Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations
Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations
The Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations welcomes high quality contributions investigating topics in the fields of mass media, communication and public relations, from theoretical, empirical and critical perspectives. The RJCPR mainly favors original and articulate research papers, but theory-focused articles, book reviews and other scientific contributions are also welcome. All contributions are subject to a blind peer review process. All received manuscripts will be sent to one or more referees. Authors will be notified whether their papers are accepted for publication or not. The authors whose contributions are accepted for publication will be sent the referee form in which is mentioned if revisions are required or if the paper is accepted as it stands. The authors requested to submit revisions for review will send the new versions of their articles to the editor (the deadline for submitting the revised papers will be mentioned by the editor in the correspondence with the author(s)). All submitted work must not have been published elsewhere or be currently under review for any other publication.
Style and Paper Guidelines General information: 1. All contributions must be delivered in English or French. 2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format. 3. Articles should range between 5,000 - 10,000 words (reference list not included). Book reviews should range between 1,000 - 1,500 words. 4. Articles shall be accompanied by an abstract of max. 200 words and up to five key words. 5. All authors should verify that their names have also been removed from the document's Properties, which is found in the Microsoft Word File menu. 6. Any footnotes should be converted to endnotes. However, the use of endnotes should be kept to a minimum. 7. All correspondence should be addressed to [email protected] Article format: Title of article (Times New Roman, 12, bold, centered)
Authors' names, Affiliations, Email Addresses (Times New Roman, 11, centered)
Abstract (Times New Roman, 10, bold) (max. 200 words, Times New Roman, 10) Keywords: (Times New Roman, 10, bold): max. five keywords (Times New Roman, 10) References in text: 1. Single author: In a recent book (Eriksen, 2009)... 2. Multiple authors: Two authors: (Kunelius & Sparks, 2001); Between three and five authors: first reference citation all the authors surnames are mentioned (McCombs, Einseiedel & Weaver, 1991); however, in subsequent reference citation of the same work, only the first authors surname is used, followed by et al. ((McCombs et al., 1991); Six or more authors: the first authors surname followed by et al. is used in every citation (Romer et al., 2002). 3. Page numbers must be included for any direct citation: On the one hand, the public gathered private individuals who join in debate of issues bearing on state authority (Calhoun, 1992, p. 7) 4. Use of the symbol &: Recent studies of the public sphere (Kunelius & Sparks, 2001)..., however, when the names of the authors appear in the body of the paper, the word and must be used instead of &: Kunelius and Sparks (2001) show that Reference list: Books: Bennett, L. (1988). News: The Politics of Illusion. Boston: Longman Classics. Edited books: Pawel K., & Ireneuz, K. V. (Eds.) (2006). European Identity: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Insights. New-Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. Chapter in edited book: Risse, T.(2001). A European identity? Europenization and the Evolution of Nation-State Identities. In C. Green, C. Maria & T. Risse. (Eds.). Transforming Europe: Europenization and domestic change (pp. 198-216). New-York: Cornwell University Press. Article in journal: Semetko, H. A., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2000). Framing European Politics: A Content Analysis of Press and Television News. Journal of Communication. 52(2), 93-109. Conference Paper: Dib, L. (2010). The evolution of European security identity in EC / EU institutions in the (post-)Cold War period. Paper presented at the 7th Pan-European International Relations Conference, Stockholm.
Web Citation: Cohan, W.D. (2011). Friends with Benefits. Retrieved January 4, 2011, from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/friends-with-benefits/.
Text, Tables, Figures, Images 1. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining or bold. 2. All tables and figures are placed within the text at the appropriate reference points, rather than at the end of the article. 3. All tables and figures must be numbered. 4. All images used are in Tiff image file format at a 300 dpi resolution or higher. 5. All images and figures are sent in a separate folder; the author(s) should indicate the place in text where a certain image or figure should be inserted.
All manuscripts submitted must follow the most recent version of the APA style guide (American Psychological Association Publication Manual).