Aims and Scope

The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) is a peer-reviewed open access journal and the official organ of the European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS).

Aims: The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) aims to engage scholars, clinicians and researchers in the crucial discourse about how to prevent post-traumatic stress syndrome and other trauma disorders, and how to intervene in the wide spectrum of post-traumatic situations using the latest research in these areas. The Journal is line with ESTSS’s mission to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge about traumatic stress within Europe and internationally, and is intended as an alternative scientific forum for exchange of results from both scientific research and evidence-based treatment. Being open access, the European Journal of Psychotraumatology is also evidence of ESTSS’s stand on free accessibility of research publications to a wider scientific community via the web.

Scope: The European Journal of Psychotraumatology seeks to attract contributions from academics and practitioners from diverse professional backgrounds, including, but not restricted to, those in mental health, social sciences, and health and welfare services. Contributions from outside Europe are welcome.

The Journal welcomes Original basic and clinical research articles that consolidate and expand the theoretical and professional basis of the field of traumatic stress; Review articles including meta-analyses; Short communications presenting new ideas or early-stage promising research; Study protocols that describe proposed or ongoing research; Case reports examining a single individual or event in a real‑life context; Clinical practice papers sharing experience from the clinic; Letters to the Editor debating articles already published in the Journal; and Book Reviews.

PhD thesis Summaries are welcome and will be published as Supplements to the Journal. A Summary should not exceed 8 typeset pages (A4) and must be in English. If the original is in another language, that version may be attached to the Supplement as 'supplementary material' (a flat PDF).

PhD thesis Summaries will be subject to editorial evaluation.

Topics:

• Assessment, Diagnosis
• Prevention, Early Interventions
• Clinical or Interventions Research
• Complex Trauma
• Biological, Medical
• Life span (Children through old age)
• Human rights, Social Policy, Refugees, Ethics, Culture
• Diversity (incl Gender)
• Community Programs
• Disaster, Mass Trauma
• Military, Police, Emergency Services, Aid Workers
• Research Methodology
• Internet and Technology
• Media

 

ESTSS acknowledges the very important role played by scientific literature published in countries where English is not the first language, and seeks to increase visibility of literature that would otherwise be accessible only within the borders of those countries. For this reason, the Journal encourages authors to submit their paper in the original language as well, for co-publication with the official English-language version.

The English abstract will be translated into French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.

Section Policies

Editorials

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Invited Editorials

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Inaugural Lecture

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Invited Review Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Clinical Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Basic Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Short Communications

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Clinical Practice Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Case Reports

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Letters-to-the-Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

PhD Summaries

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Book Reviews

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Study protocols

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Papers submitted to the European Journal of Psychotraumatology are subject to rigorous peer review so as to ensure that the research published is 'good science'.

All articles go through a preliminary review by the Editor-in-Chief. When articles are felt to not be appropriate for full peer review, authors are notified at that point, usually within approximately two weeks. Articles that are felt to be appropriate for full review are assigned to at least two peer referees.

Manuscripts are sent out for review electronically, and all correspondence takes place via e-mail. The European Journal of Psychotraumatology has a 'double blind' review process: Authors are not told who reviewed their paper, and reviewers are not told who wrote the paper. Peer reviewers are informed of the identity of the authors immediately after the manuscript is either accepted or rejected. The referees’ identity remains unknown to the authors although it is up to the referee if he/she wants to contact the author at a later stage and reveal his/her identity.

Peer reviewers are asked to give their opinion on a number of issues pertinent to the scientific and formal aspects of a paper, and to judge the papers on grounds of originality and urgency. All relevant information will be forwarded to the author(s).

Peer reviewers will have six possible options, for each article:

1. Accept manuscript (i.e. no need for any revision)
2. Accept after revision (i.e. accepted if the author makes the requested revisions)
3. Revise and resubmit (i.e. accepted or rejected after revisions have been made - paper will be sent out for another peer review round)
4. Submit elsewhere (i.e. if the manuscript is better suited for another journal)
5. Reject manuscript (i.e. if the manuscript is substandard)
6. See comments (i.e. if the reviewer cannot choose from any of the above)

 

When asking for revisions, reviewers have two possible goals: to ask authors to tighten their arguments based on existing data, or to identify areas where more data are needed. Even formal revision may be required if the language or formalities is sub-standard. To facilitate rapid publication, authors are given a maximum of 2 months for revision. After 2 months, revised manuscripts will be considered new submissions.

Publication Frequency

All articles published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology are posted online immediately as they are ready for publication, i.e. after final proofreading. The journal does not collate numbered issues published regularly but all articles will be assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) whereby they become searchable and citeable without delay.

Open Access Policy

Open Access
The European Journal of Psychotraumatology is published under the Open Access model and is therefore free for anybody to read and download, and to copy and disseminate for educational purposes. Articles will be published immediately after the final corrections of the master proof have been made. When posted online, articles will be assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) whereby it becomes possible to search and cite them without delay.

The European Journal of Psychotraumatology is accessible via the journal’s website at http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net as well as via international search engines such as Google and Google Scholar.

Under the Open Access model authors retain copyright. See copyright section.  

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

In addition, all files will be archived with CLOCKSS and Portico.

Author Self-Archiving

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post items submitted to this journal on personal or institutional websites, prior to and after publication (while providing the bibliographic details of that publication).

Publication fee

Publishing of regular articles (i.e. not supplements) in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology is free of charge for members of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) as long as membership is in force at the time of submission of the manuscript. However, if the article emanates from a university or institute that officially maintains a central fund to cover costs for Open Access Publishing, or the article describes results from research funded by a positive Open Access funder, a publication fee will be charged as follows:

Publication of an Article up to 8 typeset A4 pages incurs a charge of €650, excl. VAT (Europe), $880 (rest of the world). Articles exceeding 8 typeset pages incur an additional charge of €25/$35 per page. The publication of a Short Communication up to 4 typeset A4 pages incurs a charge of €350, excl. VAT (Europe), $475 (rest of the world).

PhD thesis Summary are published in the form of a Supplement up to 8 typeset pages and incurs a cost of €650, excl. VAT (Europe), or $880 (rest of the world). Papers exceeding 8 typeset pages incur an additional fee of €15/$20 per page. ESTSS members receive a 10% discount.

For a list of universities/institutes and funders supporting Open Access publication, please see here. Additional information on how to claim reimbursement/support for publication fees can be found here.

One typeset page contains 800-900 words, tables and figures excluded.

 

For non-ESTSS members a publication fee will be charged as follows:
Publication of an Article (up to 8 typeset A4 pages) incurs a charge of €650, excl. VAT (Europe), or $880 (rest of the world). Articles exceeding 8 typeset pages incur an additional charge of €25/$35 per page. The publication of a Short Communication (up to 4 typeset A4 pages) incurs a charge of €350, excl. VAT (Europe), or $475 (rest of the world).

For a list of universities/institutes and funders supporting Open Access publication, please see here. Additional information on how to claim reimbursement/support for publication fees can be found here.

One typeset page contains 800-900 words, tables and figure excluded.

Open Access Key

As a Co-Action Publishing author you are now able to manage your publication fee using Open Access Key (OAK).

Co-Action Publishing is one of the first publishers in the world to implement OAK, a unique new online payment platform designed to manage and consolidate author publication fees and connect authors to their universities, research funders or learned societies. To register and start using Open Access Key, please visit http://www.openaccesskey.com

Indexing

European Journal of Psychotraumatology is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services: DOAJ, Google Scholar,  JournalSeek, Open J-Gate, ProQuest Summon, ProQuest PILOTS Database

The Publisher is currently working actively to have the European Journal of Psychotraumatology indexed/tracked/covered by major indexing services such as PsycInfo, PubMed and PubMed Central, and will also try to achieve indexing with ISI Thomson's Web of Knowledge (to attain an impact factor) and MEDLINE as soon as the volume of content and other required criteria are met.

 

Material in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology is distributed by EBSCO, one of the worlds largest content aggregators and research database providers.

Commercial reprints and advertising

If you wish to purchase reprints for commercial distribution, arrange for a supplement, or e-advertise on the European Journal of Psychotraumatology website, please contact:

Caroline Sutton, Sales & Marketing Director

Email: caroline.sutton@co-action.net
Tel (SkypeIn): +46 18 495 11 26
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