Focus and Scope

PROSKUNEO Journal of Theology encompasses a wide range of topics within the fields of theology and religious studies. The journal's scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

1. Systematic Theology: Articles that engage in the critical examination and development of Christian doctrines, exploring their coherence, implications, and contemporary relevance.

2. Practical Theology: Research focused on the practical application of theological insights in various contexts, including pastoral care, homiletics, liturgy, and church leadership.

3. Biblical Studies: Contributions offering exegetical, hermeneutical, and theological reflections on biblical texts, utilizing various methodological approaches.

4. Missiology: Articles exploring the theology of mission, evangelism, and the contextualization of the gospel in diverse cultural settings.

5. Religious Studies: Interdisciplinary studies examining the interaction between Christianity and other religions, interfaith dialogue, and the comparative study of religious beliefs and practices.

6. Digital Theology: Research exploring the impact of digital technology on religious life and theology, including the use of digital media in evangelism, church communication, and the ethical challenges posed by technological advancements.

7. Theology and Ecology: Studies examining the relationship between theology and the environment, including theological reflections on creation, ecological responsibility, and environmental sustainability from a Christian faith perspective.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Some policies in the review of Proskuneo Journal:

All manuscripts submitted to this journal must follow the focus, scope, and author guidelines of this journal. The submitted manuscripts must fulfil criteria of scientific merit, novelty, or new contribution to knowledge appropriate to the focus and scope of this journal.

All submitted manuscripts must be free from plagiarism. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to do the similarity checking (please use Turnitin to check the similarity). Editors will also check the similarity of manuscripts in this journal by using Turnitin software.

1. The Editors will review the submitted article that follow the guidelines, focus and scope and template of the journal provided
2. The review process in this journal employs a double-blind peer-review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa.
3. In the review process, the article will be reviewed by at least two reviewers to ensure the quality of the article.
4. In the review process, the reviewers ensure the quality of the articles of its title, abstract, discussion and conclusion. Besides, the reviewers also address the novelty and its contribution to the scientific discussion and verify the plagiarism and ethics of publication.
5. The reviewer also provide feedback on whether the article is accepted, rejected or need minor or major revision.

Reviewers are required to recommend a particular course of action, but should bear in mind that the other reviewers of a particular manuscript may have different technical expertise and/or views, and the editors may have to make a decision based on conflicting advice. The most useful reports, therefore, provide the editors with the information upon which a decision should be based, setting out the arguments for and against publication.

Editorial decisions are not a matter of counting votes or numerical rank assessments, and we do not always follow the majority recommendation. We try to evaluate the strength of the arguments raised by each reviewer and by the authors, and may also consider other information not available to either party. Our primary responsibilities are to our readers and to the scientific community at large, and in deciding how best to serve them we must weigh the claims of each manuscript against the many others also under consideration.

We may return to reviewers for further advice, particularly in cases where they disagree with each other, or where the authors believe they have been misunderstood on points of fact. We therefore ask that reviewers should be willing to provide follow-up advice as requested. We are very aware, however, that reviewers are usually reluctant to be drawn into prolonged disputes, so we try to keep consultation to the minimum as we judge necessary to provide a fair hearing for the authors.

Publication Frequency

Maret & September

Open Access Policy

Readers have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles in Proskuneo Journal of Theology. 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.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Author Fee

Proskuneo Journal charges the following fees:

Submit article: Rp. 0,-
Article publication: Rp. 0,-

Journal Contact

Principal Contact

Julio Eleazer Nendissa, M.Si
STT Transformasi Indonesia
Phone: 085210505030
Email: julionendissa35@gmail.com

Publication Ethics

Proskuneo Journal of Theology, with registered numbers ISSN xxxx-xxxx (Online), is a peer-reviewed journal available online and published twice a year (March and September). This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer, and the publisher (Prodi Teologi Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Transformasi Indonesia). This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guidelines for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed Proskuneo Journal of Theology is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and society.

Prodi Teologi Sekolah Tingggi Teologi Transformasi Indonesia, as the publisher of Proskuneo Journal of Theology, takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously, and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprints, or other commercial revenue has no impact on or influence on editorial decisions.

Publication decisions

The editor of Proskuneo Journal of Theology is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editorial board's policies and any applicable legal restrictions on libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism may serve as the editors' guides. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers before making this decision.

Fair play

An editor may at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions, and through editorial communications with the author, it may also help the author improve the paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Except with the editor's permission, you cannot show them to or discuss them with anyone else.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should point out relevant published works that the authors have not cited. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also bring to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, redundant, or Concurrent publications

An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where others have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his or her own published work, the author must promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Screening for Plagiarism

1. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are not allowed;

2. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works and, if they have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted;

3. An author should not generally publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

4. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Working Process:

1. The editorial team checks manuscripts on offline and online databases manually (checking proper citation and quotation);

2. The editorial team checks the manuscript using Turnitin. If there is evidence of plagiarism (more than 15%), the board will reject the manuscript immediately.

Licensed and Copyright

Please find rights and licences in Proskuneo Journal of Theology. By submitting articles or article manuscripts, the author agrees to this policy. No special documents are required.

1. Licence

Use of articles will be governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence as currently displayed on the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-SA).

2. Author(s)' Warranties

The author warrants that the article is original, written by the stated author(s), has not been published before, contains no unlawful statements, does not infringe the rights of others, is subject to copyright that is vested exclusively in the author and free of any third-party rights, and that any necessary written permissions to quote from other sources have been obtained by the author(s).

3. User Rights

The spirit of Proskuneo Journal of Theology is to disseminate articles published as freely as possible. Under the Creative Commons licence, Proskuneo Journal of Theology permits users to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. Users will also need to attribute authors and Proskuneo Journal of Theology for distributing works in journal and other media of publication.

4. Rights of Authors

Authors retain all their rights to the published works, such as (but not limited to) the following rights:

1. Copyright and other proprietary rights relating to the article, such as patent rights,

2. The right to use the substance of the article in future works, including lectures and books,

3. The right to reproduce the article for own purposes,

4. The right to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the article's published version (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal (Proskuneo Journal of Theology).

5. Co-Authorship

If the article was jointly prepared by more than one author, any author submitting the manuscript warrants that he or she has been authorised by all co-authors to agree on this copyright and licence notice (agreement) on their behalf and agrees to inform his or her co-authors of the terms of this policy. Proskuneo Journal of Theology will not be held liable for anything that may arise due to the author's internal dispute. Proskuneo Journal of Theology will only communicate with the corresponding author.

6. Royalties

Being an open-access journal and disseminating articles for free under the Creative Commons licence term mentioned, the author(s) are aware that Proskuneo Journal of Theology entitles the author(s) to no royalties or other fees.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Indexing and Abstracting

Proskuneo Journal is indexed by:

1. Google Scholar
2. Science and Technology Index (SINTA)
3. Dimensions
4. Garba Rujukan Digital
5. Moraref
6. Scilit
7. WorldCat