Editorial Guidelines
Basic Structure of Submitted Scientific Contributions
Submitted articles must include the following components: the title and subtitle of the paper, the author’s affiliation, an abstract (in English and/or Romanian), keywords (in both English and Romanian), the main text, bibliography, and appendices (including tables, figures, and/or illustration plates, as well as a list of illustrations).
Bibliographic References
Footnote Formatting
Footnotes must be automatically generated with Word’s editor. The Arabic numeral denoting the footnote is positioned before the punctuation mark, typically following the period that concludes a sentence. If the note pertains solely to the content within parentheses, it is positioned prior to the closing parenthesis. When a note includes several mentioned works, they must be arranged in chronological order of publication.
Citation Examples:
»Book, article in a journal, thesis/dissertation, chapter/study in an edited volume:
Book: author’s first and last name, book title in italics, place of publication, publisher, year of publication, and the cited page(s).
Example:
Sorin Radu, Ion Flueraș, 1882-1953. Social-democrație și sindicalism, București, Nemira, 2007, p. 266.
Subsequent citations of the same book:
Sorin Radu, op. cit., p. …
If cited immediately after the previous citation:
Ibidem, followed by page number(s).
If the cited book is a translation, the translator’s name follows the title, marked as “tr.”.
Article in a journal: author’s first and last name, article title in italics, journal name in double quotation marks, followed by volume number, year, issue number, and page(s). For articles indexed in databases, the DOI should be added.
Example:
Cristian Vasile, Cercetarea științifică umanistă în primii ani ai regimului comunist. Câteva considerații privind cadrul legal de funcționare, „Revista istorică”, tom. XXVI, 2015, nr. 5-6, p. 12–15.
Subsequent citations:
Cristian Vasile, loc. cit., p. 12–15.
Study in an edited volume: author’s first and last name, title of the chapter/study in italics, followed by the details of the edited volume: volume title in italics, editors’ names, place of publication, publisher, year, page(s).
Example:
Adinel Dincă, Documente și scrisori ale episcopilor Transilvaniei (sec. XIII–XVI), în vol. Scris și societate în Transilvania secolelor XIII-XVII, editori: Susana Andea, Avram Andea, Livia Magina, Cluj-Napoca, Edit. Argonaut, 2015, p. 47–108.
For more than three authors: only the first author’s surname followed by et alii.
»Editions of Texts/Documents: title of the edition in italics, editors’ names, volume number (if applicable), place of publication, publisher, year, page(s), followed by a short form citation (if applicable).
Example:
Documenta Romaniae Historica, C. Transilvania, Susana Andea, Lidia Gross, Adinel Dincă (ed.), vol. XVII (1386–1390), București, Edit. Academiei Române, 2020, nr. 209, p…. [infra: DRH-C]
Page references must always use p. followed by the page number(s).
»Manuscripts and Original Archival Sources: official name of the institution followed by its abbreviation in square brackets, name of the collection in italics, file number, and page/folio numbers.
Example for manuscripts:
Biblioteca Academiei Române [infra: B.A.R.], Manuscrise românești Mss… nr. 1006 an 1852, folios 1–5.
Example for archives:
Arhivele Naționale Istorice Centrale [infra: ANIC], Fond….file no….., folio(s)
Arhivele Naționale Serviciul Județean Arad [infra: ANSJ Arad], Fond…. file no….., folio(s).
If citing foreign archives, keep the original name of the archive and collection:
Example:
Österreichische Staatsarchiv, Allgemeine Verwaltungsarchiv [abbreviated: ÖstA], Wien, Neue Hofkammer und Finanzministerium, Allgemeine Abteilungen, FHKA, Montan Akten, carton no. 212.
»Audio, Audiovisual Materials, Websites, and Other Electronic Sources:
Interview: for field research interviews, cite as follows:
Interview with… (interviewee’s name or initials), conducted by… (interviewer’s name), locality and county, date of interview, audio or video recording, archive name and inventory number.
Example:
Interview with M.C., conducted by A.M., Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, November 11, 2023, audio recording, Oral History Institute Archive, Babeș-Bolyai University, file no. 1524.
Online article: author’s first and last name, article title in italics, date of publication, URL, date accessed.
Example:
Valentin Partenie, Cinematografe din vechiul Bucureşti III, http://www.istoriafilmuluiromanesc.ro/ifr~cinematografe-din-vechiul-bucuresti-iii~202, accessed November 25, 2023.
Online TV Program/Video: producer or interviewer’s name, program or interview title in italics, recording/publication date, link, date accessed.
Online Reference:
“Transylvania” / Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/Transylvania, accessed March 5, 2022.
Maps and Visual Materials:
Title as given in the database or archive, chronological dating, location (database or archive), URL (if online), followed by date accessed.
Example:
Budapest (1745) • Pest Inner City Site Plan, available at: https://maps.arcanum.com/ro/map/pest-1745/?layers=76&bbox=2119055.374850209%2C6022308.2069275705%2C2123600.989376043%2C6023987.432892711, accessed September 12, 2024.
Bibliography List
A bibliography should be arranged in alphabetical order by the surname of the primary author or editor at the conclusion of each article. For extensive bibliographies, it is recommended to categorize materials by type, including primary sources, secondary sources, reference works, and others. Manuscripts and documents may be enumerated independently when necessary. Periodical titles must remain unabridged.
As a general rule for electronic sources, follow traditional bibliography rules, indicating the address and subdirectories, and the date accessed. For database-indexed articles, include the DOI.