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Author Guidelines
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Review policy and timelines
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Aims, scope and review policy
Since its foundation in 1943 the readers of HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies have been academic theologians, scholars in the field of the humanities and social sciences, professional pastors/ministers of religion and academically oriented readers interested in religious matters. The journal covers theology in its broadest sense and therefore publishes articles linked with a variety of other study fields and has a multi-disciplinary, multi-church, inter-faith, and multi-religious focus and scope. Articles cover, among others, aspects of religious studies, philosophy, ancient Semitic and classical languages, sociology and ethics. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies is committed to the capacity building of young scholars. Papers are peer reviewed to ensure that the contents are understandable, valid, important, interesting and enjoyed. All manuscripts must be submitted online. All articles in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies will be double blind peer reviewed.
The following contributions are accepted (word counts exclude abstracts, tables and references):
Please see the journal’s section policies for further details.
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Manuscripts
Write with precision, clarity and economy. Use the passive voice and third person whenever appropriate.Note in particular that the SI requires:
- The use of the term mass rather than weight; and,
- When one unit appears in a denominator, use the solidus (example: g/m2); for two or more units in a denominator, use negative exponents (example: kJm-2yr-1)
- Footnotes should be avoided. Please insert references or personal communications in the references list.
Manuscript arrangement
- Title: Informative but concise
- Author: Name(s), include full first name, e.g. Gert P. Roux, not G.P. Roux. Include Qualifications, Affiliations and department of all authors
- Address: Include email, postal address and telephone number of corresponding author
- Abstract: Not more than 150 words, and should state concisely the scope of the work and the principal findings.
- Key words: Use five [5] words not already included in the title
- Original Article Structure, see author guidelines.
We also ask that you upload a brief biographical note (entered into the ‘Bio statement’ box during the submission process). This note will appear online in our ‘About the Author’ section should your article be published with us.
Submissions and correspondence
All submissions must be made online at www.hts.org.za and correspondence regarding manuscripts should be addressed to:
The Editor, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies. E-mail: editor@hts.org.za
Note: Ensure that the article ID [reference] number is included in the subject of your email correspondence.
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 will be provided below in “Comments to the Editor”). - This work is original and all third party contributions (images, ideas and results) have been duly attributed to the originator(s).
Permission to publish licensed material (e.g. tables, figures, graphs, measuring instruments) has been obtained and the letter of approval and proof of payment for royalties have been included in this submission. - The corresponding author is duly authorised to herewith grant the publisher unlimited rights to publish the work in any format and/or medium, whether for gain or any other purpose.
The text of the manuscript adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal. - The manuscript has been proofread by a linguistic expert in the applicable language.
This manuscript reflects as a whole my/our own original work. All co-authors have made significant contributions to the manuscript to qualify as co-authors. - If the Editor-in-chief does not delegate the payment of the article processing fees to a third party the corresponding author, who submits the article, accepts responsibility for the payment once the manuscript has been accepted for publication. The corresponding author (or the Editor-in-chief where applicable) confirms that he/she will organize such payment should the article be accepted for publication. This responsibility may not be delegated to any other party without the written permission of either the publisher or the Editor-in-chief. The article will not be published until such full payment is received.
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Copyright Notice
Copyright on published articles is retained by the author(s). The exclusive responsibility in respect of the acknowledgment of author's rights and/or copyright rests in the responsible author(s). The Editor and reviewers of this journal cannot accept responsibility for the infringement of authors’ rights or copyright. The author grants the publisher unlimited rights to publish the work in any format and/or medium, whether for gain or any other purpose.
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Author Fees
This journal charges the following author fees.
Article Publication Author Page fee: 213.00 (ZAR)
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The submitting author is responsible for the payment of the APF. The submitting author must confirm, at the time of submission, that they will organize payment should the article be accepted for publication. This responsibility may not be delegated to any third party unless agreed to by the publisher.
Following peer review, once a manuscript has received editorial acceptance in principle, the APF becomes payable, and formatting checks (copyediting, layout editing and proofreading) on the manuscript will commence. Once these are completed, and full payment of the APF has been received, the article will be published.
The APF is due within at most 30 days of the manuscript receiving editorial acceptance in principle. Payment can be made by Credit Card Payment, Electronic Funds Transfer, or Check.
Prompt payment is advised, as the article will not be published until full payment is received. If payment is done by electronic funds transfer from a non-South African bank account, the submitting author will be responsible for any bank transfer charges at the time of the transaction. In all cases a receipt will be sent by email once payment has been received.
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Authors may apply for waiver of APF, which may be granted in the sole discretion of the publisher. It is our policy that APF should not prevent the publication of any exceptionally worthy work.
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