Deadlines

1. March 1st (First Issue appears in June)
2. September 1st (Second Issue appears in December)

We recommend authors to submit paper proposals to the mail address mentioned above.

General Specifications

• Papers are received in electronic form at magazine.studiasecuritatis@ulbsibiu.ro
• Papers should be between 4000 and 10.000 words (6-15 pages), written in English
• Each article should contain:
  • an Abstract (150-200 words) in English
  • up to five Keywords in English
  • up to 15 footnotes
  • at least 10 scientific sources on bibliography (books, scientific articles, studies, published or unpublished documents, etc.)

We suggest that you consult a native speaker or a specialist in English, for fluency of your text.

^*Editorial policy specifications:

1. If an article has many authors, their order will be decided by the title of scientific and academic rank of authors, in descending order. In the case of a tie, the order will be alphabetical by author’s surname;
2. If the institutional affiliation of authors at the Faculty of Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science and Security Studies Department (as professors, associated professors, master, master graduates, students or graduates of undergraduate studies), this affiliation is mandatory for membership as identification dates. The author is able to claim another quality (and only one), which will be settled after afiliation to the Faculty of Social Sciences – Department of International Relations, Political Science and Security Studies. This will appear in printed form of the article only if relevant to the our research domain. Decision on the relevance belongs to the editorial board;
3. The papers proposed for publication will be checked against plagiarism through the software recommended by the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu;
4. No publication fees are charged!

We strongly recommend to download the template above.

Style Guidelines

“Studia Securitatis” uses the following editing frame:

Page Settings	Size: A4 8.27”/11.69”; Margins: top, bottom, right 0,6”;   left – 08”; one row identation
Article Title	Uppercase; size 12; bold; centered; one row identation; Times New Roman (TNR)
Author name	Size 12 right alignment; first letter of Forename in Caps, italic and bold; Name in Caps, italic and bold; one row identation; (TNR)
Affiliation	Size 11; right alignment; italic and bold; one row identation; (TNR)
Abstract	Size 11; italic; justify; one row identation; (TNR)
Keywords	Size 11; justify; bold; one row identation;(TNR)
Article`s body	Size 11; justify; one row identation; (TNR)
Tables	Followed by a title and source in footnotes; reference to the table must be made in round brackets (Table 1) within the article`s text; one row identation; (TNR)
Charts and figures	Clearly so as to be legible in black and white printing, must be accompanied by a title and source in footnotes; referring to graphs and figures must be done in round brackets (Figure 1); one row identation;(TNR)
Formulas and equations	Numbered consecutively in parentheses: (1), (2) etc.; one row identation; (TNR)
Bibliographical notes	Arranged in the bottom of the page (footnotes) numbered in ascending order, size 10, justify, one row identation; (TNR)
Bibliography	Arranged in alphabetical order at the end of the document, for every bibliographial cathegory (books, articles, studies, documents, etc.), one row identation; (TNR)