Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

• This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• This submission is original and not under consideration elsewhere.
• All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
• All tables and figures have been numbered and labelled.
• Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets, and other materials provided with this submission.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Length, Citation, and Footnotes

1. Articles should be between 3000 and 8000 words and should advance biblical research, scholarship and knowledge in a specific area of biblical research studies.
2. Articles should include an abstract between 150 and 250 words long 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/CIBREST format.
4. Articles must be submitted in Word format online on the journal's website.
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Deadlines are firm; articles submitted after the deadline may not be published.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 online on the journal's website.

Checklist
Authors should please make use of the following checklist prior to submission to align with SBL’s and CIBREST’s formatting styles:

1. abstract is included;
2. major headings are consecutively numbered, starting from introduction, without automatic numbering;
3. headings are not underlined;
4. paragraphs are separated by a full blank line, and not by an indent at the beginning of the new paragraph;
5. footnotes are consecutively numbered by way of automatic numbering and should not be manually done;
6. footnotes are not separated by a full blank line;
7. footnotes appear at the end of each page of the manuscript and not at the end of the entire manuscript;
8. In-text citation should be properly done by following the SBL style, e.g. (Gen 2: 18), etc.
9. 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;
10. authors Must include SCRIPTURAL REVIEW in their manuscripts before submitting them to IJBRS;
11. quotations should be checked for accuracy; and
12. references comply with the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)/CIBREST’s format of research writing;

13. authors MUST include FRONT MATTER, abstract, thesis statement, Bible version used (KJV is recommended), research gap, in their manuscripts.

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’s 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 does a paper influence or enhance 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 the 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 monthly, with Special Issues triannually—three times a year—i.e., April, August, and December every year.

PAPER SUBMISSION FEES
This journal charges no fee for submission and publication, but an APC (Article Processing Charges) applies. 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 belongs 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 can be found at About The Journal.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The International Journal of Biblical Research Studies (IJBRS) is committed to adhering to the 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 towards a better understanding of existing concepts on Biblical Research Studies and Theological Education.

Contact the Editor: +234(080)62197040 on WhatsApp only.

Check: About the Journal for details.

Download Submission Documents Here:

Author Guidelines

Download Recommended Template for Full Articles

Download Recommended Research Note Template

Download the SBL Citation Style Here:

Download the SBL Citation Style Here 1.

Download the SBL Citation Style Here 2.

Download SBL Citation Style Here 3.

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