before, you will need to create an account in the submission centre.
  • Most articles that are eventually for publication will have been revised at least once.
  • Review: The aims of the paper need to be clearly set out at the start, with an account of how the author proposes to approach the subject and support the argumentation (e.g. through using clinical material, literature review, research findings).
  • 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.

Authorship and originality

  • If two co-authors are cited, both names should be given, for example, Marty and de M'Uzan (1963) or (Marty and de M'Uzan, 1963).
  • 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

  • The author should indicate the section of the IJP appropriate to the submission.
  • Brief Communication: The author should indicate the sections of IJP appropriate to the paper: psychoanalytic theory and technique; history of psychoanalysis; clinical communications; research; educational and professional issues; psychoanalytic psychotherapy; interdisciplinary studies; child and adult psychoanalysis, psychoanalysis in the community; brief communications.
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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Papers aiming to address a key concept in psychoanalysis need to a clearly define how the given concept is being used in the paper, b clearly demarcate the scope of the discussion in relation to this (e.g. the concept of subjectivation within the French school…) and c if a narrow focus is chosen, then it is helpful to give a brief account of the reasons for choosing to.
  • Interdisciplinary papers will need to demonstrate a good grasp of all the fields of study that are the subject of the discussion whilst ensuring that a clear focus is retained on the contribution made by psychoanalysis to another field of study.

Language and text style

  • Articles in a language other than English for which no English version is known should be formatted as follows: Jordan JF (1994).
  • Other translation into English of an original book in another language should be set as: Kraepelin E (1906).
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  • Colleagues fluent in more than one language should provide abstracts in all those they can.
  • All insertions into the original text should be displayed in square brackets, for example, "he [Freud] regards …" Italics in the original must be indicated.
  • Any additional emphasis in quoted matter should be indicated in the typescript and by adding the phrase '(my italics)' in round brackets after the quotation.
  • When local language versions are used as the principal sources, the standard English version should precede it, with the version referred to following it in square brackets: Bion WR (1980).
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What your package checks

Abstract: 1500 words
Paper: 10,000 words
References: Harvard
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Artificial intelligence

Source transparency

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