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Author Guidelines

Author’s Guidelines

Articles written in English, French or Romanian will be between 3000 to 7000 words (including the abstract, keywords, notes and bibliography). Articles must be accompanied by an abstract that should not exceed 300 words. The abstract will be followed by no more than six keywords. The article title, abstract and keywords will be written in the original language of the article and in English.

All contributions (articles or reviews) must be in Microsoft Word (.doc file format), using Times New Roman, 12-point format, A4 (letter) format, single-spaced and with 2.5 cm margins.

Conditions:

1) Manuscripts submitted to the editors must be original works.

2) Manuscripts must comply with the recommended template.

3) The following deadlines are essential:

- Paper submission: 30th of June

Manuscripts and all relevant information will be sent to the following email address:

anale.uaic.stiintepolitice@gmail.com

Manuscripts will be examined by one anonymous reviewer. Reviewing may take no longer than three months, and the authors will be informed about the results. It is possible that authors will be asked to make modifications to the text. Likewise, authors must accurately follow all the technical recommendations suggested by the editors and submit detailed contact information.

Typographical and Style Recommendations

Authors are kindly asked to follow the indications below concerning the article structure:

1. TITLE in the original language of the article and in English (capital letters, Times New Roman, 14, centered);
2. FIRST NAME and FAMILY NAME(capital letters, Times New Roman, 12, Italic, aligned right)
3. Contact data as footnote, one for each author: academic title, name of the department and institution with which the author is affiliated, e-mail address; acknowledgements, if necessary;
4. Abstract in the original language of the article and in English: 150-200 words, Times New Roman, 12, Justified, as for the text of the article; the title, Abstract, will be written in Bold and aligned left;
5. Key words in the original language of the article and in English: no more than six words, Times New Roman, 12; the title Keywords will be written in Bold and aligned left;
6. Body text: Times New Roman, 12, Justified;
7. Bibliography, without numbering;
8. Pages should not be numbered.

Tables and images

1. Tables and images (figures) will bear a title and will carry Arabic numbers (e. g. Table 1, Figure 2); the source must be mentioned under tables and figures.
2. Image quality should be printable. Please avoid scanned or low-resolution images.
3. Table sizes must fit the final page format of the journal, which is 240 x 170 mm.
4. Table or figure titles must be written in capital initial letters and placed above the table.
5. The table content must comply with the following: names of rows and columns must be written in capital initial letters. Short titles are preferred. Technical or methodological details must be described in the names or notes that refer to the tables. Only one decimal digit will be used when writing numbers.

Authors are kindly asked to pay heed to the following style recommendations:

1. Titles/subtitles of a section should be highlighted with bold characters, start with capital letter and be aligned left;
2. Numbering should use Arabic numerals;
3. Avoid very short or one-sentence paragraphs;
4. Use bold for emphasis in body text only for titles;
5. Use only Italics for any other kind of emphasis, emphasis should never be underlined in the body text;
6. Numbers from one to ten should be written in words, but for numerals above ten, figures must be used;
7. All acronyms will be accompanied by the full title or name which they abbreviate when they appear in the text for the first time, even those which are frequently used (UK, EU, etc);
8. Footnotes will be used only for remarks and collateral explanations, and not for bibliographic references;
9. Do not space punctuation marks from preceding text; please space punctuation marks from subsequent text.

Notes and references:

Citation and bibliographic references will comply with the APA style (APA Manual of Style, 7th edition) publication requirements (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association), by using in-text citations enclosed within parentheses (author-year citation system).

For instance, a book with only one author will be cited in the text by mentioning the author`s name followed by the year of publication (Lijphart, 1994) and, if necessary, the page where the cited information can be found (Rustow, 1970, p. 68).

Comprehensive bibliographic references should be placed at the end of the article.

Please do not forget to add the DOI number for the publications for which it is available.

References

Lijphart, A. (1994). Electoral systems and party systems: A study of twenty-seven democracies 1945-1990. Oxford University Press.

Mungiu-Pippidi, A., & Munteanu, I. (2009). Moldova`s "Twitter Revolution." Journal Of Democracy, 20(3), 136-142. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jod.0.0102.

Rustow, D. (1970). Transitions to Democracy. The Journal of Comparative Politics, 2(3), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.2307/421307.

For a comprehensive guide regarding the APA Manual of Style, please refer to the Purdue Online Writing Lab website.

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