About This Journal
The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies (IJTS) is a semi-annual peer-reviewed academic journal publishing research and scholarship in whole person approaches to psychology such as transpersonal, integral, humanistic, and positive psychology. It focuses particularly on second wave transpersonal psychology: A transformative psychology of the whole person embedded within a diverse, interconnected. and evolving world that pays particular attention to states of consciousness and developmental stages reflecting expansion beyond conventional notions of self. The journal also retains a focus on topics such as transpersonal approaches to the study of sociology, anthropology, medicine, psychiatry, psychotherapy, education, leadership, feminist thought, culturally-situated psychologies, world religions, and spirituality, among others.
As the largest and most accessible journal in the transpersonal field, and the only transpersonal journal listed by Scopus, the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies (IJTS) is a highly influential publication within its subfield of psychology. IJTS is read in 185 countries and 40 dependencies or territories, papers are published with doi numbers, the impact factor for the journal is 0.14 for 2024, and the h-index is 15. The journal has been in print since 1981, and its readership is reflected in about 250,000 article downloads per year (advance publication + published issues). In addition to Scopus, IJTS is abstracted and indexed in PsychINFO, ATLA Religion Database, EBSCO databases, and the MLA International Bibliography. In the category of Religious Studies, IJTS ranks as a 2nd Quartile journal in SJR rankings. IJTS is published by Floraglades Foundation and supported in part by Attention Strategies.
Print copies of journal issues may be purchased by going to Lulu Press (www.lulu.com) and searching for IJTS.
Upcoming Special Topics:
(Dates are estimates only and may change)
Integral and Transpersonal Psychotherapy — 2025 Rene Dumetz rdumetz@ciis.edu
Transpersonal Philosophy — 2026 Michael Da michael@michaelda.com
Transpersonal Approaches to Addiction — 2026 Nick Boeving nboeving@hotmail.com
Spirituality and Health in BIPOC Communities — 2026 Cassondra Jackson cjacksonphd2022@gmail.com>
History
The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies (IJTS) was founded in 1981 by Don Diespecker, an Australian transpersonal psychologist and psychology professor. The journal first appeared as the Australian Journal of Transpersonal Psychology and retained this name through 1992. In 1993, the journal began publication under its current name, and in 1998 was moved to the University of Hawaii, continuing under the editorship of Philippe Gross and Sam Shapiro until 2003. IJTS was acquired by Saybrook Graduate School (now Saybrook University), where it was published from 2003 until 2006 under the editorship of Harris Friedman and Doug MacDonald.
By 2006, Saybrook University made the decision to close down the journal, which at that point was mailed out in hard copy to fewer than 100 subscribers. The journal was given reprieve from demise by Harris Friedman, who obtained ownership through Floraglades Foundation and assumed the role of Senior Editor in 2009. Glenn Hartelius assumed an editorial role with IJTS in 2007 and has taken primary responsibility for bringing the journal back from near zero to its current circulation numbers of about 200,000 downloads per year in more than 225 nations, dependencies or terrritories.
In 2010 IJTS was selected as the official publication of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA). The journal was sponsored by the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) from 2015 to 2021. In 2016 the journal moved to the current website on the Digital Commons institutional repository of CIIS, which permits enhanced capabilities. The journal is currently published by Floraglades Foundation and sponsored in part by Attention Strategies Institute.
Editors: Don Diespecker, 1981–1984 (New South Wales, Australia) Gerard Allen, 1985–1989 (Australia) Don Diespecker, 1990–1991 (New South Wales, Australia) Don Chipley & Erin Neill, 1992-1993 (Queensland, Australia) Erin Neill, 1994–1997 (Queensland, Australia) Philippe Gross & Sam Shapiro, 1998–2002 (Hawaii, USA) Harris Friedman & Douglas A. MacDonald, 2003–2006 (California, USA) Harris Friedman & Glenn Hartelius, 2007–2009 (Florida, USA) Glenn Hartelius, 2010–Current (California, USA) Marie Isabelle Thouin-Savard 2018–Current (California, USA) Courtenay Richards Crouch 2018–Current (California, USA)See the Aims and Scope for more complete coverage of the journal.
Current Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Glenn Hartelius
Editors
Courtenay Richards Crouch
Marie I. Thouin-Savard
Associate Editor
Jenny Wade
Senior Editor
Harris Friedman
Submissions Editor
Michael Da
Coordinating Editor
Les Lancaster
Senior Research Editor
Douglas A. MacDonald
Research Editor
Adam Rock
Book Review Editor
Nick Boeving<
Intern
Jessica Braatz
Editors Emeriti
Don Diespecker
Philippe Gross
Sam Shapiro
Douglas A. MacDonald
Honorary Editor
Stanley Krippner