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Instructions for the authors
The papers that are to be published must bring scientific contributions to the magazine. The papers also have to contain the results of some of your work. There can be published some synthesis, in extenso. The article submitted will be written in English language. It is strongly recommended an even number of pages and no longer than 20 pages. As we said before, the articles must contain scientific contributions and they must bring in news based on some references, of some real results published in the last five years (some ISI magazines or others internationals magazines, the volumes of the international conferences, CNCSIS recognized magazines, etc) and with the specification of the bibliography. The specification of your own contribution must be reported to the previous critique and to the obtained elements. Every single paper must be submitted with the following application (click here for download). The papers that do not respect the publishing conditions and which are not integrated in the thematic of this magazine will be rejected from the start by the Committee of the Editorial Board. In order to obtain the access for publication, each article must obtain the consent of two of the magazine’s scientific referents. The authors are entirely responsible for the content of their papers. The authors are requested to submit the original and a copy of carefully checked typescript, with duplicates of all illustrations. A CD containing the full version of the document is also requested.
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The required format of the page is:
1. Margins Margins: Top: 1.7 cm, Bottom: 1.7 cm, Inside: 1.9 cm, Outside: 1.7 cm, Gutter: 0 cm; Orientation: Portrait; Pages: Multiple pages: mirror margins; Preview: Apply to: whole document.
2. Paper Paper size: Envelope B5, Width: 17.6 cm, Height: 25 cm; Paper source: First page: Default tray, Other pages: Default tray; Preview: Apply to: whole document.
3. Layout Section: Section start: new page. Headers and footers: Different odd and even – yes; Different first page – yes. From edge: Header 1.7 cm, Footer 1.7 cm; Page: Vertical alignment: top; Preview: Apply to: whole document.
4. The headers In the First Page Header: three empty rows 9 points high each (header for the article will be introduced by the Make-up Editor); In the Even Page Header: two rows 9 points high each; On the first row: the name(s) of the author(s), center, bottom border, simple line ½; The second row: empty; In the Odd Page Header: two rows 9 points high each; On the first row: title of article, center, bottom border, simple line ½; The second row: empty.
Before the title there must be two empty rows, each of 10 points high.
5. The title The title must be centered and written in capital letters, font Bookman Old Style, 12 points, bold; After the title it must be one empty row, 11 points.
6. The name of the author(s) The authors’ names must be written align right; The paragraph: left 1 cm, right 1 cm; The first name of the author(s) written with normal letters, and the name of the author(s) written with capital letters, Bookman Old Style 11 points, bold; For each author it will be use a row; After the name of the author(s) it must be one empty row, 11 points.
7. The address of the author(s) The address of the author(s) will be written using the Bookman Old Style 8 points; The address of the author(s) will be introduced after the name by inserting a footnote with sign “*”; for more authors, for first one use one sign, for the second use two signs, for third one use three signs, and so forth; The address of the author(s) will contain: the name of the institutions (University of…, Faculty of…, Department of…, Center of…, Institute of…), the address of the institutions and a personal e-mail.
8. The abstract and the summary Articles without abstract will be not published; The abstract should be written in English; The abstract contains between 50 and 100 words (if is possible only one paragraph) and must be written in Bookman Old Style, 9 points, justify; The abstract must contains a brief description of the aim of the article, methods of work and results. It should contain on comments and recommendations; It must begin with the word “Abstract” (bold), followed by the sign “:”; The summary should be written in English; The summary contains the description of the aim of the article and methods of work and a brief analysis or interpretation of results. It can contain only the information that appears in the text as well; The paragraph: left 1 cm, right 1 cm; After the abstract it must be one empty row, 10 points.
9. The keywords The keywords should be written in English; The list of keywords must contain between 5 and 10 words (do not use words already used in the title) and must be written in Bookman Old Style, 9 points, justify; It must begin with the word “Keywords” (bold), followed by the sign “:”.
After the list there must appear one empty row, 14 points.
10. The text of the article The text of article must be written using the Bookman Old Style, 10 points, justify; The TAB is at 1 cm from the left edge.
11. The titles, subtitles and sub-subtitles The titles inside the article must be written with capital letters, Bookman Old Style, 10 points and they must be numbered with Arabian numbers; before the title it must be an empty row, 10 points (after the title it doesn’t have to be an empty row); The subtitles inside must be written in Bookman Old Style, 10 points, bold, and they must be numbered with two numbers (for example 1.3.); before the subtitle must be an empty row, 10 points (after the subtitle it doesn’t have to be an empty row); If there are necessary sub-subtitles they must be written in Bookman Old Style, 10 points, italic; The sub-subtitles must be numbered with 3 numbers (for example 1.3.2.); before the sub-subtitle must be an empty row, 10 points (after the sub-subtitle it doesn’t have to be an empty row).
12. The figures (maps, images) The figures must appear on the page where are the references about them; The figures must be sent also in an electronic format, a JPG; The figures must be numbered with Arabian numbers; The figure’s explanations must be written with Bookman Old Style, 9 points (for example “Fig. 1. The map of the…”), which have to appear under the figure; The source of the figures must be written with Bookman Old Style, 8 points, under the explanations; All the figures must be black and white and there can be used pictures with a very good contrast (if possible no more 4 shades); The figures will be sent as separate files and will be saved as JPEG Images, with the resolution 300 dpi; If figure contains text this must be Bookman Old Style, 10 points; The outside of the figure must be simple line, ½; The charts should be sent also in the Microsoft Office Excel 2003 version.
13. The tables The tables are included in the text; The tables will contain only the dates; we do not allow tables that contain text; The datum from the table must be written in Bookman Old Style 9 points; The tables are numbered with Arabian numbers (for example “Table 3”) which have to appear before the table; The source of the tables must be written with Bookman Old Style, 8 points, under the explanations; For the header of the tables, the shading color will be gray 35 %; The outside line of the tables must be simple line, 1 ½; The inside line of the tables must be simple line, ½; between the header and table itself must be double line ½.
14. The footnotes The footnotes are numbered with Arabian numbers, starting from 1; The text of the footnote must be written in Bookman Old Style 8 points, hanging 1,5 cm; We do not allow the endnotes in the Romanian Review on Political Geography.
15. The abbreviations The abbreviations should be explained when they first appear in the text.
16. The mathematics relations The mathematics relations must appear centred on the page, Bookman Old Style, 9 points; They must be numbered with Arabian numbers (for example “3”); Before and after the formula there must be an empty row, 10 points.
17. Citations and references Literature citations and figure references should not appear in the abstract; The format of the citations should follow the common rules; for example (Grigorescu, V., 2008, p. 19); The format of the reference should follow the common rules; for example (Grigorescu, V., 2008); In the section on bibliography, citations and references should be listed as follows: Grigorescu, V., (2008), Romania today, Masthead Carpathians, Bucureşti; If there are more than tow authors, you can also use et al; e.g.: (Grigorescu et al., 2010); If you are listing several works published by the same author in the same year, they should be differentiated by adding a lower case letter after the year for each item; e.g.: (Grigorescu, V., 2010a), (Grigorescu, V., 2010b); If listed in same footnote, individual works os success should be separate by a comma; e.g.: (Grigorescu, V., 2003, Brâncuşi, 2010). If citing an except form a non-serial publication, you should also add the number of page from which the citation is taken after the year; If referring to newspaper sources in the text, you should cite the name of the newspaper, date of publications and page; e.g.: (Oradea Times, 11.03.2010, 13).
18. The acknowledgment This should be placed before bibliography, and must be written in third person (e.g.: The author(s) wished to thank … for his helpful comments an earlier drafts of this paper); If the article presents results from research projects, the acknowledgment will be: This contribution presents some results from research projects …. The authors acknowledge to anonymous reviewer for their thoughtful suggestions and comments; The acknowledgment may be submitted as a separate document that will not be send for review, but will be included in the publication schedule for accepted papers; The text of the acknowledgment must be written in Bookman Old Style 9 points.
19. The references The references must appear at the end of the article; Before the references there must be two empty rows, each of 10 points high. The word “REFERENCES” must be centered and written in capital letters, Bookman Old Style, 10 points, bold; The titles of the quoted works must appear at one row distance, justify, in Bookman Old Style, 8 points, hanging 1,5 cm: - in the case of the article: [name of the author], [first name initial(s)]., [(year of publications)], [Title of the paper], in [title of the review, volume, pages, publisher], [place of publications]; - in the case of the paper: [name of the author], [first name initial(s)]., [(year of publications)], [Title of the book], [publisher], [place of publications]; - in the case of the newspaper sources: [name of the newspaper], [(date of publications)], [Title of the newspaper article], [date], [page].
On the copy that is to be sent to the Committee of the redaction board, the numbering of the pages will be made with a pencil, outside the text zone. In the doc folder the pages will not be numbered.
For additional information regarding article publications contact the editorial board.
Address of the Editorial Office: Universitatea din Oradea Departamentul de Geografie, Turism şi Amenajarea Teritoriului Centrul de Studii şi Analize Teritoriale Str. Universităţii, nr. 1, 410087, Oradea, România Phone/fax: +40.259.408.475 e-mail: rrgp@uoradea.ro |
