Editorial Policy
Free Access Policy
The Journal of Theology is guided by the principle of free and open access to the results of research in order to contribute to the global exchange of knowledge.
Copyright
The Journal is open access, with all issues since the founding year of the journal available free of charge to users. Open access implies that users are allowed to read, download, copy, print, search or find the full text of articles of the journal without preliminary permission from the publisher and the author and distribute them in any medium and in any format, but only for non-commercial purposes and with obligatory reference to the journal.
Journal "Theological Herald", created by the Publishing House of the Moscow Theological Academy of the Russian Orthodox Church, is published under the Creative Commons "Attribution" ("Attribution") 4.0 World License.
To meet legal formalities, we offer our authors to conclude an Agreement (public offer) to grant the right to use the work for publication in the "Journal of Theological Herald".
Publication fees
Submitting, reviewing, editing, and publishing articles in Theological Herald is free. There are no author's fees.
Deposit policy
In accordance with the journal's open access license rules, authors are entitled to send the final published version of their article to institutional or centralized archives immediately after publication, provided that the journal and publisher are listed as the original place of publication. Authors are also encouraged to submit the electronic addresses of published articles along with the PDF version.
Archive policy
The archival policy aims at selecting, storing and providing access to the archives of Theological Herald journal. The archive policy has three main objectives:
- Compliance with international archiving standards, carried out on the Open Journal System (OJS) publishing platform.
- Registration and publication of articles according to professional standards (placement of article titles, abstracts, keywords, bibliography, digital identifier DOI, as well as a pdf file of articles on the journal website).
- Ensuring wide access to the archived material as stipulated by the publishing practice.
The archival materials are of great scientific value, as they contain the most significant results of research on current issues of theological science.
"The Theological Bulletin publishes full-text archives on the website of the journal, as well as on the platform of the Scientific Electronic Library "eLIBRARY.RU".
Self-archiving policy
Authors have the right to place their peer-reviewed papers on personal websites and databases with the indication of the title and number of the journal in which the paper was published. For this purpose, we recommend using the publisher's version of the PDF file, or providing a link to it.
Anti-plagiarism policy
The journal publishes only original, high-quality research papers. Submission of an article to the journal implies that it has not been previously published and has not been submitted for publication in another journal.
Plagiarised articles are not accepted for publication. If an article is found to be plagiarised after review, the author will be notified of the refusal to publish for the above reason.
See the Publishing Ethics section for details.
Claims handling policy
Direct contact is the primary and preferred method of resolving disputes between the editorial office, authors and third parties in the process of reviewing and preparing articles for publication, as well as in relation to articles already published. If there are any complaints or grievances, they should be reported to the Editor-in-Chief in writing to the journal's e-mail vestnik@mpda.ru.
The letter should specify the issue in dispute, the circumstances, the author's name, the title of the article in respect of which the complaint is made. Individuals or organisations submitting complaints to the magazine's editorial board about certain issues should be assured that the complaints will be dealt with within a reasonable time. Editors will follow the journal's established editorial ethics when dealing with complaints and disputes.
