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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The manuscript represents original work. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • All authors confirm this manuscript is devoid of plagiarism of any form (i.e., direct plagiarism, self-plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, or accidental plagiarism) with respect to ideas, data, words, graphic materials or other forms of communication and understand that this manuscript will be checked for plagiarism using an anti-plagiarism software.
  • All authors have seen and approved the manuscript being submitted. Common agreement has been reached before submission. The corresponding author is responsible for the submission, on behalf of all co-authors. No additional authors might be added post submission, unless editors receive detailed explanation.
  • The submission files are prepared for upload: the manuscript (in Microsoft Word file format) and the declarations file.
  • The text is written in English and adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

Author Guidelines

 

Article Processing Charge (APCs)

In order to publish in Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia, authors are not required to pay an Article Processing Charge.

In Memoriam

In memoriam are manuscripts that honor a deceased personality.
They are published in English and should not exceed 5 pages (in Studia UBB Sociologia format).

Introductions & Arguments

Introductions & Arguments present the main topics of the volume. They are not peer-reviewed, and  do not receive doi numbers. They should not exceed 14 pages (in Studia UBB Sociologia format).

Articles

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Critical Reviews

This section provides reviews and critical reflections upon recent evolutions in social research, with focus on changing societies and current dilemmas.

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