Recommendations for authors

The Scientific Bulletin is a peer-review academic publication, which aims at presenting various approaches to the following domains: Military Sciences, Public Administration, Social Sciences, Management, Technical Sciences, and Humanities, highly implemented within Defence System, Public Order and National Defence.

General guidelines
Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail at buletinul@armyacademy.ro, accompanied by two hard copies, to be sent at the following address: “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy, The Scientific Research Department, 3-5 Revolutiei street, 550170 Sibiu.

Articles should have 5-7 pages, written in Romanian and English.
Each article should include:
- an abstract (150-200 words);
- up to five keywords.

We strongly advise you to consult with a native English speaker or English language specialist concerning the fluency of your text.

Style guidelines
The Scientific Bulletin follows the Chicago Manual of Style. Please do not send the manuscript before consulting the Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html) and editing the references and bibliography accordingly. For an appropriate preparation of your manuscript, please use the Word Template.

Quick Style Guide
Page Setup: top, bottom, left, right: 2.5 cm, A4 format, single spacing;
Paper title: capital letters, size 20, bold, centred;
Author surname, first name and affiliation: size 14, aligned to the right;
Abstract: size 12, centred, Italic;
Keywords: size 12, bold, justify;
Headings and subheadings: size 12, only the first letter capitalized, bold;
Text body: size 12, justify;
Tables: shall be preceded by a title; table references should be made in brackets (Table 1);
Charts and figures: shall be as unambiguous as possible to be legible when printed in black and white; shall be followed by a title (size 10); figure and chart references should be made in brackets: (Figure 1);
Formulas and equations: shall be numbered consecutively in brackets: (1), (2) etc.;
References: shall be listed at the end of the text, numbered in square brackets, such as:
[1] Marius Popescu and Ioana Pop, Romania si Uniunea Europeana, (Bucuresti: Teora, 2008), 17. Bibliography: shall be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the document, such as:
Popescu, Marius and Ioana Pop. Romania si Uniunea Europeana. Bucuresti: Teora, 2008.

Important specifications:
- The Scientific Bulletin is issued in: June and December.
- The articles shall be sent two months before the publication of each issue.(15 Apr./Oct.)
- The publication of classified information is forbidden.
- All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of Land Forces Academy Publishing House.
- The Editorial Board reserves the right to publish only those articles that through the scientific contents, creativity and originality address issues of general interest.