Psychoanalytic Science Policy with Journals. The establishment of the "International Journal of Psychoanalysis"

The author situates the establishment of the "International Journal of Psychoanalysis" in the context of other journals from the early years of psychoanalysis. The Journal first saw the light of day in July 1920, in terms both of content and structure it was modeled on the journals "Imago" and "Internationale Zeitschrift fur Arztliche Psychoanalyse" launched in 1912 and 1913 by Freud and members of the so-called Secret Committee. In contradistinction to such developments as Adler's psychology of the individual and Jung's modifications of libido theory, all three publications were designed to represent and preserve an approach adhering to Freud's original ideas on psychoanalysis and his metapsychology. Initially, the IJP was largely dedicated to making German articles accessible to English-speaking readers. In the course of emigration, however, new scientific centers took shape outside Central Europe involving a shift of power and influence within the international psychoanalytic organizations.