About the Journal
The new trilingual journal is a peer-reviewed scientific digital journal with a print-on-demand option, founded in 2026. It is the official and freely accessible organ of the training and continuing education program in pastoral care, spiritual care, and pastoral psychology (AWS Switzerland) and is published twice a year. The yearbook deals with current and systematic questions and topics relating to the training and continuing education of specialist pastoral caregivers, offers theoretically sound reflections and assistance, and reports regularly on news from the Swiss and international context.
Publication frequency
JSSP is published twice a year.
Peer review
The articles published in our journal undergo a peer review process. After an initial review by the editorial team, each article is assessed by two members of the editorial board.
Open Access Policy
JSSP is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. Users are allowed to read, download, copy or use the content for any lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. The content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). (www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org)
JSSP does not charge any article processing charges (APCs) or article submission charges (ASCs) and does allow the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions.
Publication ethics
JSSP endeavours to ensure the high quality of its publications. It adheres to high standards of ethical behaviour and expects them to be adhered by all parties involved in the publication. This includes the author, journal editor, peer reviewers and publisher. [Journal Name] follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for the preservation of scientific integrity.
Authorship
Texts must be submitted to the editorial office in Word format .docx. The rights of publication remain with the author(s).
Editorial deadline
The editorial deadline is May 15 for the summer edition and November 15 for the winter edition.
Plagiarism
JSSP is committed to publish only original material that has not already been published or reviewed elsewhere. Any manuscript that raises concerns about plagiarism will be checked and cases of plagiarism will be sanctioned.
Reviewers, authors and editors must disclose any and all possible financial or non-financial conflict of interest in regard to the manuscript. If unsure, the journal editor should be contacted.
Conflict of Interests
Reviewers, authors and editors must disclose any and all possible financial or non-financial conflict of interest in regard to the manuscript. If unsure, the journal editor should be contacted.
Archiving
To ensure the long-term availability of scientific information, the contents of the journal are archived with PKP Preservation Network.
ISSN 3042-9595
eISSN 3042-9609