About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The Journal of Coaching Psychology aims to serve as a significant Danish forum for the discussion of coaching psychology practice and research within fields such as life coaching, executive coaching, organizational coaching, sports coaching, integrative coaching, and a wide range of paradigms including psychodynamic coaching, cognitive coaching, humanistic coaching, systemic coaching, narrative coaching, etc.
The Journal of Coaching Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal and primarily publishes articles and commentaries in Danish, but also includes a section in which English-language articles appear. We welcome all contributions that, from a psychological perspective, discuss coaching psychology practice and research, its challenges, perspectives, and theoretical foundations.
Peer Review Process
The journal uses a double-blind peer review process, meaning that both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the review process.
When the editorial team receives a manuscript, the submission is first reviewed, after which it is normally sent (without author identification) to two members of the editorial board. Within a typical timeframe of 4–6 weeks, the editorial board members assess whether:
- The manuscript can be accepted for publication without further revision, or
- The manuscript can be accepted subject to revisions, with detailed guidance provided, or
- The manuscript is not suitable for publication in the journal.
Open Access Policy
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, while the work is simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), allowing others to share the work with proper acknowledgment of the author and initial publication in this journal.
b. Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., deposit in an institutional repository or publication in a book), provided that the original publication in this journal is acknowledged.
c. No article processing charges (APCs) are required for publication in the journal.
d. Authors are permitted and encouraged to make their work available online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on personal websites) prior to and during the submission process, as this can lead to productive scholarly exchange and increased citations (see The Effect of Open Access).
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered on this journal’s website will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. For further information, please refer to Aalborg University’s privacy policy and cookie policy.
Contributor
The journal is funded by the Department of Communication and with support from the Obel Family Foundation.
The journal is published by Aalborg University Open Publishing.
Department of Communication, Aalborg University
The Obel Family Foundation
Journal History
The Journal of Coaching Psychology is an open access journal, with its first issue published online in the autumn of 2011. The journal is published twice a year, in winter/spring and summer/autumn.
The journal is rooted in several Danish research environments and is published through a collaboration between the Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Copenhagen and the Coaching Psychology Research Unit at Aalborg University, with Ole Michael Spaten serving as editor-in-chief.
