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Peer-reviewed · Open access · ISSN 2574-612X
International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research
Rigorous research and scholarship across psychotherapy practice and research.
IJPR publishes evidence-based interventions, the therapeutic relationship and process, clinical outcomes, and psychotherapy training — for clinicians, researchers and educators in mental health.
Aims & scope
What we publish
IJPR welcomes original research, systematic and narrative reviews, and rigorous conceptual work that advances how psychotherapy is practised, studied and taught. Four domains anchor the journal:
Practice & process
Psychotherapy Practice & Process
The therapeutic relationship and alliance, common factors, presence and meaning-making, and integrative or pluralistic practice.
Evidence & outcomes
Evidence-Based Interventions & Outcomes
CBT, cognitive-analytic and psychodynamic approaches, mindfulness and third-wave methods — with their effectiveness and clinical outcomes.
Populations
Clinical Populations & Mental Health
Trauma and PTSD, mood and anxiety disorders, psychological comorbidity in physical illness, and wellbeing across the lifespan.
Training & ethics
Training, Education & Professional Practice
Psychotherapy training and supervision, reflective and ethical practice, and cross-cultural, inclusive and person-centred care.
Written for and by psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, and mental-health researchers, educators and trainees. See the full aims & scope →
Editorial oversight
Your manuscript is handled by named experts
IJPR is directed by an international editorial board of clinicians and researchers. Every decision is made by a subject editor in the relevant field — a selection is shown below.
Gabriele Fischer
Psychiatry & addiction medicine
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Austria
Karim Sedky
Child & adolescent psychiatry, sleep
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, USA
United States
ORCID
Tullio Scrimali
Cognitive psychotherapy
University of Catania, Italy
Italy
ORCID
María Paz Cardín García
Clinical psychology
Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain
Spain
ORCID
Man-cheung Chung
Psychology & psychotraumatology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Marco Cavallo
Clinical neuropsychology
Università degli Studi eCampus, Italy
Italy
Senior members shown across Austria, the United States, Italy, Spain and Hong Kong.
View the full editorial board →
Why publish with IJPR
Open, permanent, and transparently priced
Immediate open access
Every article is free to read worldwide the day it publishes, under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Authors retain copyright.
Permanent Crossref DOI
Each article receives a citable, resolvable Crossref DOI — a stable link that keeps your work findable and cited.
You pay only on acceptance
No charge to submit and no charge to be reviewed. A single US$1,499 fee applies only if your manuscript is accepted.
Rigorous, named review
Single-blind peer review (double-blind on request), handled by subject experts on the editorial board.
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Discovery & permanence
Findable now — and permanently identified
Every IJPR article carries a permanent identifier and public records you can verify yourself.
Crossref DOI registration
Each article is registered with Crossref. Search Crossref →
ISSN Portal record
Registered under ISSN 2574-612X. View the ISSN record →
OpenAlex source
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Google Scholar & digital preservation
Discoverable through Google Scholar. A digital-preservation agreement with Portico is in place; content ingestion is in progress. Preservation policy →
Registered identifiers and discoverability are summarised on the indexing & identifiers page.
Transparent pricing
Article processing charge
IJPR is fully open access. There is no fee to submit or to be reviewed — a charge applies only when your article is accepted for publication.
US$1,499
per accepted article
- ✓No submission fee. Submitting and peer review are always free.
- ✓Charged only on acceptance. You commit nothing until an editor accepts your work.
- ✓Fee assistance is considered case by case for authors without institutional or grant funding.
- ✓The charge covers editorial handling, production, the Crossref DOI, hosting and preservation arrangements. Full APC policy →
Questions from authors
Before you submit
What does IJPR publish?
IJPR is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for research and scholarship across psychotherapy practice and research — including evidence-based interventions, the therapeutic relationship and process, clinical outcomes, psychological assessment, and psychotherapy training and education, across clinical populations and cultural contexts.
Who is the journal for?
Psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, and mental-health researchers, educators and trainees — as authors, reviewers and readers. Both empirical studies and rigorous conceptual and review work are welcome.
Is IJPR open access, and who holds copyright?
Yes. Every article is immediately open access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence, free to read worldwide. Authors retain copyright of their work.
What are the article processing charges?
The article processing charge is US$1,499, payable only if your manuscript is accepted. There is no charge to submit and no charge to be reviewed. Fee assistance is considered case by case for authors without funding.
How are manuscripts peer reviewed?
Manuscripts undergo single-blind peer review (double-blind on request), handled by named subject experts on the editorial board.
How are articles identified and made discoverable?
Every published article is registered with a permanent Crossref DOI. The journal holds a public record in the ISSN Portal (ISSN 2574-612X) and a source record in OpenAlex, and articles are discoverable through Google Scholar.
How do I submit?
Read the aims & scope to confirm fit, then follow the instructions for authors and submit through the journal's submission page. Manuscripts are acknowledged and assigned to a handling editor in the relevant field.
Ready to submit to IJPR?
Confirm your fit with the aims & scope, follow the author instructions, and send us your manuscript. You pay nothing unless it is accepted.
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