Double-blind peer review
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure.
This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general.
Additionally, if a guest editor authors an article in their issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process.
Additional Information for Peer Review Process
Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society follows a double-blind peer review process. Although the Editors of Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society strive for the most timely and efficient process for peer review, our over-arching goal is to provide substantive reviews to our authors along with constructive suggestions for improvements and clarifications when needed. Manuscripts submitted to Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society are reviewed by at least by two referees selected from the relevant worldwide research community. No article is accepted without two complete and final reviews. For revisions of prior submissions, it is common for suggested major revisions to be re-evaluated by the original referees, but articles requiring only minor revisions are often only re-evaluated by the Editors-in-Chief. The reviewers handling a paper are all anonymous and are invited by the manuscript’s Editor-in-Chief. The same process applies to Guest Editors. Although Guest Editors are tasked with making recommendations on each submission that they handle and can request revisions as well, only the Editors-in-Chief can make a final decision to accept or reject an article.
When selecting reviewers, the editorial board seeks to avoid conflicts of interest and close associates of the authors, such as frequent collaborators, former advisees, or former advisors. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society accepts manuscript submissions from its own editorial board members in cases in which referees handling the manuscript can remain fully confidential. To be accepted, manuscripts submitted by editorial board members must meet the same quality standards as all other accepted submissions; there is absolutely no special preference or consideration given to such submissions.
