About the Journal
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Publisher/Owner: Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Aims and Scope
SOTER is the easternmost journal of religious studies in Europe. It aims to bridge the Eastern Tradition with the West by promoting research in religious studies that compares different aspects of religious experience in different religions and cultures. This was the reason for the journal's creation. This aim of SOTER makes it an attractive channel for international, conceptually innovative research problems and opens opportunities for scholars from different countries to publish the results of their theoretical and empirical research in religious studies.
Soter is an interdisciplinary journal. It covers seven areas of scope of religious sciences:
1) Theology and Philosophy; 2) Pastoral Theology, 3) Liturgy; 4) History of Christianity; 5) Canon Law and the Social Teaching of the Church; 6) Christian Culture and Religious Studies; 7) Christian Education and Psychology; 8) Archives and Sources.
These scopes bring together a large international and interdisciplinary body of scholars in the field of religious sciences who publish their research findings in SOTER journal.
SOTER offers the international research community the opportunity to publish original research on religion and culture, and the interdisciplinary nature of the scientific study of the phenomenon of religion is encouraged. The articles offer a diverse configuration of syntheses between theology, philosophy, psychology, education, law and history. The journal particularly values universal theoretical and practical models developed in the synthesis of these sciences, the innovative value of which would not only enrich the regional environment of the journal but would also be of interest to scholars in the field of religious studies on a global scale.
Open Access Policy
Soter maintains an open access policy and provides free access to all articles published by the journal. The emphasis is on making the latest original work of scholars in the field of religious studies available to the entire religious studies community, so that anyone can read and download all the articles already published in Soter free of charge.
Publishing Schedule
Four issues per year, published quarterly.
Peer-Review
Double-blind peer review is used.
Ethics
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement (PEMS).
Languages
The journal publishes material in eight languages: Lithuanian, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.
Soter is included in the following Indexing Databases
- Index Copernicus
- ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Sherpa/RoMEO
- Lituanistika
- Central and Eastern European Online Library(C.E.E.O.L.)
- Databases of Central and Easter European Online(EBSCO Publishing)
Open Access Issues (since 2006):
Archive
All issues of Soter published since 2004 are posted in CRIS (the VMU Research Management System) under the title: Collections of this Community.
Copyright and Licensing
Authors and the journal agree to the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which licenses peer-reviewed journals and grants Soter permission to publish their unpublished and original manuscript. This provision also applies to open access issues of Soter. The journal’s copyright is protected under the “Rules for the Management, Use and Disposal of Intellectual Property of Vytautas Magnus University” as approved by the Council of Vytautas Magnus University in 2019.
Submission and Publishing Fees
There are no submission or publishing fees.
Revenue Sources
Vytautas Magnus University is the main sponsor of the journal. The publication of Soter 68 (98) was funded by the European Social Fund. Publishing of the journal may also be funded by private donors.
