About the Journal

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Engineering publishes studies in all phases of engineering. Coverage includes research in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automation and control, informatics, materials and technology, civil engineering, renewable energies, environment and ecology, applied mathematics and education in engineering.

The journal is published yearly, in October and the articles are accepted in English. The paper submission deadline for the current year is the end of September.

 

Aims and Scope

The aim of the journal is to provide an international forum to exchange ideas among researchers and practitioners from different parts of world. Original research that has significance in any engineering domain is suitable for publishing. Papers that belong to the category Original article are preferred, while Review articles are published only by invitation. To achieve a good visibility, the journal is indexed in relevant International databases, such as, EBSCO, DOAJ, RePEc, ProQuest, Index Copernicus, OAJI, Academic Journal Data Base, Worldcat.

 

Open Access Policy

Studia UBB Engineering is an Fully Open Access Journal.
The Journal does not charge readers or their institutions for access (read, download, copy, distribute, print for research use, search, or link to the full texts of articles). 
All articles published in Studia UBB Engineering are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share. Articles are published under the terms of a Creative Commons license which permits, without charge, use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Studia UBB Engineering  does not charge authors any kind of publication fees or article processing charges.

 

Prevention and Fight against Plagiarism and other forms of fraudulent conduct

Authors of the journal must be aware and understand that Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai intends to prevent, and also sanctions attempts and acts of plagiarism and other forms of fraudulent conduct, including but not limited to the fabrication and/or falsification of data. Therefore, authors are hereby advised that:
– Plagiarism attempts or other fraudulent actions discovered and documented during the review process (Editorial Office, peer review) may lead to: a) rejection of the manuscript for publication; b) official information of the higher education or research institution of the author’s affiliation; and c) information of the scholarly community and public opinion.
– Upon notification on allegation of plagiarism or other fraudulent actions for any article that has been already published in Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai, and following the thorough verification of the notification, the Editorial Office may take the following steps: a) contact the Index of allegations of plagiarized works in Romania; b) follow the procedure in place for plagiarism attempts or other fraudulent actions discovered and documented during the review process; c) officially inform the higher education or research institution of the author’s affiliation, making available all necessary documents (including the author’s responsible declaration of originality); d) advise the most important international databases about the allegation of plagiarism; and e) publish (on the site, etc.) its official position on the matter. As conceptual and general guidelines on plagiarism, the journal Studia UBB refers to: “What Constitutes Plagiarism?”, in “Harvard Guide to Using Sources”, available here: https://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/what-constitutes-plagiarism

See also: https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/uploads/2020-06/RA_HEADT%20Centre%20Webinar%20on%20Plagiarism_FINAL.pdf

 

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement