Information For Authors
Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to send an email to ashues@spiruharet.ro in order to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.
The authors are invited to submit online their papers for the Annals of Spiru Haret University. Economic Series following the instructions included in the PAPERS TEMPLATE.
All papers are referred through an online blind peer review process.
The paper will be written in English, in Microsoft Word format and its length should be 6 to 20 pages, including abstract, JEL Codes, keywords, figures, tables, sketches, diagrams, and the list of references, following the formatting requirements.
The abstract should be no more than 200 words and has to contain the aim of the article, the importance of theme and author's conclusions.
The References should be written in latin alphabet.
» LANGUAGE
The papers shall be submitted in English.
» PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!
Co-authoring papers: When a paper is written in co-authoring, please provide the affiliation, the contacts and e-mail address of each author on the article. Otherwise, the paper will be indexed only for the authors who provided their complete information.
Authors' names on the article: The journal will publish only the papers who provide the full names of the authors. The journal do not allow the authors to put initials of their names instead of full names: ALLOWED: John Stewart MILLER, NOT ALLOWED: J.S.MILLER
The Annals of Spiru Haret University. Economic Series operates under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, granting authors full copyright of their work without restrictions. This licensing framework ensures that the journal’s content can be shared and adapted non-commercially, provided appropriate credit is given and derivative works are distributed under the same terms.
By adhering to these principles, the journal reaffirms its commitment to promoting high-caliber research and supporting the global exchange of economic knowledge.
Indexing
This journal is indexed in the following databases and university libraries: RePEc, SSRN, ROAD, BASE, DOAJ, INDEX COPERNICUS, ECONBIZ, INFOBASE INDEX, DOI cross ref, OAJI.net, Internet Archive OPEN LIBRARY, WorldCat, Open AIRE, ResearchBib, CEEOL, J-Gate, Journal TOCs, EuroPub, Google Scholar, PKP, OPEN ARCHIVES, University of Illinois Library, EZ3 Electronic Journal Library, Stanford University Libraries, Cornell University Library.
REVIEW POLICIES
» POLICY FOR CONCURRENT/MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS
Manuscripts submitted to Annals of Spiru Haret University. Economic Series should not be currently published or being considered for publication at another scientific journal or similar outlet. Likewise, does not accept multiple submissions of essentially the same work. That is, every submitted article should be substantially original in content, relative to other works currently published or under review. Manuscripts that violate these requirements will be automatically rejected, and the author of the respective manuscript may be excluded from future submissions to this journal. Moreover, a manuscript may be rejected at any time, upon discovery that it does not comply with the policy stipulated herein, even if the author had previously been notified of the manuscript s acceptance .
» PREVIEW PROCESS - BLIND PEER REVIEW
All manuscripts received by Annals of Spiru Haret University. Economic Series undergo the following review process. Upon receipt, each manuscript is assigned a content editor who is responsible with its evaluation.
The blind peer review process is generally completed within a timeframe of 30 to 60 days, depending on the journal's editorial workflow.
The average timeline from submission to publication is approximately 12 weeks, though this may vary depending on the review process and revisions required.
The evaluation proceeds with the following major steps:
1. The content editor must ensures that chosen reviewers are independent of the authors (i.e. not affiliated with the same institution. The manuscript may be rejected without a peer review if the content editor establishes that it does not conform to the basic requirements of Annals of Spiru Haret University. Economic Series editorial policy, including authenticity, originality, formatting, submission guidelines, etc. Likewise, a content editor may reject the manuscript if he/she believes that the content of the manuscript is not appropriate for the topics and interests of Annals of Spiru Haret University. Economic Series, or if it is established that the manuscript clearly lacks in scientific quality to the extent that the probability of it being accepted through the blind peer review would be too low to justify the waiting time for the author.
2. If the manuscript is rejected at the initial review, the content editor notifies the author of this decision. Otherwise, the content editor forwards the manuscript (with the authors name removed) to two peer reviews for evaluation and notifies the author that the manuscript has been accepted for a blind peer review.
3. Each peer reviewer evaluates the manuscript and submits to the content editor a referee report along with one of the following recommendations:
- Accept submission - publishable without revisions
- Revisions required - conditionally publishable with minor revisions
- Resubmit for review- potentially publishable with major revisions (revise and resubmit)
- Decline submission - not publishable
- Resubmit elsewhere - not publishable
- See comments
4. The content editor weighs the recommendations of the two peer reviewers and takes a decision on whether to accept the manuscript for publication as is, reject the manuscript without further review, or proceed with soliciting the revisions recommended by the referees. The content editor communicates the decision along with the referee reports (with the reviewers name removed), and if applicable conditions for revisions, to the author.
5. If it is decided that the manuscript requires revision, the author makes such revisions in accordance with the conditions/recommendations of the content editor and referees, and upon completion, resubmits the manuscript directly the content editor. Upon receipt of the revised manuscript, the content editor may decide to approve it for publication automatically or resubmit it the peer reviewers for reevaluation. In addition to the two original peer reviewers, the content editor may also solicit the opinion of an additional (third) reviewer.
6. Once the manuscript is deemed publishable in its current form, the author is notified of the decision and is provided with a copy of the manuscript in its final publishable form, for approval. Aside from the final approval, the author is required to transfer the copyright to the manuscript to Annals of Spiru Haret University. Economic Series, before the manuscript can be published. We provide a Single Blind Review. Please fill in our registration form, use the article template and then upload your paper without authors'names.
