Editorial

Dear readers,

With the current issue of the Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review, we follow our efforts to get on track with the publication rhythm of the journal. It is the second volume of the 2022 issue which will be followed by a double volume for 2023 soon. This means that we will be able to publish the two volumes for 2024 in time.

The group of editors is working hard not only to catch up with the publications but also to develop the journal in order to make it more interesting to read but also to make it more attractive for authors to publish their manuscripts in the Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review. As an example, we will now be able to reduce the time period for authors from uploading a manuscript until a final decision significantly. We also want to attract younger colleagues to be engaged in the process as reviewers. Currently, we are developing simplified guidelines for reviewers, which will clearly facilitate the process of writing reviews.

Another aim we have is to make the journal accessible for a wider scope of readers outside the psychoanalytic communities in the Nordic countries, for readers who have interest in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic topics. This should not only support spreading psychoanalytic knowledge but also may lead eventually to an increase of subscribers. Considerations to start the initiative to cooperate with the colleagues in the Baltic states point into the same direction.

We also plan to introduce new publication formats, e.g., to enable discussions of certain articles. It will be possible to comment on an article, and the author of the original article will get the possibility to respond to the comment. We are also thinking about ‘special issues’ to a certain topic of relevance and the possibility to have guest editors for these ‘special issues’.

Another ongoing discussion in this context is the digitalization of scientific publishing. We have to face this challenge and discuss thoroughly how we need to develop the journal in o