The Program of Promoting Young Researchers

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Philosophy of the program
Starting with 2012, the Program of Promoting Young Researchers is part of Lumen Academic Program.

The Program of Promoting Young Researchers has been promoted since 2004, initially with three annual sessions, currently with one session selection of works between January and March.

The Program of Promoting Young Researchers is launched starting with the real need of contemporary society, to promote youth and more specifically young people who excel in scientific and / or academic domains. Within this program so far we have issued over 200 books of young researchers from Romania, Moldavia Republic, Belgium, England, USA, France, and Netherlands.

The program is addressed to young researchers, aged up to 35 years old, with works in the following domains: 

  • History and cultural studies.
  • Philosophy, theology and religious studies.
  • Philology: Romanian language and literature, foreign language and literature.
  • Law and legal sciences.
  • Economy, political sciences, European studies.
  • Social sciences: sociology, social work, psychology, education, communication.

Volume categories admitted to selection: monographs, treatises, theses, scientific papers of great value. 

All works proposed within this program are accepted after a peer review process. 

The volume or research proposed to editing must necessarily use international bibliography of reference, mainly in English with a share of at least 30% of total references, from which at least two titles are indicated to come from ISI publications. Citing books previously published in our Publishing House or articles published in scientific journals of Lumen is mandatory, and indicates the interest of the author in Lumen Publishing House and justifies his choice to publish his research.

This program is made based on the principle of co-financing, the maximum value of financing being 100% of the costs of publishing. The value of co-financing is established depending on the quality of the work, the scientific value, the market impact and the general situation of the book on the market – elements involving a successful editorial premise.

The Program of Promoting Young Researchers is more a selection rather then a contest. The works that meet the scientific standards necessary for publishing will be accepted by the reviewers committee in the limit of the Editorial Plan.

Evaluation and acceptance/ rejection of works will occur in order of the papers received, until the end of the Editorial Plan of the program and domain.

The purpose: The Program of Promoting Young Researchers aims at promoting scientific excellence among young researchers.

Objectives: the program focuses on annually informing the expert audience of a series of volumes according to the Editorial Plan, elaborated by young people in the country and abroad.

Conditions for participation: The application for this program will include a series of mandatory elements which you will find here.  

Lack of any of the information mentioned above leads to stagnation of the editorial analysis by reviewers until the full existence of the required information.

The papers for selection will be sent on the e-mail address of Lumen Publishing House prlumen@gmail.com. In case the publishing house requires addition documents the authors are asked to send again all the documents, including the additional ones, for a better operation of the selection.

Activities within the project:

  • Public announcement of the period when The Program of Promoting Young Researchers occurs: from January to March;
  • Our specialists (academics and experienced researchers) will assess the papers sent for publishing as soon as they are received and they will send to authors the response after the evaluation of the paper, that can be either acceptance for publishing – in this case, terms and conditions for publishing as well as the editorial contract will be presented to the author – or rejection of the paper.
  • Signing the editorial contract;
  • The complete final version of the volume after the author received and took into consideration the suggestions offered by our peer-reviewers;
  • Framing the volume;
  • Making the paging;
  • Making the cover;
  • Final correction of the text;
  • Giving ISBN and CIP;
  • Printing the volume;
  • Sending the copies to the author (s);
  • Distribution of the volume within Lumen Publishing House and the partner publishings;
  • Promoting the book through the editorial catalogue, on the site and virtual library of the Lumen Publishing House;
  • Promoting the volume through press releases and reviews; 
  • Promoting the volume at book fairs; 
  • Web 2.0 promoting through programs such as: Google Books, Scribd, Youtube, Slideshare etc;
  • Book releases (depending on the contract with the author);
  • Sending the volume to all university and county libraries around the country;
  • Sending the volume to international libraries;
  • Sending the volume to at least 20 university libraries and 5 international libraries, and optional, if the contract stipulates this, sending the volume to all 62 accredited university libraries and 42 county libraries;
  • Sending the book offer to specialty department from universities in our country and other institutions, depending on the research profile;
  • Sending the volume to media organizations for promotion, if the contract stipulates this.

Benefits for authors

  • Academic recognition;

Lumen Publishing House is accredited by CNCS (National Council for Scientific Research) in category „B” for the period 2012-2016, Domain CNATDCU (National Council for Attestation of Titles, Diplomas and University Certificates): History and cultural studies (according to the correspondence grid of CNCS, domain CNATDCU), Sub-domain CNCS: History of arts and architecture. Cultural studies. Cultural memory and heritage. Cultural heritage.

  • Institutional promotion;
  • Increase of public awareness;
  • Achievement and increase of personal brand;
  • Increase of self-esteem.

 
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