About the Journal
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Historia has been published continuously since its first issue in 1956, as part of Studia UBB series, under the editorship of Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj. It was published annually from the beginning until 1962 and, again, between 1974 and 1990, when it became a biannual serial publication. Studia UBB Historia is the longest-lived journal series established and maintained by historians and researchers at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of BBU.
Aims and Scope
In over five decades of uninterrupted publishing, Studia UBB Historia has consistently promoted a high professional standard and advanced innovative historiographical research subjects from a thematic and methodological perspective, in line with History as a whole, as well as with the national history.
Throughout the years, Studia UBB Historia tackled a variety of areas and themes of research, from ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary history, with contributions from the field of social history, the history of institutions, history of mentalities, history of collective imaginary, history of historiography, the history of ideas and intellectual life, history of religious life, the history of communism or the new cultural history, as well as debates on the current status of historians and history researchers, thus revealing and highlighting the evolution of knowledge in the respective field.
Since 2011, Studia Historia is published exclusively in some of the major world languages (notably in English), and the members of the four major Departments in our Faculty (Ancient history and archaeology, Medieval and premodern history, Modern history and contemporary history) take turns as coordinating editors for each issue of the journal. This editorial strategy of tackling a large range of research subjects, addressing different chronological segments in history, that are circumscribed, however, to the Central European region, explains the thematic diversity of the issues of Studia Historia series. The structure of the publication remains broadly the same: it comprises a consistent section of articles and studies, one of debates and perspectives on major avenues of research / major contributions and a set of critical reviews related to the main topic of the current issue. From time to time, the profile of a historian is included in the volume, enhanced by a presentation of the personality and work of the honouree, as well as an interview with the prominent scholar.
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Historia aims the introduction in the academic circuit and the efficient promotion of the historiographical contributions of the historians from Cluj, the consecration of the critic spirit, the upgrading of Romanian research to general knowledge, the recognition of a highly qualified institution of historic debate, at academic level, concerning the aspects of researchers’ forming and the discipline’s status in an open society, the promotion of young researchers.
We strive towards a number of goals, of which we hereby mention the most important:
• consolidate its position as an academic journal with international impact by increasing the visibility of published articles through its presence in relevant international databases and library catalogues,
• invite contributions to themed issues on topics of high significance for the corresponding subdomain,
• promote and disseminate the results of original and innovative research.
• distributing the publication abroad orders.
• increasing the number of articles written by foreign authors.
• increasing the quality of graphics of the printed publications.
Open Access Policy
Starting September 2021 Studia UBB Historia issues got the status of ‘Open Access’.
All articles published in Studia UBB Historia are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share.
Studia UBB Historia does not charge authors any kind of publication fees or article processing charges.
As an Open Access journal (ISSN 2065-9598), Studia UBB Historia 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 1220-0492), which can be purchased from the BBU Bookstore and through the distribution network of the Argonaut Publishing House.
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 following 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.
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