About the IJP
“We aim to develop the reach of psychoanalysis and of the International Journal, which holds the history of psychoanalysis and its theoretical developments, as well as to present current important developments in the field.”
Dana Birksted-Breen
Aims and scope
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis is a fully peer reviewed journal published six times a year (February, April, June, August, October and December) since its merger with The International Review of Psycho-Analysis in 1994. It publishes extensive contributions by authors throughout the world – facilitated by a system of international editorial boards and the policy of allowing submission and review in six languages, followed by translation of accepted papers at the Journal’s expense.
Originally founded by Ernest Jones in collaboration with Sigmund Freud in 1920, the Journal publishes contributions on Psychoanalytic Theory & Technique, The History of Psychoanalysis, Clinical Contributions, Education & Professional Issues, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Film Essays. The Journal also publishes the main papers and panel reports from the International Psychoanalytical Association’s Congresses, book reviews, obituaries, and correspondence.
The Journal also publishes selected papers in the IJP Annuals currently offered in eight different languages.
PEP- Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing
All individual subscriptions and society member online subscriptions are now fulfilled via PEP. More details are available on the PEP-Web website.
For further information about the IJP, go to The IJP website.
Journal metrics
Citation metrics: 0.9 (2024) Impact Factor
Editorial board
Editor in Chief:
Francis Grier
Executive Editor:
Catherine Humble
Associate Editors and Executive Editor:
Lesley Steyn (Regional Editor for UK)
Bruce Reis (Regional Editor for North America)
Alfonso Pola (Regional Editor for Latin America)
Georg Bruns (Associate Editor)
Bernard Reith (Regional Editor for Europe)
Sara Boffito (Associate Editor)
Ellen Sparer (Associate Editor)
Hemma Rössler-Schülein (Associate Editor)
Editorial Board Members:
Nahaleh Moshtagh (Toronto, Canada)
Abbot Bronstein (San Francisco, United States)
José Carlos Calich (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Charles P. Fisher (San Francisco, United States)
Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Hanly (Toronto, Canada)
Gregory Graham (Houston, United States)
Louise Gyler (Sydney, Australia)
M. Nasir Ilahi (New York, United States)
Gurmeet Kanwal (New York, United States)
Lewis Kirshner (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Nancy Kulish (Birmingham, MI, United States)
Howard Levine (Brookline, United States)
Alfred Margulies (Boston, United States)
Donald Moss (New York, United States)
Marie Rudden (West Stockbridge, MA, United States)
Adele Tutter (New York, United States)
Jason A. Wheeler Vega (New York, United States)
Richard Zimmer (New York, United States)
Nancy Winters (Portland, OR, United States)
Joshua Durban (Los Angeles, United States)
Judy K. Eekhoff (Seattle, United States)
Rachel Boué Widawsky (New York, United States)
Rosemary Davies (London, United Kingdom)
Maria Rhode (London, United Kingdom)
Lionel Bailly (Wickham Bishops, Essex, United Kingdom)
Lisa Baraitser (London, United Kingdom)
Jan Abram (London, United Kingdom)
Elizabeth Allison (London, United Kingdom)
Pina Antinucci (London, United Kingdom)
Geoffrey Baruch (London, United Kingdom)
David M. Black (London, United Kingdom)
Rachel B. Blass (Jerusalem, Israel)
Catalina Bronstein (London, United Kingdom)
Rachel Chaplin (London, United Kingdom)
Joshua Cohen (London, United Kingdom)
Sara Flanders (London, United Kingdom)
Steven Groarke (London, United Kingdom)
Mary Morgan (London, United Kingdom)
Brian O’Neill (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Frances Thomson Salo (Melbourne, Australia)
M. Fakhry Davids (London, United Kingdom)
Jean Arundale (London, United Kingdom)
Jessica Yakeley (London, United Kingdom)
Vic Sedlak (Ilkley, United Kingdom)
Marina Altmann de Litvan (Montevideo, Uruguay)
José Renato Avzaradel (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Carmen Mion (São Paulo, Brazil)
Claudia Borensztejn (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Maria Inês Neuenschwander Escosteguy Carneiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Clara Nemas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Virginia Ungar (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Adriana Yankelevich (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Bruno Salesio S. Francisco (Pelotas, Brazil)
Valeria Silva Clark Nunes (Brazil, Rio De Janeiro)
Luis Villalba (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Silvia Flechner (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Gabriel Sapisochin (Madrid, Spain)
Benedetta Guerrini Degl’Innocenti (Florence, Italy)
Vittorio Lingiardi (Milan, Italy)
Sebastian Leikert (Saarbrueken, Germany)
Marie Lenormand (Marseille & Paris, France)
Anna Ferruta (Milan, Italy)
Guillermo Bodner (Barcelona, Spain)
Angelika Ebrecht-Laermann (Berlin, Germany)
Patrizia Giampieri-Deutsch (Vienna, Austria)
Tillmann Habermas (Berlin, Germany)
Eike Hinze (Berlin, Germany)
Igor M. Kadyrov (Moscow, Russia)
Uta Karacaoğlan (Cologne, Germany)
Piotr Krzakowski (Montigny le Bretonneux, France)
Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber (Mainz, Germany)
Angela Mauss-Hanke (Wolfratshausen, Germany)
Hemma Rössler-Schülein (Vienna, Austria)
Rudi Vermote (Vilvoorde, Belgium)
Kristin White (Germany, Berlin)
Udo Hock (Germany, Berlin)
Anna L. Christopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Timo Storck (Germany, Berlin)
Ellen Sparer (Paris, France)
Associate Board Members:
Rodrigo Barahona (Brookline, United States)
Paula Ellman (North Bethesda, United States)
Susan N. Finkelstein (New York, United States)
Cynthia Ellis Gray (Portland, OR, United States)
Kay Long (New Haven, CT, United States)
Alistair McKnight (Cambridge, Mass., United States)
Kyra Minninger (San Francisco, United States)
Gretchen Schmutz (Chicago, United States)
Sara Gardiner (Portland, United States)
Baiyu Chen (New York, United States)
Sharon Harp (Atlanta, United States)
Gillian Ingall (London, United Kingdom)
Anne Patterson (London, United Kingdom)
Heather Wood (London, United Kingdom)
Ann Scott (London, United Kingdom)
Stephen Briggs (London, United Kingdom)
Gustavo Jarast (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Maria Cristina Garcia Vasconcellos (Porto Alegre, Brazil )
Jorge Bruce (Lima, Perú)
Marie France Brunet (Santiago, Chile)
Nicole Ropert (Santiago, Chile)
Emad Bishara (Geneva, Switzerland)
Giuseppe Riefolo (Italy, Rome)
Chiara Cattelan (Venice, Italy)
Bárbara Sánchez-Armass (CDMX, Mexico)
Section Editors:
Analyst at Work Board Members:
Abbot Bronstein (Editor), Cynthia Ellis Gray (Editor), Adriana Yankelevich, Natalia Kigai, Sara Gardiner, Nicole Ropert
Education Section Board Members:
Heinz Weiss (Editor), Catalina Bronstein, Howard Levine, Elizabeth Lima Da Rocha Barros, Ellen Sparer
Psychoanalytic Controversies Editor: Elizabeth Allison
Film Section Editor:
Bruce Eadie
Book Review Editors:
Sara Collins
Gretchen Schmutz (North America)
Associate Book Review Editors:
Soh Agatsuma (Japanese)
Roger Borath (German)
Anna Lilja (Finnish)
Paola Marion (Italian)
Maria Noel Brena Serta (Portuguese, Latin America)
Martine Sandor (French)
Marika Pollet-Bourdaloue (French)
Mercedes Puchol (Spanish, Spain)
Clara Nemas (Spanish, Latin America)
IJP Annuals:
Editor of Annuals: Melis Tanik Sivri
Latin American Annual in Portuguese: Tania Mara Zalcberg
Latin American Annual in Spanish: Gustavo Jarast
French: Céline Gür Gressot
German: Isolde Böhme and Richard Rink
Turkish: Seyda Postaci
Italian: Monica Bomba
Russian: Igor Kadyrov
Greek:Kostas Zervos
Romanian: Gianina Micu