About the Journal

Founded in 1990, Calitatea Vieții (Quality of Life) is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing scientific research on quality of life dynamics and social policy issues. Published quarterly by the Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy), the journal features empirical, methodological, and theoretical articles. It welcomes multidisciplinary contributions spanning sociology, social policy, economics, and public health.

Calitatea Vieții (Quality of Life Journal) provides immediate, unrestricted, and permanent open access to all published content, based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All articles are available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, ensuring both gratis and libre open access. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, crawl, and mine the full texts of articles, as well as adapt and reuse the content for any lawful purpose, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), the journal, and the source, a link to the license is provided, and any modifications are clearly indicated. In addition, the journal provides open access to the bibliographic metadata associated with deposited publications. Such metadata may be accessed, harvested, reused, distributed, and incorporated into indexing, discovery, and information services for any lawful purpose without financial, legal, or technical barriers. The journal does not impose subscription fees, paywalls, or embargo periods on access to its published content.

The journal is published under the institutional auspices of the Romanian Academy and is managed by the Research Institute for Quality of Life (ICCV). The printing layout and official technical distribution are coordinated in partnership with the Romanian Academy Publishing House (Editura Academiei Române).

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