Journal of Anthropological Psychology is based on the target article system with commentaries from invited commentators – and a reply from the author of the target article.

Target articles deal with the central questions of anthropological psychology: The human conditions and the way in which the human psyche and its phenomena are particularly human. These questions can be approached from the point of view of one or more of the following three fundamental psychological perspectives:

1. The natural historical perspective dealing with the evolutionary foundations of the human species and human conditions
2. The cultural historical perspective dealing with the cultural/societal foundations
3. The life historical perspective dealing with the personal foundations of the particularly human qualities, and the conditions of the human psyche.

Furthermore target articles can deal with the theoretical framework, empirical studies, and interdisciplinary relations of

• (a) a psychology capable of addressing these fundamental questions and

• (b) a psychology that aims at contributing to our understanding of actual societal and cultural problems in terms of the human conditions.

Hence the concern of a target article must be related to the question of ”the human conditions”, ”the particularly human”, or how X is related to these questions (X being the specific issue or subject area of the article).

Accordingly, the style/composition of a target article must address the abovementioned questions of anthropological psychology, in the abstract, the introduction, the conclusion as well as in the meta-communications concerning the argument of the article. As previously mentioned, the article may concentrate on the theme/topic X; X must, however, explicitly be related to the central questions of anthropological psychology. In other words: the human condition/the particularly human must be dealt with directly, not en passant in the form of scattered references to these questions. The article must focus on the human condition/the particularly human - and the conclusion must focus on how the article has thrown light on these questions.

The editorial review as well as the peer review will consider the above as decisive in deciding whether the content and structure of the article is in accordance with ”The Aims & Scope of the Journal”.