Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society

Aims & Scope

Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society is an international journal publishing original, refereed articles.

The journal critically addresses the intersection between psychoanalysis and the social world and explores the roles psychoanalysis might play in bringing about social justice and progressive social change.

It welcomes submissions from a broad range of disciplines and schools of thought but will be of primary interest to psychoanalytically informed scholars in the social and political sciences, media, cultural and literary studies, and to clinicians and practitioners concerned to explore the relationship between the social and the psychic.

The journal critically addresses the intersection between psychoanalysis and the social world and explores the roles psychoanalysis might play in bringing about social justice and progressive social change.

It welcomes submissions from a broad range of disciplines and schools of thought but will be of primary interest to psychoanalytically informed scholars in the social and political sciences, media, cultural and literary studies, and to clinicians and practitioners concerned to explore the relationship between the social and the psychic.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.265

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	14

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17933

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	66

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Psychoanalysis and Psychosocial Studies

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Stephen, Lisa

• Alfred Lorenzer and the depth-hermeneutic method

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Mechthild, Christine, Peter

• A Fork in the Royal Road: On “Defining” the Unconscious and its Stakes for Social Theory

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Lynne

• Some psychic effects of neoliberalism: Narcissism, disavowal, perversion

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Lynne

• (I Can't Get No) Enjoyment: Lacanian Theory and the Analysis of Nationalism

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Yannis, Nikos

• Constructing the enemy-other: Anxiety, trauma and mourning in the narratives of political conflict

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Jeffrey Stevenson

• Projecting Threat: Managing Subjective Investments in Whiteness

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Damien W, Martha

• Psychosocial studies: Lacanian discourse analysis negotiating interview text

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Ian

• Psychosocial research analysis and scenic understanding

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Lynn, Wendy

• Racism and jouissance: Evaluating the “racism as (the theft of) enjoyment” hypothesis

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Derek

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