Instructions to authors

GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE SUBMISSION

Annals of the West University of Timișoara. Humanities Series

  1. General Requirements
  • Manuscripts may be submitted in Romanian, English, French, Spanish, or German.
  • Submissions must be original, unpublished works and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  1. Document Formatting
  • File format: Microsoft Word (.docx)
  • Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt
  • Line spacing: 1.5
  • Text alignment: Justified
  • Margins: 2.5 cm on all sides
  • Pagination: No page numbers
  1. Article Structure and Formatting

Title of the Article

  • Bold, centered.
  • Must not exceed 15 words.

Author(s) Information

  • Centered, below the title.
  • Each author’s academic affiliation (in the language of the article), institutional email address, and ORCID identifier must be provided.

📌 Example:
Ion POPESCU
West University of Timișoara, Romania
📧 ion.popescu@e-uvt.ro
🔗 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7200-xxxx

  1. Abstract and Keywords
  • The abstract must be between 150-250 words and must be written in English, regardless of the language of the article.
  • If the article is written in a language other than English, the English translation of the title must precede the abstract.
  • Below the abstract, 5-6 keywords must be provided in English, separated by semicolons (;).

📌 Example:
English Title of the Article: This article explores the theoretical and methodological aspects of…
Keywords: discourse analysis; hermeneutics; literary studies; intertextuality

  1. Citation and Referencing Style (APA 7th Edition)

In-text Citations

  • Short citations (fewer than 40 words): Enclosed within quotation marks, followed by the author’s surname, year of publication, and page number.
    • Example: “Literary interpretation implies a hermeneutic dimension” (Gadamer, 2004, p. 56).
  • Long citations (40 words or more): Presented as an indented block quote (1 cm from the left margin), without quotation marks.
    • Example:

Modern hermeneutics emphasizes the dialogue between the reader and the text. Ricoeur (1991) states:

“The meaning of a text is not limited to the author’s intention but is constructed through an ongoing process of interpretation” (p. 78).

Reference List

  • The reference section should be titled “References” (not “Bibliography”) and placed at the end of the article.
  • Entries must be alphabetically ordered according to APA 7th edition formatting.

📌 Examples of References:

📖 Book:
Gadamer, H.-G. (2004). Truth and Method (2nd ed.). Continuum.

📄 Chapter in an Edited Volume:
Eco, U. (1984). The role of the reader: Explorations in the semiotics of texts. In P. Anderson (Ed.), Semiotics and interpretation (pp. 45-67). Harvard University Press.

📰 Journal Article:
Ricoeur, P. (1991). Narrative identity. Philosophy Today, 35(1), 73-81. https://doi.org/xx.xxxx

🌐 Online Resource:
Foucault, M. (1972). The archaeology of knowledge. Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.academicbooks.com/foucault

  1. Footnotes and Appendices
  • Footnotes should be used exclusively for explanatory notes, not for bibliographic references.
  • All citations must be included in the reference list, not in footnotes.
  • Appendices (if applicable) should be placed after the reference list and must include explanatory notes.
  1. Submission and Review Process
  • Manuscripts should be submitted via email to analefilologie@e-uvt.ro and dumitru.tucan@e-uvt.ro, respecting the announced deadlines.
  • All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process.
  • Authors will be notified of the editorial decision and any required revisions.

GUIDELINES FOR BOOK REVIEWS

Annals of the West University of Timișoara. Philological Sciences Series

  1. General Requirements
  • Book reviews must be written in a clear, analytical, and argumentative style, avoiding mere summaries of the book’s content.
  • Critical and interpretative approaches are encouraged, emphasizing the book’s scholarly contribution, relevance, and impact.
  • The review should discuss the originality of the work, the methodology employed, key strengths, and potential limitations.
  • The review must be original and unpublished.
  • The reviewed book must have been published within the past three years before the journal’s issue date.
  • The title of the review (Review of …) must include the complete publication details of the book.

📖 Author
📚 Full Title of the Book (italicized)
🏛 Place of Publication, Publisher, Year of Publication
📄 Number of Pages

  • The reviewer’s name, institutional affiliation, and email should appear at the end of the review.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows others to distribute or utilize the work for academic purposes, provided that proper attribution is given to the author and the journal’s original publication is acknowledged, with no commercial use.
  2. Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published version of the work (e.g., depositing it in an institutional repository or republishing it in a book), provided that its initial publication in this journal is acknowledged.
  3. Authors are encouraged to disseminate their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their personal websites).