Published since 2002, "Verbum Vitae" is a biblical-theological quarterly issued by the Institute of Biblical Studies of the Faculty of Theology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. The first and third fascicles of each issue of the journal include scholarly articles dedicated to a specific theological theme. Each topic can be broaden out into its multiple connections and implications, mostly dogmatic, moral, pastoral, liturgical, or sociological. The second and fourth fascicles of the issue always consist of various theological articles, published in English, which do not deal with the main topic (specific theological theme) of the first and third fascicles. Because of the journal's interdisciplinary character, it seeks to include among the contributors not only biblical scholars but also theologians of various specializations. "Verbum Vitae" is classified as Q2 in Religious Studies according to Scimago Journal & Country Rank.
ISSN: 1644-8561 (Print)
ISSN: 2451-280X (Online)
DOI: 10.31743/vv
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Topics of the forthcoming fascicles / Call for papers 2025-2026
2025-01-09
Dear Authors and Readers,
the forthcoming issues of our quarterly will deal with the following topics:
43/2 (2025) Varia/miscellaneous studies (continuous submission, publication: Jun 30, 2025)
43/3 (2025) Words, Ways, and Signs of Christian Hope in the Context of the Jubilee Year 2025 (deadline: 30 May 2025, publication: Sep 30, 2025)
43/4 (2025) Varia/miscellaneous studies (continuous submission, publication: Dec 30, 2025)
44/1 (2026) Vaticanum II: History, Theology, and Reception (texts only in English; deadline: Oct 30, 2025; publication: March 30, 2026)
Please feel free to email your submissions and suggestions to the editorial board: verbum.vitae@kul.pl
Contributions submitted for the thematic volumes may be in Polish, English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. However, contributions to "Varia" issues ought to be made in English only.
Kind regards
Verbum Vitae Editorial Team
Call for papers: Words, Ways, and Signs of Christian Hope in the Context of the Jubilee Year 2025
2025-01-09
The topic of the issue: Words, Ways, and Signs of Christian Hope in the Context of the Jubilee Year 2025
Deadline for submission of texts: 30 May 2025
Publication date of the issue: 30 September 2025
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"Verbum Vitae" in the Web of Science database!
2024-11-12
Dear Authors, Reviewers, Readers and Collaborators of Verbum Vitae,
We are happy to announce that the journal Verbum Vitae has been selected for inclusion in the Web of Science database. Articles published after 2022, beginning with issue no. 40/1, will be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. We congratulate all our authors and reviewers, and thank everyone involved in the existence and operation of our journal for their cooperation and support!
Verbum Vitae Editorial Team
Current scoring of the "Verbum Vitae"
2024-01-08
Dear Authors, Readers and Reviewers,
we would like to inform that according to the announcement of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education of 5 January 2024 Verbum Vitae received 100 points.
Verbum Vitae Editorial Board
Verbum Vitae in the first quartile (Q1) of SCImago Journal&Country Rank
2023-05-19
Dear Authors, Reviewers, Contributors and Readers,
we are pleased to announce that the Verbum Vitae journal has been ranked in the first quartile (Q1) in the "Religious Studies" category in the latest SCImago Journal&Country Rank, thus maintaining its previous position in this classification.
The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) index takes into account not only the number of citations received by the journal, but also the quality of the sources from which those citations come.
We are pleased with this result and thank you for your cooperation!
Verbum Vitae Editorial Board
Verbum Vitae is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
2022-09-28
Dear Authors, Reviewers, Contributors and Readers of Verbum Vitae,
we are pleased to announce that Verbum Vitae has been admitted to the group of members of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), an association committed to promoting high standards of publication ethics and publishing culture.
Thank you for your interest so far and kind regards
Verbum Vitae Editorial Team
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The journal co-financed by the Ministry of Education and Science within the programme "Rozwój czasopism naukowych" (Development of scientific journals"). Contract no. RCN/SN/0277/2021/1 of 9th December 2022. Project duration: 1 December 2022 - 30 November 2024. The amount of co-financing is 111 673,70 PLN.
The aim of the programme is to support the Editorial Board of the journal "Verbum Vitae" in the implementation of its development strategy, which includes activities raising the level of publishing and editorial practices, increasing the journal's impact on the development of science and maintaining the journal in the international academic circulation.
