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:

A completely anonymized manuscript (including title and abstract), which should not contain any information identifying the author (MS Office guide for removing personal information here)
The filled-in declaration of academic integrity (download)
A title page containing
- the complete title of the manuscript;
- the names and full (professional) affiliation of all author(s), with e-mail address(es), weblink to their institution, full postal address, OCRCID iD, and telephone number where they can be reached;
- and a short CV of 200 words maximum;

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.

Please make sure to include in the Submission Form any relevant information related to the research funding, conflicts of interest, as well as any necessary acknowledgments.

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.

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

General Styling Considerations

Authors should engage only authors and references relevant to their topic.
Please avoid excessive jargon and use a readable style.
If acronyms are used, they should be explained when they first appear in the text.
Please use plural pronouns or the passive form instead of he/she if possible.
For emphasis, use italics, but please keep them to a minimum.
Please do not use bold or underline. Use italics for title of books, newspapers, or novels when they appear in the main text.
Write numbers under 100 in full.
Use “per cent” in the text; the “%” sign should only be used in tables.
Authors are asked to use American spelling consistently throughout the manuscript.
Please apply quote marks.
Tables and figures should be listed at the end of the manuscript, together with a title and the data source; they can be referenced throughout the manuscript by placeholders "(Table 1)."

Formatting

Text: Palatino Linotype, font size 11, single-spaced, normal text; paragraph single-spaced, before and after 0.
Margins: 1.5 cm.
Footnotes, tables, charts, table titles: Palatino Linotype, font size 9.
Block quotes: Palatino Linotype, font size 10.
Article title: Palatino Linotype, font size 14, bold, UPPERCASE, centered.
Article subtitle: Palatino Linotype, font size 16.
Authors' names: Palatino Linotype, font size 11, bold, UPPERCASE, centered.
Headings, level 1: Palatino Linotype, font size 11, bold, align left.
Headings, level 2: (Palatino Linotype, font size 11, bold+italic, align left, normal text.
Inverted commas: E “n” gl ‘i’ sh / R „o” ma ‚n’ ian / Fr « e » nc ‘h’
Graphics and figures: saved as .png files.
Footnotes: numbered throughout.