Editura Universitara is publishing mainly specialized scientific works, like courses and textbooks for secondary or university education – plus atlases and Anniversary Volumes, but also various genres of fiction works, for the general public (general literature, literature for children, leisure genre, policier genre etc.). We are focusing not only on the Romanian culture, but also on the universal one.
I. Your editing offer
If you want to publish your work at Editura Universitara, your offer should include:
• a foreword or a presentation, in Romanian and English,
•the content or structure of the work,
• a report
You have to present your work at Editura Universitara in the form “imprimatur”, printed and accompanied by a CD. We recommend to write the text of your work with a 12 font size, one line spacing. (For details regarding the pages format and the publication’s costs, please consult also the EuPrint Printing House section).
II. The editing process
For the works accepted to be publicated, The Romanian National Library will allocate appropriate ISBN and CIP codes (which will be received in 10 days). The cover will be made in two variants, so that the author can choose one of them.
After receiving the CIP code and the final approval for publication from the author (imprimatur), the paper will be printed and offered to the author. Of the established edition, 11 copies of every book go to the Legal Deposit (7 copies to the Legal Deposit of the Romanian National Library, a copy to the Legal Deposit of Metropolitan Library in Bucharest, a copy to the Legal Deposit of the National Library of Moldova and 2 copies remain to the publisher’s own library), the costs being supported by the author.
The small-edition books are financed by the auhors/sponsors. The minimum print edition is 100 copies. There is not a maximum of copies to be printed.
III. Our special offer
Editura Universitara provides special conditions regarding:
• honoring copyright
• deadline for the publication
• graphics quality of the volumes,
• distribution of books in Bucharest and in the country (Humanitas Bookstores, Carturesti Bookstores, Compania de Librarii Bucuresti Network, other bookstores, hypermarkets and book warehouses). To view the full list of our distributors, you should consult the section Distributors.
• the number of copies offered for free to the authors.
Our Publishing House installed recently a modern typography that allows the printing of a volume in an average time of 5 minutes, at high quality standards. The publication is made by the exclusive effort of the Publishing House.
IV. The peer-review process
Our team of reviewers (reviewers) is composed of academics and scholars from various academic and scientific environments (Universities of Bucharest, Cluj, Constanta, Brasov, Alba-Iulia, Timisoara, Targoviste), some activating at this time at European universities. Thus, Editura Universitara benefits from the experience of other countries universities peer review. They cover various areas of expertise who sign papers submitted for publication. Of these, some are also responsible for publishing collections. If interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary materials resort to evaluators representative for the subjects addressed. Collections coordinators were selected of referencing fields, they are professors or associate professors with scientific teaching and publishing experience (collective volumes coordinators, assistants in the editorial board of some academic journals etc.), as resulted from each CV.
Author / authors will send the text, accompanied by two reports in electronic and print versions on the address of the publisher. The content must be identical on both formats. Editura Universitara will not get a material that is incomplete in one of two formats. General secretary of the editorial will take the work and enrolls them in the works register, and depending on their field, assignes them to a book editor.
The book editor submit manuscript at two of Editura Universitara reviewers.
Evaluation that we perform is blind peer review (the author does not know the identity of the evaluators and assessors nor the authors). The assessment takes into account issues such as:
- Scientific novelty that the study brings;
- Originality;
- Theoretical reasoning and the extent to which this is supported by references exploited;
- Presentation and implementation of research methodology;
- Clear presentation of ideas;
- The extent to which work brings advanced knowledge in the field concerned;
- Quality of scientific expression.
After assessment, the work:
a) may be accepted in the form in which it shows the time of evaluation;
b) may be acceptable in terms of interventions recommended to text authors;
c) can be rejected.
From the annually proposed to edit works a percentage of about 35% of them are denied to edit or authors makes changes indicated by reviewers.
After receiving reports from referees, the book editor submits to author an address with observations drawn from the referees assessment on the content, structure and style, the author has the final decision on changing his text.
After receiving acceptance from the authors to realize the changes required, they will return with improved material, that is then checked by an editor and submitted to typing. Typed material is sent to the authors for imprimatur.
Then the publishing contract is signed, in which is mentioned that the authors assume responsibility for the content of the work, the images and other visual elements inserted into work, for which they received from museums, archives, institutions or individuals permission to use.
For volumes of studies, volume editor will obtain disclosure agreement signed by each author participating in volume. Editura Universitara allows to the authors of these studies to republish them in other journals or books with tme mention that they were originally published in a Editura Universitara press release. If some studies have previously been published in other books and are intended for publication in a volume published by Editura Universitara, editor of the volume will obtain permission to republish these studies and will present it to Editura Universitara.
Regarding payment for obtaining permission to use copyrighted materials, the authors will present to Editura Universitara bills and letters of application of using the material. In some cases, museums, archives, institutions or individuals who have given permission for use of copyrighted material may request a volume of publication. Editor will undertake to send these books to institutions, individuals, which allowed use of protected material.
Besides the scientific and academic component, our Publishing House promotes / offers books for children, adolescents and youth or literature for any age. Responsible with the evaluation and quality appearance of these books are the collections ‘coordinators who, when necessary, address to one of our reviewers.
V. Contact
If you are the author or the translator of a work that you want to publish, please contact us at:
E-mail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Phone:
021.3153247
0724EDITOR
07217CARTE
0744EDITOR
Fax:
0372.876.458 @ vodafonefax.ro
Address:
Blv. Nicolae Bălcescu no. 27-33, sc B, et 4, intercom 38C
Sector 1, Bucharest
Postal Code 010 045
