Manuscript Submission Requirements & Instructions

Original papers that address Individual Psychology, Adlerian theory, and Adlerian practice are welcome and will be considered for publication. By submitting a manuscript, the author(s) agree to comply with the ethical code of the American Psychological Association (APA), including not submitting to more than one publisher simultaneously and other relevant ethical guidelines, such as those related to privacy and confidentiality, the use of PHI, plagiarism, and more. Authors agree not to use generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) in any portion of the manuscript.

Please submit manuscripts that have been prepared within the following guidelines in the following separate files:

File 1. Manuscript in APA format and style. *Text and references of all manuscripts should be formatted according to the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association 7th ed., 2020.

*Be sure to pay attention to font size, style, headings, abstract, keywords, running head, and references. Submitted manuscripts must be de-identified. Generally, article manuscripts are 18-25 pages in length. If an article manuscript is more than 25 pages, please contact the editorial office at jip@adler.edu before submitting it. Manuscripts must include an abstract of no more than 120 words and relevant keywords.

File 2. Author contact and biographical information. Provide a 3-5 sentence biography for each author listed, including credentials and email address (please note if you prefer not to publish an email address). Author contact information should include physical mailing address, email, and phone. Specify the corresponding author.

Supplemental files. Include any 300 dpi images, tables and/or figures in a separately submitted file and refer to them as “Figure X” within the manuscript.

Authors bear responsibility for the accuracy of all references and quotations and obtaining copyright permissions for any images. Manuscripts should be logical, well organized, and concise. Manuscripts are subject to editorial modification at any stage, including post-acceptance if necessary.

Please click the red “Submit Manuscript” button above with fully prepared files for review by The Journal of Individual Psychology.

Review Process

Unsolicited manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Individual Psychology undergo a blind peer review process involving at least two reviewers or contributing editors. Invited, featured, or column manuscripts are peer-reviewed by the journal’s editors, special editor (if any), or column editor (if any). Manuscripts resubmitted after being returned to their authors for major
revision may be reviewed by one or more additional reviewers at the discretion of the journal editors.