About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Goal of ASAS:
To promote the remarkable results of scientific and empiric researches of professorates, researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of social and humanist sciences in order to stimulate the optimal functioning of academic and social fields.
Specific of ASAS:
The journal distinguishes itself through the presentation of analyses and theoretical-methodological sociological explanations as well as through the exemplification of their values at the political and social work strategies and interventions level.
Peer Review Process
All submissions will undergo a peer-group review process.
In order to ensure the peer-review process, the authors are asked to send the article in two copies, of which one without the identification data and without any clue regarding the article’s author.
The article will have a short CV of the author (s) and a halh of page list with main publications.All papers should be submitted electronically only, via our website or via e-mail, as attachments (an-soc-as(at)uaic.ro).
The text should not have already been published or sent to another publication. If the author has a similar article published, he should specify this.
Editors will select articles which comply with the submission requirements (see instructions for authors).
Two members of the Editorial and Scientifical Board will make an initial review of the scientific quality of the article and appoint two referees for specialist review. They will send the article towards two experts in the field, to make a peer-review of the article.
The articles which conforms to academic and scientific standards will be proposed for publication. Those articles which have complied with the standards but need some changes or improvements will be returned to authors to make necesary changes. Articles which do not meet the scientific standards will be rejected. Each author will receive a feedback for the article.
The author (authors) has (have) the full responsibility of the articles’ content.
Publication Frequency
Yearly publications (with possibility to have special issues).
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Scurt istoric
În actuala formă, revista apare din 2008. Anterior, a aparut în secţiuni ale celor opt tomuri deAnale Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi, Seria nouă de Sociologie-Politologie.
Cui se adresează?
Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi, Seria nouă de Sociologie şi Asistenţă Socială reprezintă o modalitate de exprimare ştiinţifică a cadrelor didactice universitare, a cercetătorilor, doctoranzilor şi studenţilor din domeniile ştiinţelor sociale.
Secţiuni Articolele publicate se înscriu în următoarele secţiuni:
- Istoria sociologiei şi a asistenţei sociale
- Concepte, abordări şi perspective în sociologie şi asistenţă socială
- Studii empirice în domeniile ştiinţelor sociale
- Evenimente şi organizaţii
- Recenzii Periodicitatea apariţiei Revista apare anual, dar cu posibilitatea editării unor numere speciale.
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
For all parties involved in the act of publishing (the author, the journal editor(s), the peer reviewer and the publisher) it is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior. The ethics statements for the Scientific Annals of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iaşi. New Series SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK Section are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Editor Responsibilities
The editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated for originality, making use of appropriate software services. Following an initial review, the editor will forward the manuscript forward the manuscript to the appropriate peer reviewers for the blind peer review; each peer reviewer assess the article and will fill the review form, making a recommendation to accept, reject, or modify the manuscript.
Accountability
The editor of a peer-reviewed journal is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published, and, moreover, is accountable for everything published in the journal. In making these decisions, the editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board as well as by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers when making publication decisions. The editor should maintain the integrity of the academic record, preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards, and always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
Fairness
The editor should evaluate manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s). The editor will not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers and potential reviewers, and in some instances the editorial board members, as appropriate.
Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
Disclosure, conflicts of interest, and other issues
The editor will be guided by COPE’s Guidelines for Retracting Articles when considering retracting, issuing expressions of concern about, and issuing corrections pertaining to articles that have been published in our journal.
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. The editor is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.
The editor should seek to ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.
Involvement and cooperation in investigations
Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct. Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct. An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.
Reviewer Responsibilities
Contribution to editorial decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communication with the author, may also assist the author in improving the manuscript.
Promptness
Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible should immediately notify the editor so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.
Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the editor.
Standards of objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published data of which they have personal knowledge.
Disclosure and conflict of interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider evaluating manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the submission.
Author Responsibilities
Authors must follow the submission guidelines of the journal, that can be found here: https://anale.fssp.uaic.ro/index.php/asas/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
Reporting standards
Authors reporting results of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the manuscript. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.
Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Parallel submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
Acknowledgement of sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.
Authorship of a manuscript
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co- authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate coauthors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Hazards and human or animal subjects
If the work involves chemicals or equipment procedures that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of human participants, the authors should ensure that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them; the manuscript should contain a statement to this effect. Authors should also include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human participants. Appropriate consents and permissions must be obtained where an author wishes to include case details or other personal information or images of patients and any other individuals in the publication.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript.
All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal’s editor or publisher and cooperate with them to either retract the paper or to publish an appropriate erratum.
Publisher’s Confirmation
In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum or, in the most severe cases, the complete retraction of the affected work.
