Editura ARC

Prepare your manuscript for Plural: History, Culture, Society.

Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.

Checked 2026-07-26

Article types

Research Article
Review
Perspective

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 200 words.
  • Abstract: Each article must be accompanied by an abstract in English and Romanian, with a length of 150-200 words.

Keywords

  • Provide up to 5 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Keywords: Each article must be accompanied by a maximum of 5 keywords, both in the original language of the article and in Romanian.
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  • Keywords must be separated by commas.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • The references should follow the footnote system, using the same font, size 10.
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  • At the same time, the reference to the illustration must be found in the text of the article.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Title page and author information

  • Author-related information: The authors’ biographical information should include the full name and surname of the author, her / his institutional affiliation, the author’s mailing address, including a valid e-mail address, the ORCID ID number, a brief presentation of the author’s scholarly interests and the titles of 2-3 recent publications.

Manuscript structure

  • All manuscripts submitted to our journal must be the result of original research and must comply with our editorial guidelines.

Submission forms and permissions

  • Originality Statement & Copyright Agreement Form must be sent to the e-mail address of the journal’s editorial team: plural.journal@upsc.md.

Other submission requirements

  • Its length should be limited to between 7,000 and 9,000 words.
  • The manuscript should be submitted in MS Word format, 1.5 lines, size 12, Times New Roman font.
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  • Before submitting your manuscript, please carefully check if you have included all the required items into your submission package.
  • Manuscripts that do not meet the editorial requirements of the journal will be rejected immediately.

Language and text style

  • This information must be provided in English and should not exceed 150 words.
  • The text should be written in Romanian or one of the following languages: English, French, German, and Russian.

Figures, tables, and media

  • The overall size of the illustrations accompanying the text must not exceed 5 pages.
  • The illustrations should be sent in a separate file, in electronic format (jpg. format, 300 dpi resolution for images and 1200 dpi for drawings).
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  • Illustrations: Articles featuring illustrations must be accompanied by a list of illustrations, indicating the source, author and copyright.
  • In the case of articles written in a language other than English, the list of illustrations must be translated into English.
  • The name of the illustration should correspond to its number in the list.

What your package checks

Abstract: 200 words
Keywords: Up to 5 keywords
Format: Times New Roman

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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