INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

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Submissions

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis invites contributions from scholars and practitioners in psychoanalysis and related fields. Original articles must be offered for exclusive publication. The Editor reserves the right to reject any manuscript submitted, whether on invitation or on the initiative of the writer, and to make whatever suggestions for change as deemed necessary for publication.

All submissions should be sent in both hard-copy and electronic format.

Please send five hard-copies to:

  • Giselle Galdi, Ph.D., Editor
    The American Journal of Psychoanalysis
    329 East 62nd Street
    New York
    NY 10021
    USA

In addition, please prepare your submission in Word format and send as an email attachment to the Editor:

One copy must be retained by the author, as the journal cannot be responsible for manuscripts.

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Book reviews and correspondence

The Editor of The American Journal of Psychoanalysis welcomes relevant responses to papers published in the journal, as well as concise reviews (up to 700 words) of current psychoanalytic books. For Book Reviews and Correspondence submissions please follow above submission procedures.

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Preparation of manuscripts

Original papers (of no more than 30 pages, including references) will be considered for publication and should be submitted to the Editor (see above).

All manuscripts will be blind peer-reviewed to maintain the highest quality and to verify relevance, accuracy, and clarity of presentation. Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced on 8.5 x 11 in. bond paper with 1 in. margins on all sides of the page.

The title page should include: full names of authors; degrees; academic and professional affiliations; the complete mailing address; telephone number; fax number; and e-mail address of the author to whom proofs are to be sent.

The second page should contain the title of the paper and an abstract of no more than 100 words as well as 3 to 5 key words listed below the abstract.

The 2001 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Fifth Edition) should be used as a guide in preparation of manuscripts:

Manuscript pages must be numbered consecutively.

Footnotes are to be avoided if possible. When their use is absolutely necessary, footnotes should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numbers and should be typed at the end of the article, preceding the References section.

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References

References are cited by name and year in the text. They must be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet, and arranged in alphabetical order by first author; do not number.

Several references by the same author should be listed in chronological order (if the same year, use a, b, c, etc., after the year).

Name(s) of author(s) must be followed by the year of the original publication (in parentheses), the title, the name of the publication, volume number, and beginning and end pages. Publisher's name and city of publication are required for books.

The year of publication of the edition used must be included when different from the original publication year.

Examples:

  • Book:

    Horney, K. (1991). Neurosis and human growth. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. (Original work published in 1950).

  • Edited book:

    Ferenczi, S. (1976). The problem of the termination of the analysis. In M. S. Bergmann & F. R. Hartman (Eds.), The evolution of psychoanalytic technique (pp. 207—215). New York: Columbia University Press. (Original work published 1928).

  • Journal article:

    Martin, A. (1945). The body's participation in dilemma and anxiety phenomena. The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 5, 28—48.

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Artwork, tables, figures and diagrams

Artwork submitted should be on a separate hard copy as well as electronically submitted when instructed by the Editor's office. All tables, figures and diagrams must be discussed or mentioned in the text and numbered in the order in which they are mentioned. Each should have a brief descriptive title and should be understandable even without reference to the text. They should all be typed on separate sheets, not included within the text. All data should be defined in the column heads and all footnotes placed at the end of the table. Note: tables should be created using tabs for columns, not spaces or column formats in Word. All text should be 12pt Times, paragraphs should have a line space between and titles and subheads should have a line space above and below.

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Proofs

The corresponding author will be sent an email containing a link to an online PDF proof of the article. Please print a copy of the PDF proof, correct within the time period indicated and return as directed. Authors are requested not to make revisions to the final, edited text, except where the copy editor has requested clarification.

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The Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis holds the copyrights to all work published in The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. Authors of articles accepted for publication will receive the necessary forms for signature from the Editor's office.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing through any medium of communication those illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Add your acknowledgements to the typescript, preferably in the form of an "Acknowledgements" section at the end of the paper. Credit the source and copyright of photographs or figures in the accompanying captions.

Authors are fully responsible for statements made in their articles. Published articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.

The journal's policy is to own copyright in all contributions. Before publication, authors assign copyright to the Publishers, but retain their rights to republish this material in other works written or edited by themselves, subject to full acknowledgement of the original source of publication.

The journal mandates the Copyright Clearance Center in the USA and the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK to offer centralised licensing arrangements for photocopying in their respective territories.