Submission Guidelines

Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review publishes high quality, peer-reviewed articles in the field of political science, comparative politics, political sociology, international relations, and European studies. 

It also welcomes book reviews and review essays that compare and critique 2-3 books on a given topic. Books under consideration should be recently published (no more than 3 years old).

Manuscripts will be accepted on the understanding that their content is original and that they have not been previously published in a different form or language. No manuscript will be considered for publication if it is concurrently under consideration by another journal or press or is soon to be published elsewhere. 

Studia Politica does not perceive any fees for the evaluation and/or publication of scientific articles.

Articles that do not respect the manual of style will not be evaluated. 


Preparation of the Manuscript

Articles should be 8.000 - 9.000 words long, book review essays should be 3.500-5.000 words, and book reviews 1.000-2.000 words. Word counts include footnotes. 

An abstract of not more than 200 words should be included, followed by 5 keywords at the beginning of the article. 

Pages should be numbered sequentially and submitted in Word format following the style guidelines below.


Style & Format Guidelines for Manuscripts 


Manuscripts should be submitted using the form in the Submit page in Word format, and must contain:


The title page will not be accessible to the reviewers.


The abstract should be a single paragraph of 200 words or less that briefly describes the research question addressed, the analytical and theoretical approach, and the major findings of the manuscript.


Studia Politica uses the Chicago Manual of Style in matters of punctuation, capitalization and the like. 

Studia Politica uses footnotes, which should conform to the format below (for more details please visit the Chicago Manual of Style website).


We do not require Lists of references so all the information concerning the works cited should be included in the footnotes. Please consult the dedicated section for examples and various use cases. (link)

Please note that all references in other languages than English should be translated.


General Styling Considerations 


Formatting

See an example of a published Article & of a published Book Review.

You can also download a Word template for an Article and a Book Review.