About the Journal
Since 1996, the academic journal Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Europaea (Studia UBB Europaea), issued by the Faculty of European Studies, has been representing an open arena for promoting research endeavours.
Aims and Scope
The journal is refereed by international specialists and officially acknowledged by the Romanian National University Research Council (CNCSIS).
Senior as well as junior academics from Europe and from the United States have found in Studia UBB Europaea a way of expressing their preoccupations by publishing academic articles that have focused on the European experience and perspectives in various fields of social science.
Since February 2008, Studia UBB Europaea has been included in ProQuest CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, one of the most prestigious worldwide databases for political science, which includes academic journals such as International Affairs, Survival or Political Analysis (www.csa.com)
We strive towards a number of goals, of which we hereby mention the most important:
- Including the publication in the prestigious international data bases.
- Distributing the publication abroad.
- Increasing the number of articles written by foreign authors.
- Visibility of the electronic version.
- Increasing the quality of graphics of the printed publications.
Open Access Policy
Starting September 2021 Studia UBB Europaea issues got the status of ‘Open Access’.
All articles published in Studia UBB Europaea are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share.
Studia UBB Europaea does not charge authors any kind of publication fees or article processing charges.
As an Open Access journal (ISSN 2065-9563), Studia UBB Europaea 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). There is also a printed version of the journal (ISSN 1224-8746).
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.
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
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
The Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement aligns with the recommendations of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics): Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Copyright info
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