About the Journal
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Catholica is a scientific journal issued by the Faculty of Greek Catholic Theology, Department of Cluj, Babes-Bolyai University. The quality of the journal is ensured by the team of reviewers, which included international and Romanian personalities from academics.
Aims and Scope
The structure of the journal is jointed on the studies and articles, books and reviews, grouped by domains. A significant part of the articles are published in the international languages. However, due to the absence at the national level of some Greek Catholic scientific journals, also promote the specialized articles in Romanian language; in their case, they are accompanied by a summary in English.
The magazine includes the main fields of the theological subjects (Biblical Theology, Dogmatic, Morality, Liturgical, Patrology, Catechesis, Christian Art, Religious Philosophy, Church History etc.), but also interdisciplinary studies.
We believe that theology is a alive science, capable to incorporate the generally human values and to give them an effect plenary and also able to purify themselves from all prejudice and traditionalism; therefore promote - in entirely respect for the revelation, tradition and Magisterium - an open approach of the theological problems, recurrent not at all, able to question the comfortable certainties to the conquest of an maturity in faith.
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Theologia Catholica aims to promote the research results in the theological field of the professors from the faculty, of some of its collaborators but also students and graduates who are distinguished by their scientific concerns. Given the quality of our collaborators from Romania and abroad, the magazine seeks to be both a fruitful field for national and international dialogue in the field of theological reflection, in the ecumenical spirit. We aim to contribute through our review to the research effort of the national and international academic community.
Following the example of the prestigious journals, our pages also host the presentation and the reviewing of some journals in the field of theology.
The magazine is quoted by the National Council of Higher Education in the B category.
Open Access Policy
Starting September 2021 Studia UBB Theologia Catholica issues got the status of ‘Open Access’.
All articles published in Studia UBB Theologia Catholica are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share.
Studia UBB Theologia Catholica does not charge authors any kind of publication fees or article processing charges.
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.
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