Psychoanalytic Quarterly

Aims & Scope

The oldest free-standing psychoanalytic journal in North America, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly is published every January, April, July, and October.

Each issue contains from six to eight original articles, a section of in-depth book reviews and book review essays.

In addition, a unique series of abstracts appears frequently, summarizing selected international journals.

A special section of the Quarterly is devoted to the examination of clinical process from a variety of viewpoints, utilizing presentations of case material.

An independent journal with a strong clinical focus, the Quarterly is not wedded to any one school of psychoanalytic thought.

Its editorial goals are to encourage and publish the most rigorous original papers from North America and around the world, representing all contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives on the theories, practices, research endeavors, and applications of adult and child psychoanalysis.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	0.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.716

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7883

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	87

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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
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Medicine and 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.

• Beyond Doer and Done To: an Intersubjective View of Thirdness

  Citation: 833

  Authors: Jessica

• Analytic Interaction: Conceptualizing Technique in Light of the Analyst’s Irreducible Subjectivity

  Citation: 450

  Authors: Owen

• The Meanings and Uses of Countertransference

  Citation: 411

  Authors: Heinrich

• The Working Alliance and the Transference Neurosis

  Citation: 404

  Authors: Ralph R.

• Psychoanalytic Investigation of and Therapy in the Border Line Group of Neuroses

  Citation: 373

  Authors: Adolph

• Some Forms of Emotional Disturbance and their Relationship to Schizophrenia

  Citation: 301

  Authors: Helene

• The Analytic Third: Implications for Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique

  Citation: 272

  Authors: Thomas H.

• Absence of Grief

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Helene, Edith

• Unconscious Fantasy and Disturbances of Conscious Experience

  Citation: 205

  Authors: Jacob A.

• The Ideal of the Anonymous Analyst and the Problem of Self-Disclosure

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Owen

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