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Submission Guidelines for Authors


Author’s Guidelines

 

SUBMISSONS 

 

The Editorial Committee of the International Journal of Biblical Research Studies (IJBRS) welcomes the submission of unsolicited manuscripts from Pastors, researchers, authors, or scholars who want to publish their work. Such work MUST be biblically grounded, following SBL’s citation style and CIBREST’s research writing format. Authors’ articles or papers MUST include Scriptural Review. We prefer Scriptural Review to Literature Review. However, the two types of review can be incorporated in a single paper.

 

We welcome submissions that focus on any aspect of biblical research studies, theological studies, biblical studies, biblical education studies, ranging from the scientific, health, educational, philosophical, language, economic, social, environmental, engineering, and all other dimensions. Notwithstanding your field of study, the Bible MUST be the primary source of your data collection.

 

In addition, we also welcome book reviews, case studies, and public lectures that are scripturally grounded. Selected articles would be published in soft copy and also prominently displayed on the journal website as a resource for scholars and practitioners worldwide. Papers must be based on original research, conform to the usual standard of academic publishing, be fully referenced and presented in the standard format employed by the Journal. Papers will be evaluated based on their contemporary relevance, contribution to their selected fields of research, structure and analytical dynamism, innovative vitality, and theological and biblical insights. Please refer to the submission guide below.

  

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 Length, Citation, and Footnotes

                                            

1.      Articles should be between 3000-8000 words and should advance biblical research scholarship and knowledge in a specific area of biblical research studies.

2.     Articles should include an abstract length between 150 and 250 words that is not an extract from the article itself.

3.     Articles should include in-text citations and footnotes. Footnotes provide additional information about the author’s work or the work cited. It is our belief at IJBRS that footnotes promote academic integrity and enhance research’s credibility by properly acknowledging sources. All citations and footnotes should align with SBL format.

4.     Articles must be submitted in Word format and sent as an email attachment to editorijbrs2025@gmail.com

5.     Contributions will only be considered for publication if they comply with the IJBRS Publication Guide.

 

Deadlines

Deadlines are firm, articles submitted after the deadline may not be published. All papers should be submitted by email to editorijbrs2025@gmail.com

 

 

Checklist

Authors should please make use of the following checklist prior to submission:

·         an abstract is included;

·         major headings are consecutively numbered, starting from introduction, without automatic numbering;

·         headings are not underlined;

·         paragraphs are separated by a full blank line, and not by an indent at the beginning of the new paragraph;

·         footnotes are consecutively numbered by way of automatic numbering and should not be manually done;

·         footnotes are not separated by a full blank line;

·         footnotes appear at the end of each page of the manuscript and not at the end of the entire manuscript;

·         In-text citation should be properly done by following the SBL style, e.g. (Gen 2: 18), etc.

·         King James Version of the Bible is most recognised but other versions can be used. Check our Handbook for Writing a Research Paper in Biblical Research Studies;

·         authors Must include SCRIPTURAL REVIEW in their manuscripts before submitting them to IJBRS;

·         quotations should be checked for accuracy; and

·         references comply with the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and CIBREST’s format of research writing.

 

 

QUESTIONS AND QUERIES

All enquiries or questions should be directed to:

Prof. Dele A. Ilesanmi 

The Editor-in-Chief 

International Journal of Biblical research Studies

Nigeria

Email: editorijbrs@gmail.com

​​Tel: +234-8062197040 (WhatsApp only).

 

 

 

PEER REVIEW PROCESS 

 

All manuscripts are peer reviewed prior to publication. The IJBRS utilises a double-blind peer review process, to ensure originality, scholarly relevance, and readability – which means that both the reviewer and author’s identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors are required to submit manuscripts that would not give away their identity.

 

After respective submission deadlines, members of the Editorial Committee read all submissions and agree which should go forward to the review process. Referees are then assigned by the Committee from a pool of referees according to their expertise. Reviewers are sent a manuscript review template (attached), which provides guidance on key review indicators and on how to communicate review results.

 Scriptural Relevance and Depth: This considers not only the quantity of biblical citations in a work but also takes into account the relevance of these citations in a work.

 

The following factors, among others, are taken into account in the  review process:

 

·    Scriptural Relevance and Depth: Is this paper relevant to the thematic focus of this journal? and how relevant are the biblical citations in the work?

·     Scriptural Review: Does the paper engage the review of scripture?

·       Spiritual Impact: To what extent a paper influences or enhances an individual's spiritual growth, understanding, and practice?

·   Originality: Are the results/ideas novel and previously unpublished?

·     Significance: Does the paper canvass and discuss ideas that significantly advance or move knowledge forward in biblical and theological education or studies?

·  Soundness and Depth: Is this paper technically sound, biblically and theologically profound and complete?

·    Support: Are the claims supported by theoretical/ scriptural results?

·         Ethics: Is there any ethical issue?

·    Readability: Is the paper well organised and easy to understand?

·         Language: Is the paper written in correct English and style?

·      Citations: Are all sources properly cited in accordance with the SBL’s Citation style?

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Note:

Referees may accept the manuscript, reject the manuscript or might require a revision for style and/or content. Each Reviewer will give a recommendation about publication of a manuscript according to the following list of options:

• Accept- No revision needed.

• Accept- Minor revisions needed.

• Major revisions needed- Suggest revision & resubmission.

• Decline (provide appropriate reasons in comments).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATION FREQUENCY

This journal publishes triannually – three times in a year – i.e. three issues per volume, and one volume per year. It publishes in April, August, and December every year.

                                                                                     

PAPER SUBMISSION FEES 

This journal charges no submission or processing fees. It is 100% free. That accounts for its inflexibility to strictness and originality. The acceptance of authors’ work for publication is not subject to financial involvement but rather to originality. Moreover, the primary goal of IJBRS is to encourage research attitude among biblical Christians.

 

Open Access Policy

 

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. 

 

Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for preaching, teaching, and any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access. 

 

 

COPYRIGHT NOTICE 

Copyright over published articles belong to the ChristoPress Institute of Biblical Research Studies and Theological Education (CIBREST) and ChristoPress Digital Hub Limited.

 

 

 

PRIVACY STATEMENT 

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

 

 

Evaluation

Contributions are submitted to at least two referees and the identities of the contributors and referees are kept confidential.

 

Further details about the Journal can be found at: https://christopress.com.ng/research/page/international-journal-of-biblical--research-studies

 

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement 

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The International Journal of Biblical Research Studies (IJBRS) is committed to adhering to highest levels of integrity and ethical best practices in the selection of articles for publication and in handling errors and retractions.  To be acceptable for consideration in the IJBRS, a manuscript must make a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge or toward a better understanding of existing concepts on Biblical Research Studies and Theological Education.

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About the journal, check here: https://christopress.com.ng/research/page/international-journal-of-biblical--research-studies