Preparing for Submission
 
The author must confirm: a) that the paper - or its main argument and content - has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. If accepted for publication in IFP the paper should not be republished in any other journal without the editors' and publisher's written consent. b) that to the best of his or her knowledge publication does not involve any break of confidentiality or professional ethics. For policy regarding case material, see below.
When the manuscript has more than one author it should be accompanied by a covering letter from the corresponding author, stating that the manuscript has been seen and approved by all authors.

Language

All manuscripts must be submitted in English. English or American spelling is accepted if used consistently throughout the manuscript. Authors from non-English-speaking countries should enlist the help of a colleague who is proficient in English and in psychoanalysis to read and amend the paper. The quality of the language is the author's responsibility. All manuscripts will undergo editorial copy-editing before printing, but language editing can only be undertaken to a limited extent. The name of the translator should appear at the end of the main text, whenever a paper has been translated into English from another language.

Manuscript Style

Double space the entire manuscript - even the reference list. Leave an all around margin of at least 3 cm. Organize the manuscript with each of the following parts starting on a new page:

Title page, abstract page, main text, references, tables, illustrations, autobiographical notes. Type the page number in the upper right-hand corner of each page, starting with the title page.  

Please note that Taylor & Francis can receive files from any word processing system; however, styled Microsoft Word files are preferred.

The Title Page should include a) the full title, b) a short running title of no more than 50 characters (to be used as a page heading) c) the name of the author(s), with affiliation(s) d) the name, address, telephone, fax number and e-mail address of the corresponding author (to whom the proofs are to be sent).

The Abstract should be included in the same document as the main text, and should not exceed 200 words. The abstract is a short statement that briefly details the essential information of the paper, its aims, methods, results and conclusions. Authors are also required to select 3-10 keywords that reflect the content of their manuscript. The keywords selected will help the editorial office identify appropriate reviewers for each manuscript.

The Main Text should be broken up by headings and subheadings whenever appropriate. Papers originally written for oral presentation must be adapted to a style suitable for publication. It is essential that quotations correspond exactly with the original text and that page number(s) is given. For quotations from Freud's works, use the Standard Edition.

Mark long quotations in the text by separate paragraphs; indenting from the left hand margin. Short quotations (one or two sentences) can be integrated in the text within quotation marks. Use three dots to indicate omissions in the original text. Mark insertions into the original text by square brackets.

Footnotes should be kept to a minimum. Incorporate notes in the text, within parentheses, whenever possible.

Acknowledgements should be placed right after the main text before the references.

Tables and Figures should be submitted on separate sheets (not incorporated in the text). In the main text, mark where tables and figures should be inserted. Figures should be professionally drawn, but computer-drawn figures are also accepted provided they are of high quality.

Photographs and other illustrations should be unmounted and of high quality, suitable for printing. Indicate figure number on the back of all illustrations, and provide figure legends on a separate sheet.

Reference format

From 2006 the journal will use the APA style of references. When an author's name is mentioned in the text, the date of the reference should be inserted in parentheses immediately after the name, e.g. Winnicott (1958, p. 25). When a less direct reference is made to one or more authors, both name and date are bracketed, with the references separated by a semi-colon, (Klein, S., 1980; Tustin, 1990). For works with more than two authors cite all authors the first time, subsequently use the form Meltzer et al. (1976).

The reference list should be arranged alphabetically by author and then by date.If the author has published more than two works in one year, distinguish them by use of lower-case letters after the date, e.g. Winnicott (1960a, 1960b). For anonymous reports, alphabetize by the issuing institution. Please translate non-English article and book titles into English within parentheses. The format should conform to the following examples:

Book and chapter
Bowlby, J. (1988) A Secure Base. London: Routledge.
 
Alvarez, A. (1992) A developmental view of "defence". In Live Company. London and New York: Tavistock/ Routledge.
 
Multi-authored or multi-edited book
Szur, R.T. & Miller, S. (eds) (1991) Extending Horizons. London: Karnac.

Translated text
Anzieu, D. (ed.) (1990) Psychic Envelopes, trans. D. Briggs. London: Karnac.

Chapter in edited volume
Coltart, N. (1985) Slouching towards Bethlehem … or thinking the unthinkable in psychoanalysis. In Kohon, G. (ed.) The British School of Psychoanalysis. London: Free Association Books.

Article in journal
Stechler, G. & Kaplan, S. (1980) The development of the self. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 35, 85-105. (Please give journal title in full). (List all authors when six or less, when seven or more use et al.)

Freud
Freud, S. (1914) Remembering, repeating and working through, SE 12: 145-56.

Jung
Jung, C.G. (1948) Instinct and the unconscious. Collected Works, 8: paras 263-82.

Electronic Manuscript Submission
All submissions should be made online at the International Forum of Psychoanalysis ScholarOne Manuscripts site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, as described above, and when uploading this file authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review.” 

The second version of the manuscript should have all information identifying the author removed from the file, to allow it to be sent anonymously to referees. Contributors who wish to reference their own previous publications in their paper are requested to anonymise their work by inserting 'Author' both in the body of the text where their name would normally appear, and also in the bibliography.  This file should be defined as the “Main Document.”

Contributors should also include brief biographical details (not more than three lines) for each author, which may include their institutional affiliation, membership of an organisation and aspects of their biography and professional experience that they think are important and relevant to their contribution to the journal. These details should be saved as a separate file and defined as “Author Bio.”

Keep illustrations as separate files, e.g. high resolution EPS, TIF or PDF files. These files should be defined as the “Figures.”  

Proofs and Offprints

Authors will receive proofs via e-mail as PDF files. Follow the instructions and return corrections within 48 hours to the Production Editor. Corrections other than printer's errors should be avoided at this point. All first authors are entitled to 25 free offprints. Additional offprints can be ordered in advance of printing at a cost indicated on the order form supplied by the printer.