Aims and scope
Contemporary Psychoanalysis, a double anonymized peer-reviewed international quarterly, is the journal of the William Alanson White Institute and the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic Society.
The journal publishes creative and original psychoanalytic writing from both new and experienced authors. Although the editors very much encourage diverse perspectives, our primary focus is on interpersonal and relational psychoanalysis. Our pages include a mix of the scholarly and the clinical, the heady and the playful. We are committed to providing authors with thoughtful reviews and working one-on-one with them to craft articles that contribute substantively to the literature.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 45K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 0.4 (2023) 5 year IF
- 0.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.666 (2023) SNIP
- 0.301 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 6% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Ruth H. Livingston, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Susan Fabrick, L.C.S.W. - New York, USA
Executive Editors
Toni Andrews, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Robert Gaines, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Sumru Tufekcioglu, Ph.D - New York, USA
Book Review Editors
Alice Sohn, Ph.D.
Michael Rothman, Ph.D.
Emeritus Editors
Mark Blechner, Ph.D.
Jay Greenberg, Ph.D.
Don Greif, Ph.D.
Donnel Stern, Ph.D.
W.A.W.I. Business Manager
Marisol Pitre
Executive Project Manager
Elizabeth Rodman - New York, USA
Editorial Board
Sivan Baron, L.C.S.W., J.D., - New York, USA
Susan Bodnar, Ph.D., - New York, USA
David Braucher, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Richard Briggs, Ph.D., - Connecticut, USA
Sandra Buechler, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Margaret Crastnopol, Ph.D., - Washington, USA
Darlene Bregman Ehrenberg, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Kenneth Eisold, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Roger Frie, Ph.D., - British Columbia, Canada
Richard Gartner, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Anton Hart, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Evelyn Hartman, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Elizabeth Hegeman, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Irwin Hirsch, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Ruth R. Imber, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Jenny Kaufmann, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Jay Kwawer, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Suzanne Little, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Victoria Malkin, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Jennifer McCarroll, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Gilead Nachmani, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Nancy Nereo, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Pasqual Pantone, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Philip Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Philadelphia, USA
Katharina Rothe, Ph.D., - New York, USA
Gary Schlesinger, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Sarah Schoen, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Alan Slomowitz, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Steven K. Tublin, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Cleonie White, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Corresponding Editors
Anne Alvarez, M.A.- London, UK
Carlo Bonomi, Ph.D. - Florence, Italy
Jeanne Wolff Bernstein, Ph.D. - Vienna, Austria
Marco Conci, M.D. - Munich, Germany
Steven H. Cooper, Ph.D. - Massachusetts, USA
Philip Cushman, Ph.D. - Washington, USA
Bruce Fink, Ph.D. - Pennsylvania, USA
Peter Fonagy, Ph.D. - London, UK
Jill Gentile, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Irwin Z. Hoffman, Ph.D. - Illinois, USA
Hazel Ipp, Ph.D. - Toronto, Canada
Karen J. Maroda, Ph.D. - Wisconsin, USA
Russell Meares, M.D. - Sydney, Australia
Gianni Nebbiosi, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Susie Orbach, Ph.D. - London, UK
Adam Phillips - London, UK
Warren Poland, M.D. - Washington DC, USA
Malcolm Owen Slavin, Ph.D. - Massachusetts, USA
Associate Editors
Miri Abramis, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Josh Bazell, M.D. - New York, USA
Max Belkin, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Janet Benton, Psy.D.- New York, USA
Lori Bohm, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Christopher Bonovitz, Psy.D.- New York, USA
Judith Brisman, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Rande Brown, L.C.S.W.- New York, USA
Ann Chanler, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Allan Cooper, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Meredith Darcy, L.C.S.W.- New York, USA
John Eastman, L.M.S.W.- New York, USA
Esin Egit, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Debra Farbman, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Alison Feit, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Nancy Freeman-Carroll, Psy.D.- New York, USA
Helen Fronshtein, Psy.D.- New York, USA
Emily Fuchek, Psy.D.- New York, USA
Dodi Goldman, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Valentina Harrell, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Toni Hellman, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Charles Herr, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Jill C. Howard, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Orsolya Hunyady, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Rhona Kaplan, L.C.S.W.- New York, USA
Elizabeth Krimendahl, Psy.D.- New York, USA
Maria Lakis, L.C.S.W.- New York, USA
Edgar A. Levenson, M.D.- New York, USA
Aries Liao, L.C.S.W., Ph.D.- New York, USA
Marylou J. Lionells, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Sam Marcus, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Joseph Mikulka, L.C.S.W.- New York, USA
Laura Miller, L.C.S.W. - New York, USA
Katharine Noordsji, Ph.D.- New York, USA
John O’Leary, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Jean Petrucelli, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Billie Pivnick, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Helen Quinones, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Hubertus Raben, L.P. - New York, USA
Jeff Sacks, D.O.- New York, USA
George Satran, M.D.- New York, USA
Robert B. Shapiro, Ph.D.- New York, USA
Michelle Stephens, Ph.D.- New Jersey, USA
Jennifer Stevens, Ph.D.- Michigan, USA
Janet Tintner, Psy.D.- New York, USA
Steve Tuber, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.- New York, USA
Stefan R. Zicht, Psy.D.- New York, USA
Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Action
Internet Editor
David Braucher, Ph.D. - New York, USA
Abstracting and indexing
- Basch Subscription, Inc.
- Bibliographic Databases
- CSA Sociological Abstracts
- EBSCOhost
- Elsevier Science Bibliographic
- Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing
- PsycINFO
- Social Work Abstracts
- Thomson Reuters
- Arts and Humanities Search
- Current Contents
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Web of Science - Zeller Dietrich Bibliographische Verlage
Open access
Contemporary Psychoanalysis 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.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
Society information
Members of the following groups can receive an individual print and online subscription at a special society member rate of US$79/€66. Contact
+44 (0)20 8052 0501
- Adelphi Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
- American Psychological Association - Division 39 Psychoanalysis
- Asociaion Psicoanalytica Chilena (Santiago, Chile)
- Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis
- Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
- Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
- Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis
- Deutsche Pscyholoanalytische Vereinigung e.V. German Psychoanalytical Asscoation
- International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
- Instituto Erich Fromm di Psicoanalisi Neofreudiana (Bologna, Italy)
- Institutt for Psykoterapi (Norway)
- Italian Society of Relational Psychoanalysis
- Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis
- Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
- Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute and Society
- New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
- NCSPP The Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
- Norwegian Psychoanalytic Institute
- NYFS New York Freudian Society
- SFCP San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
- Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
- Sociedad Psicanalitica del Sur (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- The Denver Psychoanalytic Society
- Toronto Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
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