2nd ROASS CONFERENCE
TRANSMODERNITY: MANAGING GLOBAL COMMUNICATION
GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER, 1, 2008
to dmailto:dcmeciu@yahoo.com
TRANSMODERNITY: MANAGING GLOBAL COMMUNICATION
GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER, 1, 2008
to dmailto:dcmeciu@yahoo.com
Papers must be single-spaced, TNR, 12 and they should have from 8 to 10 pages (notes and references included).
They must include:
- an abstract of 10 lines and 5 keywords (in foreign languages if the paper is in Romanian);
- the author's biographical information (professional title, didactic position, institutional affiliation and email address);
- chapters and subchapters: 1. (the title of the chapter in bold), 1.1. (the title of the subchapter in italics), 1.2., 1.3. etc.;
- pictures saved as jpeg;
- endnotes (the same as the references + page(s));
- references
They must include:
- an abstract of 10 lines and 5 keywords (in foreign languages if the paper is in Romanian);
- the author's biographical information (professional title, didactic position, institutional affiliation and email address);
- chapters and subchapters: 1. (the title of the chapter in bold), 1.1. (the title of the subchapter in italics), 1.2., 1.3. etc.;
- pictures saved as jpeg;
- endnotes (the same as the references + page(s));
- references
References may be cited in the text by giving the name of the author(s) and year of publication (in parentheses), e.g.: as mentioned by Morris (1971: 287-294) or (Morris 1971: 297).
All citations in the text must be listed fully in a Reference section at the end of the paper, by alphabetical order of authors, with complete bibliographical details. Journal and book titles must be given in full and italicized.
The Reference list should be presented as follows:
Barthes, Roland ([1965] 1970). Elements of Semiology. A. Lavers and C. Smith (trans.). Boston: Beacon Press.
Fisch, Max H. and Cope, Jackson I. (1952). Peirce at the Johns Hopkins University. In Studies in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce, Philip P. Wiener and Frederic H. Young (eds.), 277–311. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bouissac, Paul (1976b). The ‘Golden Legend’ of Semiotics. Semiotica 17 (4), Marcel Danesi (ed.), 371–382, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
The articles submitted will undergo four stages of peer-reviewing:
- the first stage. The articles are assessed by the technical editor in order to see whether the articles meet the GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS. If the articles do not meet this criterion, the authors are kindly asked to revise their manuscripts by NOVEMBER, 7.
- the second stage. The article will be peer-reviewed. The three reviewers will send to the editors the following assessment chart and the recommendations for the article reviewed:
- the third stage. The authors will be sent the above chart for their article and they will be notified by DECEMBER, 1 as follows:
The paper in its initial form has been accepted;
The paper will be accepted if the author will take into account the reviewers’ recommendations;
The paper will be accepted providing that all the assessment criteria are met;
The paper has been rejected.
The paper in its initial form has been accepted;
The paper will be accepted if the author will take into account the reviewers’ recommendations;
The paper will be accepted providing that all the assessment criteria are met;
The paper has been rejected.
- the fourth stage. The authors who were given recommendations should send their final article by DECEMBER, 10.
