Submitting a Manuscript to PSC
Instructions to read through before you begin to submit:
You must prepare 2 copies of your manuscript:
- One blinded manuscript with your paper title but without your name or any references with your name in the document. If you have referenced your prior writings, you can indicate this as follows: (xxxx, 2020)
- One manuscript with a title page that includes the title of your paper. your name, contact information, including email address, and your affiliation. Also, on the title page put a brief biography (not more than 200 words). Your manuscript will be “unsubmitted” unless all this information is on the title page.
You will be asked if you complied with the anonymity standards of Taylor and Francis. These require that you ensure that a case report is sufficiently disguised to insure that a patient is not identified. All papers must contain a statement in this regard before the references.
You will be asked about a ‘running head.’ This simply means a no-more-than 50 character title of your submission which Scholar One will use to identify your manuscript. It is best to use the beginning words of your title, or if you are submitting a discussion without a title, use something like: Discussion of Smith’s....
You will be asked for at least 5 key words. Pick 5 key words from your paper which will help others searching for a similar topic to locate your paper in a search database.
Consider the abstract: All original papers have abstracts. Discussions often do not, but sometimes authors choose to have one. If you do not choose to have an abstract, when asked to submit one, simply indicate in the field provided, ‘No abstract”.
When ready to submit:
1. Submit to PSC via this link: Submission Central
2. If you already have a Taylor and Francis account, you can log in directly; if not, you will need to create one.
3. When you are logged in, click on the new submission button at the top right, then identify Psychoanalysis, Self, and Context as the journal. Select the type: for most submissions this is a research article or a discussion.
Once your submission is accepted, you will receive the journal proofs to review and edit as needed. As the author, you are responsible for the final read through of your manuscript, correcting any errors, completing needed edits, and answering any queries promptly, then returning the corrected and approved proofs to the production manager.
Instructions regarding anonymization:
Publication of clinical material by psychoanalysts and psychotherapists is essential to the development of knowledge in psychoanalysis and the broader mental health field, and the growth and maintenance of high standards of patient care. Patient privacy should be protected so that patients can speak and act freely with full confidence. Ethical and legal considerations require the protection of patients’ anonymity in case reports and elsewhere.
Authors whose papers include accounts of clinical work are required to take all necessary measures to ensure that none of the individuals written about can be identified by any third party and to fully minimize the likelihood that the patient(s) will recognize him/her/themself. To meet these objectives, this publication has adopted guidelines to be followed by all authors, which are required in the online submission and throughout the review process.
When Submitting Your Anonymized Article, you will need to confirm that you have anonymized an individual or individuals’ identity, as described below.
Information Classification: General
Special care should be taken in cases including children and adolescents.
There will be no exceptions. This instruction is not intended to have the effect of discouraging papers exploring intersectional or other similar topics.
Anonymization Details:
Category 1: The following must be changed or omitted
Patient name, All other names, Patient place of birth, Patient occupation, Dates and exact length of treatment, Organisational or other affiliations, Exact location
Category 2: To be disguised through change, generalisation, or other method
Medical conditions, Age, Family and family history, Details of specific traumata and other key historical events
Category 3: To be disguised as above, unless essential to the usefulness of the case report
Religion, Historical and cultural details, Photographs and all other images from the treatment