Dreaming: Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams

1. What is the name of your journal?

2. Give a one sentence summary of what your journal is about or what its mission is. Yo u can often find this right on the main website, or on a section called “About Us.”

Dreaming a specialized journal features professional scholarly articles on any aspect of dreaming including articles concerning dreams as they appear in the arts, humanities, psychology, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, as well as, sleep and dream research, and dreams from clinical work.

3. How long has the journal been published?

Dreaming has been published since 1991.

4. What is the city, the state, and the country of publication?

Dreaming is published in Washington , DC , USA .

5.What is the intended audience for the journal? If this is not stated directly, you may have to infer it.

The intended audience for Dreaming is professionals and scholarly. Most of the articles contain systematic or quantitative research.

6.Is the journal sponsored or affiliated with any organization or publication?

Dreaming is the official journal for The Association for the Study of Dreams. It is also affiliated with APA.

7.About how many full‐length articles do there appear to be in each journal?

Dreaming has between four to seven articles per issue. Six was the average number in the issues I examined; one special issue had 10 articles.

8.What categories of articles appear in the journal besides full‐length articles?

(book reviews, poetry, fiction, etc.) As a professional journal, Dreaming features full-length articles related to dreaming. In perusing the abstracts of the three most recent issues of Dreaming the articles appear to be discussions of quantitative studies. Some issues contain one or two a book reviews or an announcements, but these do not seem to be regular features.

9. What is the cost of each journal?

A single journal costs $25.00, or you may purchase a special issue for $40.00.

10. Of a subscription?

APA Member/Associate/Affiliate: Domestic: $57.00; International/surface: $76.00; International/airmail: $88.00.

APA Member Student Affiliate: Domestic: $57.00; International/surface: $76.00; International/airmail: $88.00.

APA Nonmember/Individual: Domestic: $98.00; International/surface: $122.00; International/airmail: $132.00.

Institution: Domestic: $496.00; International/surface: $537.00; International/airmail: $550.00.

11. Do they have online subscriptions or paid access to individual articles?

You can order Dreaming online; you can also order an issue, or a special issue. For $11.95 you can open a single article in either full text PDF or full text HTLM.

12. Do they have free online content?

The only free content is the abstracts of the articles.

13. What is the frequency of publication?

Dreaming is published quarterly.

14.Is the journal peer reviewed or refereed? If not, who appears to make editorial decisions? Dreaming is peer reviewed. In the submission guidelines they report that the article is reviewed by editors and referees in the field.

15. What are the submission guidelines for the journal?

Dreaming prefers that manuscripts be submitted electronically, although you must also send two paper copies of the article. If one is unable to do that, it is permissible to send four copies, but you must e-mail the title page with the author’s name and an abstract.

A title page must be included with the paper and contain the title of the article, the author's name, degree, affiliation, and suggested running head. The running head should be an abbreviation of the title and must be less that 50 characters total. The affiliation consists of the department, institution (such as a university or company), city, and state (or nation) and should be typed as a footnote to the author's name. Furthermore, the title page should contain the full mailing address and phone number of the author responsible to review proofs. Dreaming also requests e-mail address, and FAX numbers.

The article should be double-spaced, have a generous margin, and be in 12-point font. Correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar; accuracy and consistency in the citation of figures, tables, and references; stylistic uniformity of entries in the References section are important. If the article contains tables they must be on a separate page, numbered, and referred to by that number in the text. Each table should nave a title centered above it, and explanatory footnotes in lowercase letters below it.

The content and style of the manuscripts should be checked.

Authors are instructed to “consult APA’s Instructions for All Authors.”

Prior to setting the type page proofs are sent to the author for proofreading and checking. Typographical errors are corrected, but authors are not allowed to alter the text. The presented manuscript is typeset as is.

16. Pulling up a recent table of contents, list three or four article titles.

The central image makes “big” dreams big: The central image as the heart of the dream.

Typical dreams experienced by Chinese people.

Children’s grief dreams and the theory of spiritual intelligence.

Interest in dream interpretation: A gender difference.

17.Write up a summary for your classmates about the viability of publishing in this journal or publication. What sorts of writing have you all done at Pacifica that might be a fit for this journal? How “academic” is the writing? How much is it geared toward case material or the practice of psychotherapy? Can you tell the sorts of people they publish (academics, clinicians, “average joes,” etc.)?

My peers have shared dreams in relation to clinical cases, and I understand some individuals in my class have examined and written about dreams in relation to their personal growth, initiatory experiences, or individuation. However, unlike the articles in Dreaming (mostly quantitative studies) we have been reading, reporting on, and writing from a personal and qualitative perspective in the papers for our course work at Pacifica . The submission guidelines seem to imply that APA format is adhered to, which we are all familiar with.

The “about us” section describes the magazine as featuring articles from the arts and humanities, yet most of the articles describe quantitative studies and are academic. There appeared to be some articles on clinical application, but I did not find any specifically regarding case material or the practice of psychotherapy. The authors that this journal publishes are mostly scholars in the field of dreaming. It may be that the audience is also more interested in quantitative studies, thus unless this is the approach we choose, Dreaming may not be the first choice for us to consider publishing in.

However, given that Dreaming portrays itself as a magazine that also features articles on the arts, and clinical work, I believe that some of our writing for Pacifica might be acceptable. For example, I located one issue (1997) that featured articles on dreams in the work of Coleridge. Therefore if one of us were to examine dreams from literature or from another culture our work might find acceptance. In addition, they may have issues that focus on the arts, clinical material, or the practice of psychotherapy. If so Dreaming may be an appropriate venue for our papers. With a succinct carefully written cover letter to Editor Deirdre Barrett, PhD, our work might be considered.