About the Journal

The Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology (Revista Interdisciplinaria de Teología, RIT) is an open-access academic journal published by the Seminario Internacional Teológico Bautista, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It publishes externally peer-reviewed research articles and academic essays and promotes reflection on themes that engage theology from a range of disciplines, traditions, and contexts. Rooted in Latin America and international in outlook, the journal seeks to provide a forum where academic research can engage with questions arising from the life of faith communities and contemporary society.

Target audience

The journal is intended for those engaged in research, teaching, and graduate study, as well as professionals and leaders in academic and ecclesial settings who are interested in dialogue between theology and other fields of knowledge, both in Latin America and elsewhere.

Publication frequency and model

The journal follows a continuous publication model. Each contribution is published individually online as soon as the evaluation and editing process is complete, without waiting for the issue to close, and carries its own publication date.

The contributions published during the year are compiled into an annual volume (Vol. X, No. 1). Each volume corresponds to the calendar year and closes in November. A second issue (No. 2) is reserved for occasional special or thematic issues.

Peer review process

Research articles and academic essays that pass the initial editorial assessment undergo external double-blind peer review. Book reviews are evaluated by the editorial team and do not undergo peer review. The external review process follows these stages:

1. Receipt and acknowledgment: upon receiving a manuscript, the editorial team confirms receipt to the author.
2. Initial assessment: the editor conducts a preliminary evaluation to determine whether the manuscript fits within the journal's thematic scope, meets formal requirements, and possesses sufficient academic merit to be sent for external review. Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria will be returned to the author with corresponding observations.
3. Reviewer assignment: the manuscript is sent to 2 external reviewers with expertise in the work's subject area. Reviewers do not know the author's identity and vice versa.
4. Evaluation: reviewers have a period of 4 to 6 weeks to submit their assessment, which may be extended depending on the complexity of the manuscript. They evaluate the work based on criteria of originality, methodological rigor, relevance, argumentative clarity, and quality of sources.
5. Editorial decision: based on the reviewers' reports, the editor makes one of the following decisions: acceptance without modifications, acceptance with minor modifications, request for major revisions (with a new evaluation round), or rejection.
6. Communication to the author: the decision is communicated to the author along with the anonymous reviewer reports. If modifications are required, the author is given an agreed-upon period to submit the revised version.

The complete editorial process—from manuscript submission to publication—takes approximately 8 to 12 weeks. Timelines may vary depending on reviewer availability and the extent of requested revisions. Authors receive an acknowledgment of receipt within 7 business days of submission.

As an academic genre, the essay allows greater freedom of structure and style than the research article while maintaining the same standards of intellectual rigor, bibliographic support, and external evaluation.

The peer-review assessment form used by the journal is available for consultation (PDF, in Spanish).

Responsible research assessment

The journal is a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). In accordance with its principles, it is committed to evaluating each manuscript on its own merits—originality, methodological rigor, relevance, and argumentative clarity—without relying on journal-based metrics, such as the impact factor, as a proxy for the quality of individual articles.

Academic networks and editorial cooperation

As part of its academic identity and regional engagement, the Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology seeks to participate in spaces of editorial cooperation that foster exchange among journals, the continuous improvement of evaluation processes, and the open circulation of theological knowledge.

Within this framework, the journal participates in the Network of Editors of Theology Journals (RedReTeo), a Latin American cooperation initiative among theology journals aimed at strengthening editorial processes, sharing good practices, and promoting academic collaboration in theology.

Academic indexing and visibility

The journal is included in Latindex Catalogue 2.0 and ERIH PLUS, and its content is indexed in Dialnet. It is also present in other national and international indexes, catalogues, directories, and discovery services. See the complete and up-to-date overview of its indexing, visibility, and editorial commitments.

Open access policy

The journal is an open access publication in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). All content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Author charges

The journal does not charge any fees to authors. There are no submission fees, editorial processing charges, article processing charges (APCs), or any other type of fee associated with the evaluation or publication of manuscripts. Access is completely free for both authors and readers.

Funding, revenue sources, and editorial independence

The journal is sustained through institutional support from the Seminario Internacional Teológico Bautista. It receives no revenue from author charges, subscriptions, advertising, or content sales. Its funding model and budgetary considerations do not influence editorial decisions, which are based solely on academic and ethical criteria and relevance to the journal’s scope.

Advertising and dissemination

The journal does not accept or publish commercial advertising. Announcements concerning events, calls, and activities organized by the journal or by third parties are selected solely for their academic or community relevance, are clearly identified as such, and remain separate from peer-reviewed content and editorial decision-making.

Direct marketing and manuscript solicitation

The journal may disseminate public calls and send selective invitations to authors or reviewers whose expertise is relevant to the proposed subject. These communications clearly identify the journal and the sender, provide truthful information, are targeted and unobtrusive, and do not guarantee manuscript acceptance or preferential treatment. Receiving an invitation has no influence on the peer-review process or the editorial decision.

Copyright and licensing

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) 4.0 International License. This license permits users to read, download, copy, print, search, share, adapt, and link to published works in whole or in part, provided that authorship and first publication in RIT are properly acknowledged, the use is non-commercial, and derivative works are distributed under the same license.

Responsibility for content

The opinions, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in published works are solely those of their authors and do not necessarily represent the institutional position of the journal or the Seminario Internacional Teológico Bautista.

Self-archiving policy

Authors may deposit the Version of Record (the final PDF as published in the journal) in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites and academic networks, with no embargo period and under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. The only requirement is to include the full bibliographic reference and a link to the article at rit.sitb.edu.ar. The journal recommends sharing the published version—rather than pre-review versions—to ensure that any text circulating under its name is the one that has gone through the full editorial process.

Digital preservation

The content of the journal is digitally preserved through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), a decentralized preservation network maintained by the Public Knowledge Project. This service ensures long-term access to published content, even if the journal's website were to become unavailable. Files are periodically and automatically replicated across multiple nodes of the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) network, ensuring the integrity and permanent availability of published articles.