1. Budyong journal accepts theological, missiological, and pastoral papers that have not been published elsewhere or are not being considered for publication by another journal.
2. All articles should be fully anonymized, including self-references in footnotes. The author’s name and institution should not appear anywhere in the article.
3. The article should use inclusive language and range from 3,500 to 5,000 words including tables, photos, graphs, and illustrations. It should be accompanied by a list of eight keywords (maximum), an abstract of 150-180 words, and a list of abbreviations used in the article.
4. Authors should submit a separate file with their full contact details, including institutional address and email.
5. For bibliographic citations, the journal follows the University of Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition).
6. Articles should be submitted to [email protected] as a Microsoft Word file attachment. The subject of the email should be the title of the article prefaced by “Submission:”
Review Process
1. Initial assessment: In-house editors review the scope, content and language of the manuscript to decide whether or not it merits peer review.
2. Double-blind peer review: The manuscript undergoes peer review to obtain feedback from other subject matter experts on the quality of the submission. Reviewers do not know the name of the author, and the author does not know the name of the reviewers.
3. Editor’s decision: Following peer review, editors choose to recommend the article for publication, send it back to the author for revisions or reject it. Editors reserve the right to reject a submission even after multiple rounds of revisions.
4. Revisions: Authors are required to implement revisions based on the feedback from editors and peers and have to respond to any comments from reviewers.
5. Final decision: When an article is ready for publication, the editor makes a final acceptance decision. Once a manuscript is accepted, it is moved to production where it may go through a process of language and technical editing. Additional revisions may be required before the manuscript is moved into production.