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.

Journal type:  Fully Open Access

Publication fees: None

When citing this journal, please use the abbreviation: Studia UBB Engineering

Receipt of the articles, information about copyright:

Submission:
Manuscripts are submitted electronically according to the indications for authors to:
nicoleta.gillich@ubbcluj.ro.

A template for the paper can be downloaded here.

No fee is requested for publication.

The originality of the manuscript will be checked with the sistemantiplagiat.ro or TurnitIn software.

The papers are expected to present:

• the state of the art
• problem formulation
• theoretical approach
• experiments and results
• conclusions

Articles are published in English. We perform a double-blind peer reviewed process. The authors will be announced on the acceptance or rejection of their papers and about the suggestions made by the reviewers.

The authors will be announced on the acceptance or rejection of their papers and about the suggestions made by the reviewers in 3-5 weeks.

Issues, Deadlines:
The journal is published yearly.
The paper submission deadline for the current year is the end of September.

Here you can find the summary of each issue of Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Engineering (contents, abstracts and keywords, pdf files).

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

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:

"Transfer of copyright agreement"
When the article is accepted for publication, I, as the author and representative of the coauthors, hereby agree to transfer to Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai all copyright and publication rights, including those pertaining to electronic forms and transmissions, under existing copyright laws, except for the following, which the author specifically retain: the right to make further copies of all or part of the published article for my use in classroom teaching; the right to reuse all or part of this material in a review or in a textbook of which I am the author; the right to make copies of the published work for internal distribution within the institution that employs me.

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