AIMS AND SCOPE

The journal offers space for academic endeavours on social issues in Central and Eastern Europe, welcoming multidisciplinary and comparative approaches in the fields of sociology, social work, social policies, anthropology, urban and rural studies.The core of each thematic issue is composed of research articles with empirical grounding. Methodological discussion papers and book reviews compose distinct sections. A special section entitled Romanian Sociology Today publishes recent research papers relevant for the state-of-art of sociology in Romania.

Why subscribe and read

Studia UBB Sociologia was one of the first Sociology journals in Romania, fully published in English since 2008. The majority of articles are authored by Eastern European scholars who embrace a theoretically informed, empirically grounded, comparative and critical perspective on social changes in the region.

Classification of the Romanian National Council of Scientific Research of Higher Education (CNCSIS):
B+ Category.

Open Access: Yes

Publication fees: None

 

Recommended citation: Studia UBB Sociologia.

 

Receipt of the articles, information about copyright

Submission:
The articles can be written in English. Before being accepted for publication, the articles must be sent at the address: studiasociology@gmail.com, respecting the format and the announced deadline.

Previously published articles are not accepted for publication. Manuscripts cannot be submitted elsewhere for publication while in review for Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Sociologia, although manuscripts may be deposited on a preprint server.
After receiving a manuscript, the editorial board notifies by e-mail the author in about two weeks on the acceptance for review of the text or its rejection. The editorial board will reject papers that fail to meet academic standards in terms of scientific content and the quality of writing in English. Papers accepted by the editorial board go through a double-blind review process (see review form) that may last several weeks. Papers advised to be rewritten and re-submitted go through a second review. Accepted papers are edited by the journal to meet technical standards. English proofreading and the content of the articles are the entirely authors’ own responsibility.

Issues, Deadlines:
The journal is published semesterly in June and December.
The paper submission for the Studia UBB Sociologia volumes are programmed as follow:

- For the first number the deadline for the receiving of the studies is 30th of April;
- For the second number we accept the studies up to 30th of October.

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.

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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 Sociologia all 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.