As an academic journal, the OJBT adheres to high scholarly standards. As a publication for practitioners, the OJBT emphasizes the practicality of ideas in the real world of business. In either case, however, the core message must convey biblical perspectives based on a proper interpretation of the Scripture with due regard for exegetical and hermeneutic principles. The OJBT covers a wide range of topics and is open to many approaches. For full-length articles, the contributors must indicate thorough research of existing academic literature on the subject matter, and offer a clear advance on the understanding of biblical integration. They will focus on any of the business disciplines, including such areas as leadership, ethics, organizational change, strategy, people management, marketing, economics, accounting and finance. Articles for the Living Cases, Insights and Book Reviews departments are typically shorter. These contributions should appeal to a broad audience and be written in a fluid, non-technical prose.

Copyright

Articles submitted to the journal should not have been published before in their current or substantially similar form, or be under consideration for publication with another journal. Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, papers and contributions become the legal copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed. Authors continue to own the underlying ideas in the article.

Permissions

Prior to article submission, authors should clear permission to use any content that has not been created by them.

Please prepare your manuscript using the following guidelines in the following template: Click to Download Template. 

Length. Research-based: 4,000–8,500 words; Experience-based: 1,000-3,500 words

• Title. A title of not more than eighty words should be provided

• Author. Include a page with Full name of each author, Affiliation of each author at time research was completed, Contact information for first or corresponding author (address, e-mail, telephone), Brief biography of each author

• The Abstract of no more than 200 words, indicating the Purpose, Design, methodology or approach, Results or findings, Conclusions and implications (research, practical, social, etc.)

• Keywords: up to 6 keywords (in alphabetical order) which will enable subsequent abstracting or information retrieval systems to locate the paper.

• Main text: for clarity, this should be subdivided into: Introduction (describing the background of the work and its aims), Methods (a brief description of the methods/techniques used), Results and Discussion (a clear presentation of experimental results obtained, highlighting any trends or points of interest).

• Conclusions: a brief explanation of the significance and implications of the work reported.

• References: these should be accessible sources. Please ensure that all work cited in the text is included in the reference list and that the dates and authors given in the text match those in the reference list. References must always be given in sufficient detail for the reader to locate the work cited.

All Figures (charts, diagrams, line drawings, web pages/screenshots, and photographic images) should be submitted in electronic form. They should be high quality, legible and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals.

Tables.

Tables should be typed and included in a separate file relative to the main body of the article. The position of each table should be clearly labeled in the body text of the article with corresponding labels being clearly shown in the separate file.

Fit.

The article should be written for OJBT with a view to its particular standards and purpose. Unrevised lectures, sermons, addresses and the like are not acceptable.

Currency

Since OJBT is a journal, its articles should address matters of current importance. When the subject matter is one of the “perennial questions,” the author should do more than repeat what has been said already in places that are readily accessible to other scholars.

Christian perspective.

The author may assume that his or her readers are generally familiar with, and sympathetic to, the Christian religion. The guiding principles of the OJBT are steeped in the evangelical and Protestant doctrines; its editorial policy, however, is ecumenical.

Publication Fee

The Open Journal of Business Theology maintains an affordable publication fee of $30 per manuscript. However, this is automatically discounted for any student publication, which pays only $20. Free for all students studying with Open Christian University.

There are no further fees charged. Publication fee is to be paid upon manuscript acceptance, via Paypal (info@openchristian.education). Further payment methods can be arranged at the payment stage.