Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal is a forum for academic researchers, educators and coach practitioners to share conceptually rich knowledge, ideas and expertise with the international coaching community.

The Journal publishes two issues per year, one in May and the other in November.

We are looking for papers that offer new insights and perspectives through rigorous, reflective dialogue on coaching concepts, theory and practice. Where other coaching journals specialize in disseminating statistically-validated research findings, we are looking to explore new ideas and stretch the boundaries of existing knowledge by reflecting on the discipline of coaching, its challenges, perspectives and future, in its total context.

The journal encourages debate about the nature and purpose of coaching, including the dilemmas, ambiguities and complexities of coaching theory and practice, past and present. The primary emphasis is on interdisciplinary, diverse and critical analyses of coaching in contemporary organizations and society.

We invite papers in the following categories:

1.  Theoretical and conceptual papers: theoretical papers should include critical analysis and propose a new theoretical perspective on an existing topic and/or consider an alternative angle to an existing theoretical position.                                    

Word count: between 3000 and 6000 words.

Here are examples of conceptual papers published in the Journal:

https://philosophyofcoaching.org/v5i1/03.pdf

https://philosophyofcoaching.org/v2i2/03.pdf

2. Review articles, including critical reviews of the literature, systematic reviews, narrative reviews and meta-analyses.

Word count: between 1500 and 3000 words.

3. Position papers which comment on general trends in the field or provide a novel perspective on a topic.

Word count: between 1500 and 3000 words.

4. Research papers: these could be original articles reports of new research findings that make a contribution to knowledge and advance theory.

Word count: between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length, including tables, references, figure captions.

5. Book reviews

Word count: up to 1500 words.

Originality

The submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere, except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.

Informal review

Although not required, authors are encouraged to send a proposal directly to the editors prior to formal submission to obtain informal feedback on the suitability of the proposed project. Use this form to send your query.

How to submit a manuscript

To formally submit a manuscript for peer review please use this form. Submissions must be in Word format (.doc or .docx) and must not exceed 100MB.

If you have any difficulties, please contact us using this form.

Your submission will be evaluated using this form.

N.B. Do NOT include your name, affiliation or any other identifying information on the manuscript itself when submitting for initial review. This is to ensure the integrity of the double-blind process.

Preparing your paper

Your paper should have a separate title page: the journal operates a double-blind review, so we need author information on a separate page.

The title page should include the following:

The title

The full names of the authors

The authors’ institutional affiliations

Full contact details (address, email and telephone) of the corresponding author. The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.

Acknowledgements. Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned.

Conflict of Interest statement. Provide a conflict of interest statement if necessary.

Your manuscript should be a single file including text, figures and tables. Figures and tables should have legends.

References may be submitted in APA 7th edition style and be consistent throughout the manuscript. As papers are double-blind peer reviewed the main text file should not include any information that might identify the authors.

Format-free submission

Authors may submit their paper in any scholarly format or layout, which is appropriate for the type of submission.

Authors may submit using either British or American English. American English is preferred.

Style Guide

Initial submissions must follow the American Psychological Association 7th edition style guidelines. For a complete guide to APA, consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition).

Copyright

Philosophy of Coaching is an open access journal and we encourage authors to license their work under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. Under the CC BY license, authors retain copyright for their article, and give license for users to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles, as long as the original author is credited, and the source is cited. No permission is required from the author or the publisher. Creative Commons has several licensing options that include further restrictions beyond CC BY.

CC BY is considered the most liberal, affording the widest possible distribution of an author’s work. For more information on copyright licenses please visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Plagiarism

By submitting an article, you are declaring that the work contained therein is your own work and/or properly references the work of others where applicable. The editors reserve the right to check for plagiarism prior to publication, and to retract a paper after publication if they believe it to be plagiarized in whole or in part.

Peer Review

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors and, if found suitable for further consideration, are submitted for peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Peer reviewers will use this form to evaluate your paper. All peer review is double blind. The journal gratefully acknowledges the contribution of academics and researchers from around the world.