OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies adheres to a policy of progressive publication. The objective is to publish as rapidly as possible without jeopardizing quality. Because the journal has no print equivalent, individual components of a journal i.e. the articles can be published as they are received in prepress form. Prepress papers are designed to facilitate early reading of author's material and to increase the rate of deliverable research and to facilitate responses to papers in a timely fashion.

Prepress articles are typically accepted, reviewed papers published in manuscript form before they are copyedited and published in the printed issue of a journal. In the case of OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies the prepress articles are content and layout final excepting the pagination is subject to change (each prepress article starts its page numbering from 1). Each prepress article is assigned a URL which links automatically to the final published and correctly paginated version below.  This prepress URL should be used where possible when citing a prepress article from OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies.

On the 1st of November each year the content of the annual issue is closed off and a new issue is initiated. This complete issue is then assembled into a finished volume and the article pagination is set. Beyond November 1st OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies articles can actually be used as a typical full print style citation. Minor copyediting mistakes or typographical errors can be repaired prior to the end of year assembly process.

The editors of the journal have a goal to publish articles for OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies on a six week turn-around from acceptance of the manuscript to prepress publication.

At present OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies is planned to publish annually. However should submissions increase to the point where single volume issues become unwieldy as files then OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies may produce more issues per year.

The journal is also keen to publish unscheduled supplementary volumes or issues, including the conference proceedings of like-minded scholarly organizations.