“Shaping the new defence and deterrence posture of Romania, NATO and the EU in the Black Sea: Strengthening the Eastern Maritime Flank in the face of asymmetric and sub-conventional threats”
WRITING REQUIREMENTS
FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
Article title
The title should be written in capital letters, Times New Roman, 14-point font, bold, centred.
Author(s) of the article
The first name(s) and surname(s) of the author(s) should be placed on the right-hand side, one line below the title, preceded by their academic rank and academic title (if applicable), in Times New Roman, size 12. Surnames should be in capital letters and bold. The name shall be followed by footnote references indicating the main institutional affiliation (for each author separately, where applicable) and the email address, written in Times New Roman, 9-point font, bold and italic.
Abstract – written in English, Times New Roman 10, italics, followed by ‘Keywords’ one line down and ‘JEL Classification’ one line down
Article abstract – the abstract itself
The abstract shall be 150–200 words long and written in Romanian, in Times New Roman, 12-point font, italicised, justified, and placed two lines below the author’s name. The abstract shall include: the objectives of the study, the research methods used, the results and the implications of the study.
Main body of the article
The text of the article must be written in Romanian. The text must be set in Times New Roman, 12-point font, justified; the introduction must be spaced three lines below the abstract. In the document settings, select ‘Normal’ style, numbering with Arabic numerals, and paragraph spacing set to (0) before and after. The paper must not exceed 15 standard pages. The paper shall be structured into sections, each with a title. The introductory section shall include the identification of the research problem, the novelty of the study in relation to existing theoretical approaches, the research structure, a detailed description of the research methods used, and the proposed solutions. At the end of the paper, a section of conclusions shall be included, setting out the research findings and how these may be utilised.
Footnotes
Footnotes must be written in Times New Roman, 9-point font, justified and single-spaced. Footnotes must be numbered consecutively throughout the entire paper and must not restart the numbering on each page. All cited works must be referenced solely in the footnotes. For cited works, state the full name of the author or authors of the cited bibliographic material, followed by the title of the work (book, article), publisher/journal, city, year of publication/journal issue number, and page number(s). The names of publishers, as well as those of books and journals, must be written in full, not abbreviated. The titles of books and articles must be set in italics, in the language in which they were published. The names of journals must be set in quotation marks.
If articles, reports or official documents available online are used, they should be cited in accordance with the above rules, stating that ‘the document is available online at …’ and indicating the date of last access. In the case of case law, the title of the decision, the number and date of the ruling/issuance, the issuing authority (court), and the place of publication (Official Gazette, collection of case law, etc.) must be stated.
Bibliography
The reference works used shall be listed in a brief bibliography at the end of the article, in the language in which they were published, using Times New Roman 10 font, single-spaced
Page layout
Pages shall be in A4 portrait format, with margins of 2 cm at the top, bottom, left and right. Pages shall be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, from the first to the last page.
Tables, figures and graphs must be numbered and each must have a descriptive title. Tables must have a single border; the text within them must be set in Times New Roman, size 10 pt, and the table number and title must appear immediately above the table, aligned to the right (see Table 1)
Table 1: Example of inserting tables into the article
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Figures and graphs shall be framed by a single border, and their number and title shall appear immediately below them, aligned to the right
Mathematical formulae shall be centred on the page and numbered as follows:
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Abbreviations and acronyms shall be explained the first time they appear in the text of the paper.
Evaluation of submitted papers
Submitted papers will be evaluated using the ‘double-blind’ peer review system, in accordance with international conference standards. Any paper submitted for presentation at the Conference will be evaluated by at least two scientific reviewers with a recognised national and international reputation in the fields of military sciences, law, or naval studies.
The evaluation will be conducted anonymously (the author’s name is not disclosed to the referees; the referees’ names are not disclosed to the author). Authors will be informed of the referees’ recommendations and comments with a view to improving the quality of the paper. At the referees’ recommendation, the paper may be rejected for presentation at the Conference.
Authors bear sole responsibility for the content of the articles
By submitting the paper, the author(s) guarantee that the manuscript contains their own original work. Furthermore, the authors guarantee that any ideas and passages in the manuscript that are not their own have been properly attributed, through appropriate bibliographical references and the use of quotation marks. Full responsibility lies with the author(s) of the article in the event of any breach of copyright law or plagiarism; the Conference organisers cannot accept any liability for the authors’ failure to comply with the provisions of copyright law or for instances of plagiarism. Should any breach of copyright law or instances of plagiarism be discovered, the manuscript will be rejected. The conference organisers accept no liability for the views expressed by authors in the submitted papers. It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain reproduction and copyright permissions for any texts that are quoted or reproduced in their papers.
Correspondence address
Papers should be submitted electronically to: contact@forumulsecuritatiimaritime.ro