Call for papers

Extended deadline – July 1st, 2024

We have the great pleasure of inviting you to submit your research papers for publication in the prospective issue of Annals of the “Ovidius” University of Constanta – Political Science Series (AUOC-SP), vol. 13/2024.

We look forward to valuable contributions from you until July 1st, 2024.

AUOC-SP is a peer reviewed academic journal, currently indexed in five international databases: ERIH Plus, CEEOL, Index Copernicus, HEIN Online and DOAJ. The journal was conceived and developed to assist researchers at all levels – scholars, professors, junior researchers, and students – who are seeking publishing opportunities for their research papers.

The submitted manuscripts should contain original unpublished work and should not be submitted for publication elsewhere. AUOC-SP combats plagiarism and all other types of unethical research and/or publishing behavior. The manuscripts must be submitted in English or in another international language, like French or Spanish. They must contain the author or authors’ full name, institution they belong to, their e-mails and a short bio note about the author(s): position, scientific title(s), areas of interest and research, some relevant papers, or other scientific publications.

The articles should have between 6.000 and 8.000 words (including footnotes and references); the book reviews – between 1.500 and 3.000 words. They should have a title, an abstract of 200-250 words, written in English and Romanian and at least five key words. The abstract should reflect the structure of the article (research background, investigation methods, results, and conclusions). The contributions must be sent in Microsoft Word format. Images illustrating the text must be sent as .jpg or .tiff files; the author assumes responsibility for the right to publish the images.

The documents must be sent preferably in Garamond Font size 12, double line spacing. Footnotes must be put automatically in Garamond Font size 10, single line spacing. Final references must be added in the last section of the article, preferably in Garamond Font size 12. For more detailed instructions regarding issues of editing and citation, the authors are advised to consult the Paper Template, available here: https://annals-politics.univ-ovidius.ro /authors-guidelines/.

Footnotes must respect the Chicago style citation; for details, see: www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html.

The manuscript should be sent as a Microsoft Word document, to the journal’s e-mail address: auoc-polsci@365.univ-ovidius.ro.

AUOC-SP does not impose any temporal or spatial limitation to the issues covered, but rather encourages diversity and innovative approaches. The received manuscripts are subject to an arbitration process conducted by anonymous reviewers, specialists appointed according to the topic of each article (double blind peer-review process). During the evaluation process, the names of both authors and reviewers remain anonymous (for more details, see the Review Form).

AUOC-SP editorial board reserves the right that, upon the review by the referents, to publish or reject any of the received papers and to suggest any of the authors changes that may be considered as necessary.

Note: The authors are directly responsible for the information presented in their manuscripts and for their work’s authenticity and originality. The editorial board of the Annals of the “Ovidius” University of Constanţa, Political Science Series is not to be held responsible in any of these issues.