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About RPA |
The APR Journal
Background It is already common knowledge the fact that, ever since the 70s, a constant attempt at forbidding and institutionally destroying Romanian psychology has been made. This state of affairs has obviously led to the creation of a gap between Romanian psychology and psychology abroad. The present project comes as a result to the constant development of the psychological move in Romania, starting the year 1990: the re-establishment of the Psychology Institute of the Romanian Academy, of the specialized faculties in university centers of Bucharest , Cluj, Iasi , the establishment of new faculties in Timisoara , Oradea , Constanta , Pitesti , Brasov . The specialized private education has known a great flourishing as a result of the appearance and validation of some such faculties in Bucharest (3), Timisoara , Arad , Iasi , Constanta . We are witnessing a genuine explosion of the specialized education, which implies the existence of an great number of professors and an impressive number of graduates. However, one of the unlucky results of this state of affairs is the reunion of the Psychology Institute of the Romanian Academy with the Philosophy Institute and the episodic publication of the Romanian academy's Psychology Magazine. As compensation, at the level of university centers there have appeared Research Excellency Centers and specialized magazines that have gained a well-deserved recognition. The association life of the Romanian Psychologists has become indeed more active: the Romanian Psychologists' Association has known a genuine sudden change for the better since the year 2001, therefore at the present time it has a number of around 4000 members. Two National Psychology Conferences have taken place as organized by the APR. APR has also initiated legislative attempts that lead to the appearance of Law 218/2004 for exercising the profession of psychologist and the establishment of the College of The Psychologists in Romania . By the appearance of this institution, APR directs its efforts especially towards a scientific activity, collaboration with affiliated institutions and a better representation of the psychologists in Romania at international level. In this context, the initiative of the present project belongs to the Association of the Psychologists in Romania , which assumes tasks so as to promote the scientific life of the psychologists in Romania .
Motivation -The low promotion of the Romanian psychologists' scientific achievements, nationally as well as abroad -The scarce communication, low number of contacts and meeting places, real as well as virtual, between Romanian and international psychologists. -The absence of a referential psychological publication, edited by APR -Facilities offered by the on-line publication and their promoting power inside and outside the country
Goal Promoting Romanian psychology, scientific achievements implicitly, by means of publishing a Psychology Journal on the Internet, which would cover all the domains of psychology.
Objectives • The periodic publishing of the journal on the Internet ( every semester) - Creating a column in English, for the promotion abroad of those important works that have the foreign countries as target • Reaching a number of minimum 200 readers per day • Ensuring the quality of the published materials, through the scientific committee of the journal
Addressability • Romanian psychologists, who will publish and promote their work inside the country and abroad; • Romanian and foreign psychologists, who will come in contact with the published works • The public in general
Anticipated results On short term: • stimulating the publication of materials by the Romanian psychologists • facilitating the exchange of scientific information between psychologists On long term: • Increasing the visibility of Romanian psychology abroad
The journal's content In the journal there may be published: • investigations of present-day interest, articles covering all the domains of psychology, realized by Romanian psychologists • the works presented during the sessions of scientific communication organized by the association • information on society ( gatherings, meetings etc.)
Promotion • The project will be promoted during all the gatherings and activities of the Psychologists' Association in Romania (general gatherings, sessions of scientific communication etc.) and of other associations, organizations and institutions that are interested to join the project's promotion • Promotion through the APR site and through mailing lists • Special promotion of the English section on the international sites that list psychology magazines • Promotion through search engines and international directors, with the purpose of attracting the Romanian and foreign readers, as well • Promotion through posters, notes, booklets etc.
Evaluation • The valuation of the project will be done by analyzing the feedback received by APR, through any means of communication (e-mail, discussion groups etc.) • The valuation of the number of visitors, as well as of their countries, will be done through a program that monitors the site and the column meant for the magazine (ex. trafic.ro); • The valuation of the quality of materials at international level will be done through the number of quotes and references used by other authors.
PUBLICATION GUIDE Publication Guide for Articles in the APR Journal
The APR Journal is published once a semester on the internet, at the address www.jurnal.psihologie.net and is sent via e-mail to all the over 5800 subscribers. The journal's first issue will come out on March 25 th , 2005 . The deadline for sending the articles is February 25 th , 2005 . Materials to be published in the journal are: Up-to-date research papers, articles covering all areas of psychology, written by Romanian psychologists Papers presented during the scientific papers' sessions organized by the association Information about the association (reunions, meetings etc.) The scientific committee will be the one to make the selection of materials, taking into account: the relevance of the theme, signification of the theoretical and methodological contribution, accuracy of the experimental design and that of the research achievement, relevance of the scientifical literature mentioned, quality of the discussions and results' interpretation, quality of the presentation, practical implications. The scientific committee will select the best 3 papers, which will be translated free of charge and published in the English section, in order to be promoted abroad. If requested, other papers may also be published in this section, on condition that they should meet the quality standards. In this case, the translation becomes the authors' responsibility. The papers must be sent electronically at the following mail address: apr.admin.@gmail.com . Those who do not have access to the internet can send the papers in electronic format via post at the following address: Asociatia Psihologilor din Romania , 1-3, Iuliu Maniu Avenue, Body A, 5 th floor, Bucharest, sector 6, mentioning on the envelope-for the APR Journal. The recommended format is Microsoft Word or any other compatible format. For graphs, the .jpg or .gif format is to be used. Font: Times New Roman, 12. Words must not contain diacritical marks (!), for publication will be made on the internet For orientation, materials can be between 5 and 8 pages long, including tables and graphs. For materials larger than 8 pages, please contact us before sending them in for evaluation. Papers will include a summary not exceeding 150 words, written in a widespread European language, followed by 5 key-words. A short presentation and the contact data of each article author may also be included (up to 3 sentences) Authors bear the responsibility as to what concerns the presented information, the accuracy of all bibliographical references and quotes.
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