Submissions

Author Guidelines

PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT
Anonymize your manuscript for double - blind peer review. Our journal uses double-blind peer review; therefore, authors are required to submit:
1) a version of the manuscript which has had any information that compromises the anonymity of the author(s) removed or anonymized. This version will be sent to the peer reviewers.
2) a separate title page which includes any removed or anonymized information. This will not be sent to the peer reviewers.

Authors must also send a complete version of the article, adhering to all our specified requirements outlined below. We strongly encourage our authors to work directly on our dedicated template to ensure consistency and quality in the submissions. Please click  template to download or directly open the Microsoft Word file, specifically prepared to guide you through the writing process. Using this template facilitates compliance with the journal's formatting and standards, streamlining the editorial process.

 Authors must read, sign, and resend our  Originality Statement.

HOW TO ANONYMIZE YOUR MANUSCRIPT
Wherever is introduced in the manuscript, the following identifiable information should be treated as follows:
-    remove author names, emails and affiliations, remove the Acknowledgements
-    anonymize the Conflict-of-Interest statement where a competing interest exists anonymize the trial registration number and date
-    anonymize the funding source(s)
-    avoid using self-citations. If you include an essential self-citation then the citation should not be anonymized and if necessary, it should refer to in the third person, e.g., write "Brown and Charles (2019) have shown", not "we have previously shown (Brown & Charles, 2020)".
-    If the journal you are submitting to mandates research data sharing and requires links to the data to be shared at submission, the data should be deposited in a repository that preserves author anonymity. The data can then be viewed anonymously during the peer review process.

FORMATTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT
When formatting your references, please ensure you check the reference style followed by your chosen journal. Use APA rules for citations and references (APA Manual 7th edition). Any paper that does not comply with the aforementioned requirements will be returned to the authors.)
Equations should to be submitted using Office Math ML and Math type. Please follow our Microsoft Word guidelines (template)

ARTWORK GUIDELINES
Illustrations, pictures and graphs, should be supplied in the highest quality and in an electronic format that helps us to publish your article in the best way possible. Please follow the guidelines below to enable us to prepare your artwork for the printed issue as well as the online version.

 
The Integrity of Images. All figures should be minimally processed and should reflect the integrity of the original data in the image. Adjustments to images in brightness, contrast, or color balance should be applied equally to the entire image, provided they do not distort any data in the figure, including the background. Images should not be layered or combined into a single image unless it is stated that the figure is a product of time-averaged data.
All adjustments to image date should be clearly disclosed in the figure legend. Images may be additionally screened to confirm faithfulness to the original data. Authors should be able to supply raw image data upon request. Authors should also list tools and software used to collect image data and should document settings and manipulations in the Methods section of the article.
Length of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be no between 3000-5000 words. Submitted papers will be screened by the volume's editors before they are entered into the Peer Review Process.

MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE
Please use/read our template!

TITLE PAGE (here you may insert all the information you removed from the anonymized manuscript; it will not be sent to reviewers)
TITLE OF THE PAPER, AUTHORSHIP & AFFILIATION (to be introduced only in the title page) the author(s) should mention the institution of affiliation, city, country and the contact details (at least e- mail address) of all authors of the paper (if more than 1);  a short biodata and a photo of the author(s) should be provided at the beginning of the document, before the Title (not mandatory).
This part will be excluded from the file sent to peer-review, but will be published with the article, if accepted for publication.
(FOR PEER REVIEWERS) TITLE OF THE PAPER
1) should be clear and concise, provide the reader with an idea of the article s main topic; 2) should not exceed 15 words; 3) no subtitles, mottos or any other introductory words allowed;

ABSTRACT
should have between 100-150 words, and should briefly present the main ideas expressed in the article, such as the context of the paper, objectives, hypotheses or thesis (if any), methodology (only mentioned), results  (only  the  main  or  most  relevant  results),  conclusions  (optional); 

KEYWORDS; no more than 5 keywords, separated by semicolons;
J.E.L. CLASSIFICATION: papers must have the J.E.L. classification. This classification can be found at the following link: https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel

ARTICLE’S CONTENT INTRODUCTION
1) the introduction provides the reader with a brief idea of the content of the article; 
2) should contain information about the scientific context of the research or theoretical article; 
3) scopes and objectives of the paper, hypotheses (if any);

LITERATURE REVIEW
should present the relevant literature on the topics of the paper and should be structured upon specific analysis criteria; 2) the scientific literature should be critically approached by the author(s); 3) should mention the identified gaps that led to the current research (these gaps are what underlies the original contribution of the article); 4) should argue the need for the research in the universe of the existing scientific literature and the conjunction point between it and the current paper; 5) all sources used for inspiration in this chapter must be correctly quoted, according to the APA Style Manual.

METHODOLOGY (mandatory chapter for research articles)
Some theoretical articles could have methodology, some don’t.
-    this chapter describes the methods and techniques used for collecting, analyzing and interpreting data;
-    in the field-research papers, the author(s) should provide information on the sample, data collection,compliance with the ethical guidelines (this information could also be mentioned in Acknowledgments);
-    other details regarding the data collection process; precise and comprehensive description of the analyzed methods, particularly when they are new or poorly-known in the literature;

RESULTS 
(mandatory chapter for research articles) the results are presented in large, using tables, figures, graphics or any other type of visual representation destined to help the reader better understand the ideas resulted; the statistical data should be accompanied by explanations on its significance; the data that could contradict the hypotheses  must  be presented and analyzed; the author(s) should present the way in which the collected data leads to the fulfilment of the research objective;

THEORETICAL SUB-CHAPTERS (especially used in theoretical articles)
For theoretical articles, the chapters of Methodology and Results could be replaced by subchapters of theoretical analysis. We recommend using the analytical framework of the theoretical papers which consist in Arguments to support the thesis and Arguments to argue the thesis;

LIMITS and DISCUSSIONS
this subchapter presents the validity of the research and its limits; 2) the author(s) should consider and present the geographical, epistemological, methodological limitations of the research; 3) the author(s) should present how the results can be extrapolated and generalized to the literature on the topic; 4) the author(s) should clearly state the original elements of the paper that could be of interest for worldwide readers;

CONCLUSIONS
The conclusions should be correlated with the objectives and the data analyzed; 2) the author(s) should mention here whether the hypotheses (if any) were validated or not (in case of evidence-based research).
Acknowledgments:
Acknowledgments usually include the recognition of the contribution of third parties to the research, that led to creating the article, or the actual writing of the article, but whose contribution is not so significant as to be considered authors. Also, the acknowledgments include information on the source of research funding, the research organization in which the authors carried out the research activity or research project in which the data was obtained.

REFERENCES
this chapter must be formatted according to the guidelines of the APA Manual. It is very important to make sure that there is a full compliance between the sources mentioned in the text and in References.

PLAGIARISM
The journal actively checks for plagiarism using the „sistemantiplagiat.ro” software, which is officialy recognized by the Ministery of Education in Romania as beeing one of the few softwares that can be used in the heigher education system”

The journal does not have any charging fees.

All submissions will be peer reviewed before entering the publication process. Authors are expected to participate in the Peer Review process for further issues of this journal.

Submitting your manuscript How to submit your manuscript

Send your manuscript at  journal@ubv.ro or contact our editorial team