The Program Steps towards Excellence

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Philosophy of the program
Starting with 2012, Lumen Program Steps towards Excellence is part of the Lumen Academic Program.
The Program Steps towards Excellence aims at promoting a high cultural and scientific level through publications of collective volumes containing trans-disciplinary studies.
The domains of research/ publication of this program are:

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

The period of selection of papers occurs between:

  • February and May.
  • September and November.

Categories of volumes admitted to selection: collective volumes containing trans-disciplinary studies.

Conditions for participation: The application for this program will include a series of mandatory elements which you will find here. Also, besides the mandatory documents, in case of acceptance for publication, the coordinator of the volume is obliged to provide and send the agreement for publication from all authors of the volume.

Lack of any of the information mentioned above will lead to stagnation of the editorial analysis by reviewers until the full existence of the required information. All required information is to be sent in a single e-mail. In case the publishing house requires additional documents the authors are asked to send again all the documents, including the additional ones, for a better operation of the selection.

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 it indicates the interest of the author in Lumen Publishing House and justifies his choice to publish his research.

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

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.

In case of an affirmative answer regarding the publishing of the volume, you will have to go through the following steps:

  • 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 international libraries (depending on the contract with the author);
  • 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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