Publication History

With a long history of more than six decades since its establishment, Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai (Studia UBB) is one of the leading academic journals in Romania. Published for the first time in 1955, in the Social Sciences series and the Natural Sciences series of the Newsletter of “V. Babeș” and “Bolyai” Universities in Cluj, the Journal merged into Studia Universitatum Victor Babeş et Bolyai in 1957. Since 1958, the journal changed its name to Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai.

From 1962 onwards, Studia UBB has been published as a separate series (with a brief hiatus in 1974, when it reunited multiple series again).

The journal was gradually upgraded and modernized after 2000 to reflect and at the same time, enhance the inclusion into a broader, global academic culture. This essential process also implied a diversification of our research areas, an openness to a wider range of theoretical and scientific approaches, as well as a permanently renewed availability for publishing cutting-edge, innovative research studies.

Since 2017, all scientific articles have a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number provided by CrossRef.

From September 2021 onwards, all Studia UBB series change their status to OPEN ACCESS journals. 
All articles published in Studia UBB are fully open access: immediately freely available to read, download and share. Studia UBB does not charge authors any kind of publication fees or article processing charges.

Articles are published under the terms of a Creative Commons license which permits, without charge, use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Studia UBB is currently published in 29 series:

  • 15 series between 1990 – 1995 (Biologia, Chemia, Educatio Artis Gymnasticae, Geographia, Geologia, Historia, Iurisprudentia, Mathematica, Oeconomica, Philologia, Philosophia, Physica, Psychologia-Paedagogia, Sociologia, Theologia Orthodoxa)
  • 21 series between 1996 – 1998 (6 new series: Ephemerides, Europaea, Informatica, Negotia, Theologia Catholica, Politica)
  • 22 series between 1998 – 1999 (1 new series: Theologia Graeco-Catholica Varadiensis)
  • 23 series between 1999 – 2000 (1 new series: Theologia Catholica Latina)
  • 24 series between 2001 – 2005 (1 new series: Theologia Reformata Transylvanica)
  • 25 series between 2006 – 2007 (1 new series: Studia Dramatica)
  • 27 series since 2007 (2 new series: Studia Bioethica, Studia Ambientum)
  • 29 series since 2008 (2 new series: Studia Historia Artium, Studia Musica)
  • 28 series since 2011 (Studia Politica ceased publication in 2011)
  • 29 series since 2017 (1 new series: Studia Digitalia)
  • 30 series since 2020 (1 new series: Studia Engineering)
  • 29 series since 2023 (Journal discontinued: 06.01.2023 Studia Digitalia ceases its online appearance and is no longer accepting submissions. Last issue, Vol. 65 No. 2, was published in 2020).

These series reflect the full range of current specializations, faculties and departments of the University. The publication is issued on a quarterly, three times a year, biannually or yearly basis, additionally with special issues.


The editorial activity of our journal is coordinated by the Scientific Council of the University and by the Editorial Committee (Editor-in-chief, Coordinator Editor from Research & Publications, 29 Editors-in-chief and by a number of 29 Editorial Boards).

The publishing are based on self-financing, extra budgetary resources of faculties, as well as through grants or sponsorships.

A specialized department deals with the financial issues and other services, with the support of its subsidiary departments.

The editorial activity of the Journal is undertaken by the editorial staff of each of the 29 Studia series, coordinated by the Editorial Office of Studia UBB.

Printing is performed by the Printing House of Babeş-Bolyai University or by local printing houses registered with the University, following the official contracts they concluded after winning the public tenders they participated in.

"Lucian Blaga" University Library in Cluj-Napoca acts as a distribution centre of our Journal, through the national and international exchange of publication service.