About the Journal

The Austrian Journal of Religious Education (ÖRF) is published twice a year (May and November) as an open access journal whose main contributions are double-blind-peer-reviewed. 

Each issue has a main topic determined by the Editorial Board. There is an open call for papers on this topic in advance, but specific authors are also explicitly approached for contributions. In addition, contributions on all kinds of religious education topics, on all learning sites of religion and on the philosophy of science of religious education will be published. Contributions can also focus on the practice of religious education, but they should be recognizably theory-based. The issues also include book reviews and the presentation of master's theses and diploma theses in religious education written in Austria. Only original contributions are published which have not yet been published elsewhere. Each contribution (except reports, reviews and presentations of qualification theses) is preceded by an abstract in German and English.

ÖRF is published under the Creative Commons License CC-BY recommended by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. This license allows third parties to reproduce and process your work in any format or medium and to remix, modify and build upon it for any purpose, even commercial, as long as the author of the original is credited. (Source: creativecommons.org). By submitting your contribution to the ÖRF, you agree to the terms of use of the mentioned license. 

ÖRF does not charge authors submission fees, article processing fees or other fees. The journal is financially supported by universities, colleges and institutions for the promotion of scientific research and refrains entirely from advertising.

ÖRF is listed on the following indexes: DAOJ Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science), ERIH PLUS, Fachportal Pädagogik,  Index Theologicus, QOAM Quality Open Access Market, SCOPUS

ISSN of the open access journal: 1018-1539

Structure of the journal

Editorial (Issue Editors): Introduction to the topic of the issue, cursory introduction of the contributions / bilingual.

Part A: Topic section / peer reviewed

Part B: Further scientific contributions / peer reviewed

Part C: Practical reports, conference reports, etc. / reviewed by issue editors and editorial staff

Part D: Reviews and presentations of scientific qualification papers