SUBMISSION PATTERNS TO THE ARCHIVAL JOURNAL OF THE PROFESSION OF MFT

All submissions (n = 650) to JMFT for five years (1990-95) were analyz ed by gender setting, and degree of the first author; the major catego ry of submission (research, clinical, theory, and training) was examin ed from 1980-95 and over two editorships. More detailed descriptors of article content were also studied. The most striking finding was that submission patterns are almost the mirror opposite of the membership profile of AAMFT. The prototypical submitter to JMFT is a male PhD wor king in a university setting and submitting papers most likely to be c lassified as research, whereas the prototypical AAMFT member is female , has a master's degree, works in a clinical setting, and probably has interests more likely to be defined as clinical. We discuss the impli cations of these findings and make recommendations.