Mehmet Sungur
Section Editor — Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Turkish Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies · Turkey
Areas of expertise: Cognitive behavioural therapy
Editorial board
Editorial Board
IJPR is directed by an international board of psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and mental-health researchers. Every submission is handled by a named subject editor working in the relevant field — peer review at IJPR is Single-blind (double-blind on request), and editorial decisions rest on scientific merit alone.
- 10 editors
- 8 countries
- 5 with a verified ORCID
- Peer review: Single-blind (double-blind on request)
- Editorially independent · ISSN 2574-612X
Editorial leadership
Editor-in-Chief
Wei Xu
Beijing Normal University · China
Areas of expertise: Mindfulness-based intervention, emotion and psychological wellbeing
How the board works
Editorial governance and independence
The board's role is scholarly stewardship: overseeing peer review, upholding publication ethics, and protecting the people described in the research. Board membership is a scholarly service — it is not clinical endorsement, accreditation, or professional certification.
Independent decisions
Editorial decisions are based on scientific merit and are independent of fees, membership, or any commercial consideration. Editors recuse themselves from manuscripts in which they have a conflict; those papers are handled by another editor. Editorial policies →
Peer-review oversight
Each manuscript is assigned to a handling editor in the relevant field, who oversees single-blind peer review (double-blind on request) by qualified reviewers. Reviewer guidelines →
Integrity & confidentiality
Editors and reviewers treat submissions as confidential and follow recognised research-integrity practice on authorship, competing interests, and the handling of concerns and corrections. Editor guidelines →
Patient privacy & safeguarding
Because psychotherapy research involves identifiable people, editors expect informed consent, protection of privacy, and attention to participant safety and dignity in the work they handle.
Scope & fit
The board's combined expertise spans psychotherapy practice and process, evidence-based interventions, clinical populations, and training — matching what IJPR publishes. Aims & scope →
Publisher relationship
IJPR is published by Open Access Pub, which provides production and hosting. The editorial board directs scholarly content and review; the publisher does not influence individual editorial decisions. About IJPR →
Section editor
The board
Editorial board members
Named subject experts across clinical psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy. Search or filter to find an editor by name, institution, country, or area of expertise.
Karim Sedky
Editorial Board
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, USA · United States
Areas of expertise: Child and adolescent psychiatry; sleep disorders
Tullio Scrimali
Editorial Board
University of Catania · Italy
Areas of expertise: Neuroscience-based cognitive psychotherapy
Gabriele Fischer
Editorial Board
Medical University of Vienna · Austria
Areas of expertise: Psychiatry and addiction medicine
María Paz Cardín García
Editorial Board
Universidad Pontificia Comillas · Spain
Areas of expertise: Clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Man-cheung Chung
Editorial Board
The Chinese University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong
Areas of expertise: Psychotraumatology and clinical psychology
Oya Mortan Sevi
Editorial Board
Yaşar University, Izmir · Turkey
Areas of expertise: Clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Marco Cavallo
Editorial Board
Università degli Studi eCampus · Italy
Areas of expertise: Clinical neuropsychology and psychotherapy
Hassan Banaruee
Editorial Board
University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten · Germany
Areas of expertise: Educational and cognitive psychology; emotion
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What the board does
How the board supports authors and readers
- Assess fit and rigourEditors judge whether a manuscript falls within scope and meets the methodological and ethical standards for publication.
- Select and guide reviewersHandling editors match each paper to qualified reviewers and weigh their assessments before reaching a decision.
- Uphold ethics and integrityThe board applies recognised practice on consent, competing interests, and the handling of concerns, corrections, and retractions.
- Steward the fieldEditors help shape the questions IJPR takes up across psychotherapy practice, process, outcomes, and training.
Qualified specialists in psychotherapy and mental health who wish to be considered for an editorial or reviewer role can express interest through the journal's editorial contact. All appointments follow the journal's own vetting; expressing interest confers no advantage in the review of your own work.
Submit your work to a board of named experts
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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