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Starting with 2026, the journal has changed the rules for in-text citations and references. The 7^th edition of the American Psychological Association style (APA 7th) will be used.

American Psychological Association Style and Grammar Guidelines

APA Style 7^th edition

Starting with 2016, Anthropological Researches and Studies Journal publishes only articles written in English.

Paper Elements

Title

The title should be eloquent illustrating the content of manuscript, 10-20 words and should not contain abbreviations, also it should be written with CAPITAL LETTERS.

Author name

Specify the complete list of authors. Each author should be registered with his/her birth or baptismal name, followed by the FAMILY NAME (often referred to as a surname or last name). On First Name (Baptism Name, Given at Birth) and Middle Name Capitalize Each Word and on FAMILY NAME (SURNAME) WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS (UPPERCASE).

Author affiliation

Institutional affiliation (university/college/ hospital) & section (department / discipline) must be provided for each author.

For institutional membership and for other citations use this format of quotation marks “…” For example: “Francisc I. Rainer” Anthropology Institute of the Romanian Academy

If multiple authors share the same institutional affiliation, the institution should be listed only once. Authors sharing this affiliation should be grouped together, with a number in brackets to indicate the shared affiliation. Please see the general framework for the articles where you have an example.

Contact person

Contact person information (email and phone) is mandatory.

Anthropological Researches and Studies mandates ORCID IDs for all submitting authors. After e-mail each author and co-author must specify the ORCID Code.

Abstract and format

One row space will be left after each section: the title, all the authors’ names, all institutional affiliations, the correspondence address and the abstract.

The abstract, the article should not include vague or subjective sentences such as “in my paper I will argue that…“, or “we/our team selected for this work…“. The author is encouraged to use more impersonal phrases such as “this study argues that…“, or “were selected for this work…“.

Abstract

All articles should begin with a 250-word abstract in English. Please comply with international norms for abstracts following the model.

Objectives. (Main elements of the study stages should be extracted and presented in a more concentrated manner).

Material and methods. (Clear and concise).

Results. (The relevant ones, expressed numerically and statistically evaluated where possible).

Conclusions. (Most important findings, any recommendations).

Keywords: Between 3 and 5 keywords, separated by commas and finalized by point, must be provided at the end of abstract for the purpose of indexing. For bio-medical anthropology INDEX Medicus and MEDLINE are recommended for compliance.

Do not use lines and paragraphs in the abstract. One row space will be left before and after the abstract. One row space will be left before and after the keywords.

Abbreviations
Abbreviations are not admitted in the title and are preferable to be avoided in abstracts. Each abbreviation is to be first introduced between brackets next to the phrase subject to abbreviation ARS only admits for standard abbreviations (see APA guide to abbreviations). Recommended measurement units are those of the International System.

Example of author information in multiple authorship articles:

SPECIFIC PERSONALITY TRAITS OF INMATES WHO HAVE COMMITTED VIOLENT AND SEXUAL OFFENSES

DOI:

Maria – Miana DINA (1), Flavia-Elena CIURBEA (2), Robert Andrei LUNGA (3), Cornelia RADA (4)

(1) National Administration of Penitentiaries, Directorate of Social Reintegration, e-mail: miana@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5773-0974

(2) National Correctional Officers Training School Târgu Ocna, Department of Law, Social Sciences and Humanities, e-mail: ciurbeaflavia@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3316-5570

(3) Romanian National Anti-drug Agency, Obregia Integrated Addiction Assistance Program, e-mail: robertlunga95@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3348-3190

(4) “Francisc I. Rainer” Anthropology Institute, Romanian Academy, e-mail: corneliarada@yahoo.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0626-4659

Address correspondence to: Maria – Miana DINA, National Administration of Penitentiaries, Directorate of Social Reintegration, Calea Floreasca, No.39, 1th Distinct, Bucharest, 023761, Romania, Ph.: +40744869 005, e-mail: grebenar.miana@yahoo.com

Abstract (250 words)

Keywords: drugs, alcohol abuse, inmates, penitentiary, addiction.

The full article framework is available on site (AUTHORS GUIDELINES section)

Editorial recommendations

I. Original Articles

Content should be structured in the following sections:

Introduction

Survey of literature in the field, research goals, findings.

Material and methods

Accurate verifiable data; techniques and instruments, assessment criteria.

Results

Submit concise data (including tabular forms or figures). Where appropriate, results may be validated by appropriate statistical processing. For statistical analysis, tests used in data evaluating data are to be explicitly mentioned (Chi-square, t-test, ANOVA, correlation, regression, etc.). When data are presented in tabular form, indicate the statistical test by a footnote for each table separately.

For the presentation of statistical data, APA style will be used – https://about.illinoisstate.edu/jhkahn/apastats/

Discussions

Results interpretation, connecting findings to work on similar subjects in mainstream publications.

Conclusions

Emphasis on contribution to knowledge in the area involved.

Acknowledgements

(If appropriated) name institutions, organizations or individuals having favorably influenced completion of research project.

References

II. Reviews and updates

ARS publishes reviews and state of the art updates on topics of interest.

Abstracts and text of such contributions shall be structured following the same indications as specified above with respect to the original articles.

III. Case reports

Content and structure of case reports ought to include the following sections:

Abstract

Introduction

Methodology

Case presentation

Discussion, conclusion

References

Recommended sizes for articles and references (approximately)

I. Original Articles

Article size including abstract, text, tables, figures as well as 20 to 40 bibliographic references: 5000-8000 words.

II. Reviews and updates

Update article size including abstract, text, tables, figures and 30 to 50 bibliographic references: 8000-10000 words.

III. Case reports

Case reports size including abstract, text, tables, figures and 15 to 30 bibliographic references: 3000-5000 words.

1. Reviews:500-600 words.

References

For references, authors should use the American Psychological Association (APA) style, 7th edition (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines)

https://www.isu.edu/media/libraries/student-success/tutoring/handouts-writing/using-sources/APA7-Style.pdf

or use this attached guide.

It is imperative that all sources listed in the final references be cited in the text – and vice versa.

References should be placed in alphabetical order, numbered and aligned as follows:

Examples of proper citation to the references at the end of a text:

1. Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video
2. Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
3. Hales, M. (2012). Community health nursing. In A. Berman, S. Snyder, T. Levett-Jones, T. Dwyer, M. Hales, N. Harvey, Y. Luxford, L. Moxham, T. Park, B. Parker, K. Reid-Searl & D. Stanley (Eds.), Kozier and Erb’s fundamentals of nursing (2nd Australian ed., Vol. 1, pp. 127–141). Pearson.
4. Hubbard, J., Thomas, C., & Varnham, S. (2010). Principles of law for New Zealand business students (4th ed.). Pearson.
5. Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000
6. Kesharwani, P. (Ed.). (2020). Nanotechnology based approaches for tuberculosis treatment. Academic Press.
7. Ministère de la santé et de l’hygiène publique (MSHP) [Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene]. (2016). Plan national de développement sanitaire 2016-2020 [National Health Development Plan 2016-2020]. Draft consolidé. Retrieved March 20, 2024, from https://www.childrenandaids.org/sites/default/files/2017-11/pnds_2016-2020.pdf
8. Moran, A., & Toner, J. (2017). A critical introduction to sport psychology (3^rd ed.). Routledge.
9. National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. Retrieved January 10, 2025, from https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf
10. World Health Organization. (2019). 2A85.5 Mantle cell lymphoma. In International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems (11th ed.). Retrieved November 10, 2024, from  https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1804127841
11. Zambrano-Vazquez, L. (2016). The interaction of state and trait worry on response monitoring in those with worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms [Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona]. UA Campus Repository. https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/620615

Attention! Journal or serial article with 21 or more authors must be cited as below:

Nath, A. P., Ritchie, S. C., Grinberg, N. F., Tang, H. H., Huang, Q. Q., Teo, S. M., Ahola-Olli, A. V., Wurtz, P., Havulinna, A. S., Santalahti, K., Pitkanen, N., Lehtimaki, T., Kahonen, M., Lyytikainen, L. P., Raitoharju, E., Seppala, I., Sarin, A. P., Ripatti, S., Palotie, A., . . . Inouye, M. (2019). Multivariate genome-wide association analysis of a cytokine network reveals variants with widespread immune, haematological, and cardiometabolic pleiotropy. American Journal of Human Genetics, 105(6), 1076–1090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.10.001

Attention! 

If the author is an institution/organization, please provide the URL of the page where you found the material/also provide the date you accessed it; e.g. Retrieved November 10, 2024 from  https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1804127841

If a document has three or more authors, simply provide the last name of the first author with “et al.” from the first citation to the last.

Hubbard et al. (2010) states…

… of law (Hubbard et al., 2010).

Articles URL

If available, please ALWAYS include DOIs as full DOI link (NOT ONLY DOI) in your reference list (e. g. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185). Please note that every URL starts with “http” or “https”.

Retrieval dates

For references across webpages please always include full link and specify the retrieval date as below:

World Health Organization. (2018). Global status report on alcohol and health 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2024 from https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565639

Non-English references

When citing references in a language other than English retain the title and reference information in the original language and include a translation of the title in square brackets as below:

Faure, G. (2011). Vécu d’une hémorragie grave de la délivrance: Impact sur le désir ultérieur de grossesse [Experience with severe postpartum haemorrhage: Impact on the subsequent desire for pregnancy]. Gynécologie et obstétrique (Mémoire de Diplôme d’État de Sage-Femme, Université Paris Descartes). Retrieved September 21, 2020, from https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-00620100

Order of references

List each source alphabetically by the last name of its first author. If there is no author, aphabetize the source by the first word of its title (excluding a, an, the)