Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Aims & Scope

Published eight times a year, Psychoanalytic Inquiry ( PI ) retains distinction in the world of clinical publishing as a genuinely monographic journal.

By dedicating each issue to a single topic, PI achieves a depth of coverage and diversity of perspective unique to the journal format.

By virtue of the topical focus of each issue, it functions as a monograph series covering the most timely issues - theoretical, clinical, developmental , and institutional - before the field.

Forthcoming issues include ones focusing on The Many Voices of Self Psychology; French Psychoanalysis; Post-Modern Feminism; Analytic Failure and Post 9/11 Veterans and PTSD.

PI monographic issues have found an appreciative readership among analysts, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and a broad range of scholars in the humanities.

Psychoanalytic Inquiry welcomes the proposal of topics and authors for the creation of new issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.302

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	41

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16585

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	91

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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, 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.

• The two‐person unconscious: Intersubjective dialogue, enactive relational representation, and the emergence of new forms of relational organization

  Citation: 352

  Authors: Karlen

• Mentalization-Based Treatment

  Citation: 243

  Authors: Anthony, Peter

• Early Intervention and the Development of Self-Regulation

  Citation: 230

  Authors: Peter, Mary

• The Developmental Roots of Borderline Personality Disorder in Early Attachment Relationships: A Theory and Some Evidence

  Citation: 197

  Authors: Peter, Mary, George, Jon G., Anthony W.

• Reflective Parenting Programs: Theory and Development

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Arietta

• Second‐generation effects of unresolved trauma in nonmaltreating parents: Dissociated, frightened, and threatening parental behavior

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Erik, Mary

• Symptoms and symbols: A multiple code theory of Somatization

  Citation: 164

  Authors: Wilma

• Advances in Neuropsychoanalysis, Attachment Theory, and Trauma Research: Implications for Self Psychology

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Allan N.

• Attachment Theory, Psychoanalysis, Personality Development, and Psychopathology

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Sidney J., Kenneth N.

• The Referential Process, Consciousness, and the Sense of Self

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Wilma

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