About this journal

Aims and scope

Psychoanalysis, Self and Context is the official journal of the International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology

How do we understand the nature of psychological experience, our relationship to other people and the world in which we live? Psychoanalysis, Self and Context is a peer-reviewed quarterly that focuses on the nature of self-experience as it exists within and across multiple contexts. These contexts include the clinical, developmental, historical, cultural, social and political.

Psychoanalysis, Self and Context , formerly known as the International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, offers articles reflecting a variety of psychoanalytic perspectives such as self psychology, intersubjectivity, dynamic systems, relational and interpersonal theories, attachment theory and interdisciplinary work. It publishes original articles, plenary presentations, commentaries, as well as reviews of books, films and other art forms.

Psychoanalysis, Self and Context is committed to advancing the highest level of scholarship and theoretical creativity. It is devoted to illustrating sound clinical practice and a diversity of ideas. It fosters interdisciplinary research and seeks to demonstrate the relevance of contemporary psychoanalysis for a wider audience. All submissions to this journal are peer reviewed in a double anonymized review process.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 34K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 0.4 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 1.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • 0.888 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.354 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 46 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 56 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 23 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 81% acceptance rate

Editorial board

CO-EDITORS
Marcia Dobson, Ph.D.- Colorado College, Colorado, USA
George Hagman, L.C.S.W - Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, New York, USA
John Riker, Ph.D. - Colorado College, Colorado, USA

FOUNDING EDITOR EMERITUS
William J. Coburn, Ph.D., Psy.D.

EDITOR EMERITUS
Doris Brothers, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Corpt, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W.
Roger Frie, Ph.D., Psy.D., R. Psych.
Annette Richard M.Ps.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Stacy Berlin, Psy.D., Psy.D. - Studio City, CA, USA
Indrany Datta-Barua, M.D. - Chicago, IL , USA
Amy Eldridge, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. - Chicago, IL , USA
Liz Feldman, Ph.D. - Northfield, IL , USA
Richard Geist, Ed.D. - Newton, MA, USA
Karina Goldberg, Ph.D. - Tel Aviv, Israel
Sandra Hershberg, M.D. - Bethesda, MD, USA
Bruce Herzog, M.D. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nicola Hoskins-Murphy, B Soc Sci, Psych Hons - Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Susan G. Lazar, M.D. - Bethesda, MD , USA
Carla Leone, Ph.D. - Lincolnwood, IL,USA
Diana Lidofsky, Ph.D. - Providence, RI, USA
Sarah Mendelsohn, L.C.S.W. - New York, NY, USA
Gavin Mullen, Psy.D. - Chicago, IL , USA
Dan Perlitz, M.D. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Koichi Togachi, Ph.D., L.P. - Tokyo, Japan
Jeff Trop, M.D. - Los Angeles, CA , USA
David Shaddock, Ph.D. - Berkeley, CA , USA
Ashley Warner, L.C.S.W., BCD - Guilford, CT, USA

BOOK REVIEW EDITORS
Heather Ferguson, L.C.S.W. - New York, USA
Janna Sandmeyer, Ph.D. - Washington, DC, USA

EDITORIAL BOARD

George Atwood - Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Renato Barauno, M.D. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Shelley Doctors, Ph.D. - New York, USA

James M. Fish, M.D. - Chicago, Illinois, USA

James L. Fosshage, Ph.D. - New York, USA

Mark Freeman, Ph.D. - Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Henry Friedman, M.D. - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Jill Gardner, Ph.D. - Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jill Gentile, Ph.D. - New York, USA

Ruth Gruenthal, LCSW, BCD - New York, USA

George Hagman, LCSW - Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Eldad Iddan, M.A. Jerusalem, Israel

Hazel Ipp, Ph.D. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jane Jordan, Ph.D. - San Francisco, California, USA

Christine C. Kieffer, Ph.D., ABPP - Chicago, Illinois, USA

Steven Knoblauch, Ph.D. - New York, USA

Amanda Kottler, M.A. - Cape Town, South Africa

Lester Lenoff, M.S.W. - New York, USA

Gabriela Mann, Ph.D - Tel Aviv, Israel

Sibel Mercan, M.D. - Istanbul, Turkey

Donna M. Orange, Ph.D., Psy.D.- Claremont, California, USA

Anna Ornstein, M.D. - Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Tessa Phillips, Ph.D. - Sydney, Australia

Gudrun Prinz, Ph.D. - Vienna, Austria

Valeria Pulcini, M.D. - Milano, Italy

John H. Riker, Ph.D. - Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Philip Ringstrom, Ph.D., Psy.D. - Encino, California, USA

Gary M. Rodin, M.D. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Molly Romer Witten, Ph.D., FABP - Chicago, USA

Malcolm Slavin, Ph.D. - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Steven Stern, Psy.D. - Portland, Maine, USA

Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D., Ph.D. - Santa Monica, California, USA

Charles Strozier, Ph.D. - New York, USA

Maxwell Sucharov, M.D. - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Judith Guss Teicholz, Ed.D. - Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted/indexed:

  • Clarivate Analytics
  • - Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • CSA
    - PsycINFO
  • EBSCOhost
    - Academic Search Complete
    - Current Abstracts
    - TOC Premier
  • MLA International Bibliography
  • OCLC
    - ArticleFirst
    - Electronic Collections Online
    - PsycFIRST
  • Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing
  • ProQuest

Open access

Psychoanalysis, Self and Context is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

  • Special subscription rate of US$60 for members of APA - Division 39 Psychoanalysis. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe.

Society information

Psychoanalysis, Self, and Context is the official journal of the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC SELF PSYCHOLOGY (IAPSP)

The central purpose of the IAPSP is to foster and develop psychoanalytic self psychology as a living science and a developing profession. IAPSP pursues this purpose through its annual International Conference on the Psychology of the Self, its journal, its website, online seminars, e-journal, and by offering various study groups that are located throughout its four geographic regions.

Membership in IAPSP is available to anyone who seeks to be a formal part of this vital professional community composed of clinicians, scholars, and theoreticians. For additional membership benefits and information about the association, visit www.iapsp.org .


A special subscription rate of US$60 for print and online access to the journal is available for members of:

  • APA - Division 39 Psychoanalysis
  • Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
  • Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
  • Contact [email protected] to subscribe.

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