Instructions for authors

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS and MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION PLATFORM

Starting with volume 24 (2023), Fixed Point Theory becomes a Platinum Open Access journal.

We acknowledge the support of:

CNFIS-FDI-2022-0179 Project, and
Babeș-Bolyai University Program for Research, Competitiveness and Excellence

Starting from January 2021 all the manuscript submissions to FIXED POINT THEORY should be done through the online submission platform

http://www.math.ubbcluj.ro/~nodeacj/editorial_manager.htm

In order to submit a paper to FIXED POINT THEORY please create your personal account at

http://www.math.ubbcluj.ro/~nodeacj/editorial_manager.htm

or sign in an already existing account on the above link.

The electronic file (pdf file) of the manuscript written in English and including a short Abstract, Keywords and Mathematics Subject Classification (2020) and a letter for the editors (pdf file too) should be sent through the online submission platform http://www.math.ubbcluj.ro/~nodeacj/editorial_manager.htm

Submission of a paper implies that it has not been published elsewhere and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Important advices for authors:

Fixed Point Theory encourages a unified system of notations for the papers with are submitted for publication. For the recommended notations, please see the book I.A. Rus, A. Petrusel, G. Petrusel: Fixed Point Theory, Cluj Univ. Press, 2008.
The papers submitted for publication should not contain elementary definitions or results in fixed point theory (e.g., contraction mapping, Banach Contraction Principle, Caristi mapping, ...).
The Abstract of the paper should not contain citation from the References list; if the author(s) want to cite a paper in the abstract, this must be mentioned in full.
The papers submitted for publication should have consistent connections to fixed point theory (e.g., not only a trivial application of a fixed point theorem or a constructed example).
The papers submitted for publication should contain relevant examples and/or applications of the presented theories.
The papers submitted for publication should not exceed 20 pages, while the References list must contain at most 25-30 titles. Of these, no more than 20% may be author(s)’ s previous works. In some special cases (invited papers, synthesis, ...), the main editors may decide on exemptions.

After the paper has been accepted for publication, the author should upload, in the above online submission platform, the source file of the accepted paper written in the LaTeX template of the journal. The journal offers authors of accepted articles the possibility of typewriting their articles in journal Latex template. The typewriting fee for Latex manuscript is 20 Euro (25 USD)/page.

Proofs will be sent to the author (first named author if no corresponding author is identified of multi-authored papers) and should be returned within two weeks of receipt. Authors will receive the electronic reprint of the paper, free of charges.

All further correspondence, including the editors' notifications, requests for revisions or source files will take place via the editorial manager system. Technical support contact: fpt-ro.mcs@ubbcluj.ro