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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • I am aware of and agree with the publication of my article being licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License -NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Author Guidelines

For help with the website’s workflow consult: Workflow Submission

1. At the beginning of the article, include an abstract of the article (max. 150 words)

2. Notation Guidelines (use the Chicago Manual of Style)
a. Use footnotes only.
b. Examples:
(i) Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown (Pantheon Books, 2020), 45.
(ii) Kathleen Doyle, “The Queen Mary Psalter,” in The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention, ed. P. J. M. Marks and Stephen Parkin (University of Chicago Press, 2023), 64.
(iii) Emily L. Dittmar and Douglas W. Schemske, “Temporal Variation in Selection Influences Microgeographic Local Adaptation,” American Naturalist 202, no. 4 (2023): 480, https://doi.org/10.1086/725865.
c. For subsequent notes after the first entry use shortened notes:
Yu, Interior Chinatown, 48.
For more see: Chicago Manual Style

3. Format Guidelines (use the Chicago Manual of Style) :
a. Line Spacing. Use 1.0-spaced lines for the continuous text, and single-spaced lines for footnotes and indented quotations.
b. Word Spacing. Use one space between each word and after periods or other punctuation.
c. Font. Use Garamond 12-point font throughout the document, and 10-point for footnotes.
d. Page Numbers. Do not number pages. Numbers will be added in final pdf of the journal.
e. Other than mentioned above please do not use any other or pre-set style.

4. Foreign Words:
Greek and Hebrew words may be used sparingly, in transliteration. Conform transliterations to The SBL Handbook of Style. Any foreign word used should be italicized and should include an English translation in brackets.

5. Scripture Citations:
a. For all citations, use the New Revised Standard Version. A different translation may be used to make a specific point. If another translation is used, include the standard abbreviation for the version in the citation (or give a full citation if no standard abbreviation exists).
b. Use the following abbreviations for biblical books. Note that no period follows the book abbreviation (example: Gen 1:1):
Gen Exod Lev Num Deut Josh Judg Ruth 1-2 Sam 1-2 Kgs 1-2 Chr Ezra Neh Esth Job Ps (pl: Pss) Prov Eccl Cant Isa Jer Lam Ezek Dan Hos Joel Amos Obad Jonah Mic Nah Ha Zeph Hag Zech Mal Matt Mark Luke John Acts Rom 1-2 Cor Gal Eph Phil Col 1-2 Thess 1-2 Tim Titus Phlm Heb Jas 1-2 Pet 1-2-3 John Jude Rev

6. Please upload a second document within the workflow with a brief biographical note about the author (1-2 sentences is sufficient) with name, current title, institution and email address. This information will be published along with your article.

7. Headings: Provide headings for every main section of the article. If headings are not provided by the author, they may be added by the editors.

Peer Review Process
The International Journal of Homiletics is a peer-reviewed journal. All submitted manuscripts are read by the Editor. Only those papers that are deemed most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent for formal review. Those papers judged by the Editor to be of insufficient general interest or otherwise inappropriate are rejected promptly without external review.

The criteria for this initial judgment are threefold:
- content (the submission falls within the scope of the journal),
- quality (the submission has the minimum required academic level),
- formal (the submission is between the 6,000-8,000 words and is sufficiently anonymized).

Manuscripts judged to be of potential interest to our readership are sent for formal double-anonymized peer review to one or two external reviewers. Reviewers will anonymously fill in a peer review form, make suggestions and comments on the submitted manuscript, and suggest ‘acceptance’, ‘acceptance with amendments’ or ‘rejection’.  The editors make a subsequent decision based on the reviewers' assessment.

The Editor will make every effort to reach a decision on a manuscript within two months of the submission date. Authors of accepted articles will receive a “Review Report” detailing any revisions that are required. Revised articles should be submitted within one month of acceptance.

Authors may indicate the names of reviewers by whom they do not want their articles be reviewed.

 

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  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

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