Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Journal of Individual Psychology


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The result was keep. No consensus to delete, merge can be discussed on the talkpage. Closing as keep. Tone 14:21, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

The Journal of Individual Psychology

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Non-notable journal. Despite having been around for quite some time, it is not indexed in any selective databases, nor did I find any independent sources. Does not meet WP:NJournals or WP:GNG. Randykitty (talk) 17:14, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academic journals-related deletion discussions. Randykitty (talk) 17:14, 18 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep for now . The journal has a complex history dating back to 1935 at least, to some publication called Individual Psychology News, with a complex merging history involving titles like American Journal of Individual Psychology; Individual Pyschology; Individual Pyschologist; Individual Psychology Bulletin, and possible others. At worse, this should be merged to North American Society of Adlerian Psychology, not deleted.
 * Also as one of the premier places where Alfred Adler published and his had his work covered, this seems to easily pass under WP:NJOURNALS C3. &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:18, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * And also WP:GNG. &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:40, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Psychology-related deletion discussions. IntoThinAir (talk) 17:49, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Comments First, having a long history may mean that there are perhaps sources to be found, in and of itself it is not a criterion for notability. Second, are NJournals C3 is the least clear of the criteria. Are there any sources that discuss, e.g., Adlers' importance for the journal or the other way around? Or is it just your personal estimation that this journal has a historical purpose? --Randykitty (talk) 18:14, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The long and complex history is mostly to point out at a summary search of indexing for the current iteration / ISSN of 'Journal of Individual Psychology' will be deficient. And there are two sources in further reading which discusses the journal and Adler to some extent that I came across while googling old names. &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:13, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * This article in NYT reports that the journal was discontinued after Adler's death and then says other periodicals were launch later on. Is there sufficient evidence that is a continuation of the journal that Adler founded? Notgain (talk) 02:15, 19 July 2019 (UTC) Found this third party source in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1957) that announces change in focus of the journal: "Changes in Journal of Individual Psychology. (1957) The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (Notes and News), 125(3), 500." Also that fact that Albert Ellis published in the first edition may add to notability. Notgain (talk) 09:00, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The NYT article is about the International Journal of Individual Psychology and there is nothing that shows that that journal has any connection with this one, apart from the title overlap. Besides that, the NYT is only an in-passing mention (and a very superficial one at that). this suggests that anything published before 1940 has nothing to do with the current journal. The journal history as currently described in the article is quite speculative and I'm not convinced by much of the sourcing. I don't have access to all sources listed, but somehow I doubt that a 2 page bio (and probably not full pages at that) would contain more than an in-passing mention of a journal. --Randykitty (talk) 09:38, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * International Journal of Individual Psychology is one of the many former names of the publication (or closely related precursor publication). At a quick glance has a good history. &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 10:50, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * See also which has a meta-analysis of literature (Chapter 10), which separates in some way articles published by Journal of Individual Psychology vs other journals vs dissertations. &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 11:12, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Found this quote which may shed some light on it, "Following Adler's death, the Journal of Individual Psychology, which he founded, was first edited by Adler's daughter, Alexandra Adler, and later by Rudolf Dreikurs. The present editor is Heinz Ansbacher, of the University of Vermont in Burlington. The Journal appears semi-annually. Papers are contributed by Adlerians and non-Adlerians, as, for example, H. Cantril, E. Sinnott, A. H. Maslow, G. Murphy, and L. Feuer. In 1957 Ansbacher formulated a "broadened policy" for the Journal”p.8 see, Papanek, H. and Papanek, E., 1961. Individual psychology today. American journal of psychotherapy, 15(1), pp.4-26. According Library of Congress Aid, Rudolf Dreikurs was the editor of "Individual Psychology News" from 1940 - 1941 and was editor of "Individual Psychology Bulletin" from 1941 - 1951.. Rudolf Dreikurs was editor of 'American Journal of Individual Psychology between 1952 and 1956. Heinz Ansbacher renamed it to Journal of Individual Psychology from 1956. Looks like pre-1937 Journal of Individual Psychology is the precursor to the post-1956 one edited by Rudolf Dreikurs. In 1973, it says it editorial was passed on to Raymond Corsini. . This is consistent with Proquest regarding previous titles: International Journal of Individual Psychology (1935 - 1937), Individual Psychology News (Oct. 1940 - July 1941), Individual Psychology Bulletin (1941 - 1951), and American Journal of Individual Psychology (1952 - 1956), and Journal of Individual Psychology (1956 - 1981). And also matched EBSCO info on Journal of Individual Psychology (00221805) (1974-1981). Articles of Journal of Individual Psychology from 1982 onwards, are available from EBSCO Academic Search Premier. It is also consistent with what is on the Adler journals digitization project  Notgain (talk) 13:41, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep In the worst case redirect to an article on individual psychology. I've added a third party reputable source that discusses some of the journals history and establishes notability historically, e.g. Notgain (talk) 23:27, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:53, 26 July 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   14:20, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per Headbomb. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 22:07, 2 August 2019 (UTC)


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