Special Issues Policy

The International Journal of Personality Psychology (IJPP) has not yet published special
issues or guest-edited content. Such content is, however, welcomed, and in case of proposals,
the following policy will apply in full.

Any proposal for a special issue or thematic section must fall clearly within the aims and
scope of the journal. All proposals are reviewed and approved by the Editor-in-Chief before
any public announcement or call for papers is issued, on the basis of the scientific relevance
of the topic, the qualifications and independence of any proposed guest editor, and the
likelihood of attracting a diverse and high-quality set of submissions.

The Editor-in-Chief retains full responsibility for the scientific quality, editorial integrity, and
final content of the entire journal, including any special issues or guest-edited sections.
Guest editors are invited only after their scholarly expertise, qualifications, and potential
conflicts of interest have been reviewed and approved by the Editor-in-Chief. Guest editors
are expected to adhere to the journal’s editorial policies, peer review standards, and
publication ethics principles.

All manuscripts submitted to a special issue are subject to the same editorial standards and
peer review procedures as regular submissions, including independent external review by at
least two reviewers. Articles published as part of a special issue are clearly identified as such.
Manuscripts submitted by guest editors themselves, or by authors with a close personal,
professional, or institutional relationship to a guest editor, are handled independently by the
Editor-in-Chief or by another qualified editor without a conflict of interest. The guest editor
concerned is excluded from all editorial decisions concerning such manuscripts. Articles
authored by guest editors must not constitute more than 25% of the total content of the
relevant special issue or section.

The journal will not accept special issues that primarily serve to promote the work of one
institution, one research group, or a narrow network of collaborators.