Proposal & Commissioning — Getting Invited (arpsych-proposal-and-commissioning)

When to trigger

• The user has an ARPsych-worthy topic but no invitation yet
• An invitation letter arrived and the scope/length/deadline need to be pinned down
• The user wants to suggest a topic or an author to the Editorial Committee
• A co-author lineup and division of labor must be settled before the heavy reading begins

How ARPsych commissioning actually works (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准)

ARPsych is commissioning-first. The flow is the opposite of a normal journal:

1. The Editorial Committee (an Editor — Susan T. Fiske since 2000 — plus associate editors and rotating members appointed by the Annual Reviews board) plans each annual volume, deciding which topics the field needs covered (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
2. The Committee identifies and invites qualified authors based on scholarly reputation and publication record. Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
3. You may suggest a topic (and yourself or others as author) for the Committee's consideration through the official channels, but suggestion ≠ acceptance — the Committee curates the volume (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).
4. The invitation letter specifies the assigned length and the due date; treat both as binding (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准).

So "submitting to ARPsych" means earning an invitation, then delivering to spec. Plan accordingly: the time to influence the topic is before a draft exists.