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Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice

The "Romanian Journal of Automotive Engineering" Journal (RoJAE) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against any publication malpractices.
All authors submitting their works to the RoJAE for publication as original articles attest that the submitted works represent their authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works.
The authors acknowledge that they have disclosed all and any actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it.
In the same manner, the RoJAE is committed to objective and fair double - blind peer - review of the submitted for publication works and to prevent any actual or potential conflict of interests between the editoRoJAEl and review personnel and the reviewed mateRoJAEl. Any departures from the above-defined rules should be reported directly to the Editor-in-Chief or  General Secretary of Society of Automotive Engineers of Romania - SIAR, who is unequivocally committed to providing swift resolutions to any of such a type of problems.

Publishing rules

Authors can publish their articles and book reviews, after a review by our scientific and editoRoJAEl board.
Our mission is to provide a greater and faster flow of the newest scientific thought.
RoJAE’s role is to be a kind of a bridge between the automotive engineering researchers in Europe and around the world.
The "Romanian Journal of Automotive Engineering" Journal is opened to any researchers, regardless of their geographical origin, race, nationality, religion or gender as long as they have an adequate scientific paper.
RoJAE encourages a vigorous dialogue between academics and practitioners.
The " Romanian Journal of Automotive Engineering " Journal publishes original, empirical and theoretical studies of automotive engineering, transport and road safety that constitute significant contributions to the understanding of specific processes and results.
Original research is interpreted broadly to include processes analyses, development of research methodologies and reviews of research that contribute new insights and understandings in road safety, automotive and transportation engineering.

The " Romanian Journal of Automotive Engineering " Journal

The "Romanian Journal of Automotive Engineering" Journal (RoJAE) is a double-blind peer reviewed journal which accepts high quality research articles.
It is a scientific journal published each quartelly and is available to all researchers who are interested in publishing their scientific achievements.
We welcome submissions focusing on theories, methods and applications in automotive engineering, both articles and book reviews.
Quarterly publications of the RoJAE are uploaded on our website, in English and Romanian. Moreover, the Society of Automotive Engineering of Romania, the publisher of the RoJAE, mails a printed copies of the journal to the authors of the papers included in each respective edition.
All articles must be in English and Romanian.
RoJAE in English is published only in digital format and is free for download from our web-site.
The RoJAE in Romanian is published in digital and paper format. The digital format is free for download from our website. The RoJAE in paper format is distributed by subscription. For more information, please contact siar@siar.ro.

Open Access Policy: 

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public, supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who can publish in RoJAE?
RoJAE Journal is opened to any researchers regardless of their race, nationality, religion, political orientation or sex, as long as they have a good scientific text which has been approved by our editors.
SIAR encourages women to send their texts as well.

Does the RoJAE concentrate on a specific scientific field of study?
We welcome submissions focusing on theories, methods and applications in automotive, transportation and road safety engineering.

RoJAE Journal is published online or in print?

Each online edition of the Romanian RoJAE is published in paper, too.

Do the authors receive a hard copy after the online publication?
Yes. The RoJAE (in Romanian) will send free hard copies (one copy per author, but not more than four copies per paper) of its edition where they are published (in Romanian).

Are RoJAE articles available online without charging a fee?
The RoJAE accepts and promotes open access policy of its editions. This means that each of its publications are freely available in an online form for the academic public. Having in mind that RoJAE editions contain high quality scientific articles by researchers from different countries, RoJAE contributes highly to the international development of automotive engineering.

PAPER SUBMISSION
Please use our article template and apply the following rules and suggestions when submitting your paper, since there are specific aspects of the RoJAE articles that are considered for acceptance:

• Name and email of at least 1 suggested reviewer (required)
• All articles must be in English and Romanian.
• Please allow a short period for review process to finish.
• Recommended article length is 4-8 pages.
• All articles must follow our template in Microsoft Word, RTF, OpenOffice or WordPerfect. Article that does not follow template styles and formatting will not be printed until the author formats the document in the proper format.
• You can submit your manuscripts online via e-mail:  siar@siar.ro.
• Publication fee:  The publication in the RoJAE is free.

Author(s) will be entitled to one printed copy per author with free of charge, but not more than four copies per paper.

COPYRIGHT
Copyrights for articles published in “IngineRoJAE Automobilului” Journal are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal.
The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work.
It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.