Author Guidelines
1. Important specifications
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Each issue of Amfiteatru Economic features a
specific topic and, for each issue, only articles related to the announced topic will undergo peer reviewing. Articles should be well structured to ensure the clarity of their content and the essence of the approached topic
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All articles should report original research that has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers presented at conferences are acceptable, provided that they have not been published in full in Conference Proceedings.
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Amfiteatru Economic is consistent with the principles governing intellectual property rights, discouraging any attempt of
plagiarism. The received articles are checked with a specialized anti-plagiarism software and
the maximum percentage of plagiarism allowed by the Amfiteatru Economic journal is 10%. The editor reserves the right to reject the article from the beginning and
to refuse to publish future articles from the authors who have committed plagiarism.
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Articles by Romanian authors will be written in Romanian and English. Articles by foreign authors will be written only in English. Articles with foreign and Romanian authors will be written in Romanian and English. Please ensure that proper English is used. The editorial committee cannot accept articles that are not readable in English.
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The journal is issued quarterly, namely in February, May and August, and a special issue in November. For the issue published in February the articles should be received by September 30, for the issue published in May by December 30, and for the issue published in August by March 30. The
special issue is dedicated to the best articles from the International Conference on Economics and Social Sciences organized by the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and from the conferences organized by the Faculty of Business and Tourism, namely the BASIQ International Conference and the CACTUS International Conference. The editorial process for the special issue does not differ from that of the journal’s regular issues. Thus, the editorial process implies the same stages, respectively: eligibility, double blind peer review, working with the author to bring the article to the best publishable form, English proofreading, technical editing, and publication. The editor-in-chief will supervise the entire process.
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It is the politics of the journal to publish the work of one author only once a year.
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The number of authors on an article should not exceed six and it is recommended
the coordinating author to have at least an H index of 3 (Web of Science or Scopus)..
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Articles that do not conform with the requirements specified in this Guide will be rejected outright, before the eligibility process..
2. Information about the editorial process
After the deadline for submitting the articles of a journal issue, their
eligibility is verified taking into account five criteria: the classification of the article on the topic of the respective issue; if the article is based on research; originality; correctness of English and the usage of and compliance with the journal’s template. The authors are informed by e-mail about the outcome of this step within 30 days (in 30 days after the submission deadline, not from the date the article was submitted by the author).
Eligible articles are submitted to reviewers for
double blind peer review. The double-blind peer-review lasts 45 days, and the authors are informed about its results. The double-blind peer review process is conducted by reviewers, experts in the field. The use of author-recommended reviewers is not permitted.
After the double-blind peer-review, the work with the authors follows, to bring the paper to its best publishable form; the final decision on the manuscript is taken by the journal’s Editorial Board.
Following a favorable decision on the final form of the article resulting from the work with the author, the processes of English proofreading, final technical editing of the article and, subsequently, its publication take place. During the final technical editing stage of the article, authors may be contacted in order to remedy any unclear aspects.
3. Rules regarding article formatting
The articles must be 10 to 15 pages long (including references), on an X5 format, written in Times New Roman 10 point, single spaced. Journal’s template can be downloaded
here for the Romanian version of your article and
here for the English version.
Template requirements must be followed. Indication of the ORCID address is mandatory. When creating the ORCID, each author must fill in as many fields as possible, but necessarily the following pre-formulated fields: Biography for affiliation, Works for articles, Other IDs for the scientific profile on ResearcherID (Web of Science), Scopus author and Google Scholar, Keywords and Country. Before sending the article to the journal, the coordinating author will check the ORCID of each co-author of the submitted paper. To facilitate the completion of your ORCID profile, a guide is available
here
Amfiteatru Economic requires the Harvard style for in-text citations and references. Authors should strictly follow the referencing guide. Click here for in-text citations guidelines and
for references guidelines.
4. Writing recommendations
Paper Title
The title should clearly and accurately describe the content of the article, that should be in accordance with the issue’s topic. It is crucial that the title includes keywords that readers are likely to use when searching for articles online.
Abstract
The abstract must include sufficient information for readers to judge the nature and significance of the topic. It should summarize the objectives of the article, research methodology and main results. Also, it is very important to outline the originality of the article in the abstract. In order to increase the visibility of the article, the abstract should reiterate main keywords, representative for the article, while avoiding unnecessary repetition.
Keywords
Four to seven keywords (words or expressions) that capture the essence of your paper should be listed in decreasing order of importance, ensuring consistency with the title, abstract and content of the article.
JEL Classification
The article should follow the Journal of Economic Literature classification system (JEL), in one or several categories. All relevant code(s) must be written.
Click here for JEL classification.
Introduction
The introduction has to familiarize the reader with the content of the paper, reiterating the keywords defining the article. The introduction has to emphasize the context specific to the approached topic and the aim of the paper, amid other aspects. In the final part of the introduction, the aspects that will be further explored in the article, according to its structure, will be outlined.
Paper body
The article should be the result of research in the area, corresponding to the specific topic of the journal’s issue. The structure of the paper should be clear and well emphasized by titles and subtitles placed in a logical sequence, according to the writing methodology of scientific papers. In order to allow the readers to better understand the work of the authors, the following structure of the paper will be used: Review of the scientific literature, Research methodology; Results and discussions.
Conclusions
A conclusions section is required. Conclusions should provide a synthesis of the main contributions of the paper, outline the originality of the paper and its importance, and suggest potential limits and future research directions.
5. Rules for paper upload
Manuscripts should be saved as “.docx” and should be submitted using the form provided on the journal’s website,
here.
To be considered, all manuscripts should only be submitted using the journal’s website, at the “Submit an Article” section. This way, the articles are automatically registered, being added to the journal’s database. When submitted, articles are registered with an ID number which can be seen under the “send” button.
The ID number confirms that the article was registered in the journal’s database. Articles may be submitted by the specified deadlines, specific for each issue — each year, on September 30, December 30 and March 30, at 24.00 (Romania time, respectively GMT+2).
The manuscript has to be accompanied by a Declaration which has to be completed and signed by the authors. The declaration can be downloaded
here.