General principles

For the purpose of submission of article, the author must create a personal cabinet by registering on the website of the “Religious Studies”. Acceptance of articles is carried out only through the site.

An article that has not been previously published in any source and has not been evaluated can be submitted to the journal for publication.

The abstract should be 200-250 words.

Keywords should be 5-8 words. Keywords should be sorted from general to particular, the first keyword should match the name of the scientific field to which the article belongs. 

Our journal scans all submitted articles with the Turnitin program to prevent plagiarism. The similarity rate in the articles submitted to our journal should be at most 15%. 

Citations, references and bibliography in the article should not be more than 30 percent of the total volume of the article.

The article is accepted by the editor and forwarded to the editor-in-chief while maintaining anonymity. The editor-in-chief identifies two relevant reviewers for the evaluation of the article.

The manuscript is sent by the editor to at least two referees within the scope of double blind refereeing without specifying the author. 

In the case of a positive response from both reviewers, the article is sent to the literary editor for edit. If one of the reviewers gives a negative opinion, a third reviewer is appointed.

When an article requires any correction, it is sent to the author for correction, the author sends back corrections marked with different colors.

Articles which are approved for publication by reviewers and reviewed by literary editors are accepted by the editor-in-chief and sent to print.

First evaluation (both reviewers): 10 days

Third reviewer’s evaluation: 10 days

To edit an article: 10 days

Review by literary editor (for each article): – 3 days