About the Journal
The Architecture and Place Journal (ISSN 2965-291X) was founded in 2023 and is currently a scientific journal linked to the Postgraduate Program in History (PPGH) at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Paraíba, Brazil.
OBJECTIVE
The Architecture and Place Journal aims to rescue architecture and its relationship with the place where it is produced. It will deal with themes related to the history of architecture, of the city, as well as issues of documentation and conservation of architectural heritage in its various manifestations, material and immaterial. It intends to dialogue with the Brazilian and international reality, making connections and reflections on the themes addressed.
THEMATIC SECTIONS
1 | Articles: dealing with topics relevant to the area of applied social sciences, human and technological sciences; they can address teaching, research, extension issues, as well as dealing with theoretical, analytical and critical aspects.
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2 | Design practices: focusing on professional or academic practical experiences, dealing with the stages of the design process and architectural product/object, urban planning, landscaping, intervention in built heritage, among other related areas.
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3 | Photographic essays: architecture and places. Photographs that capture and document a specific topic to be addressed and presented with explanatory text, which discusses and analyzes the object on display.
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4 | Interviews: with characters from architecture, urbanism and related areas.
5 | Sketches: about architecture, landscape, and national and international art.
FREQUENCY
Architecture and Place Journal publishes its issues quarterly. Special issues may be published at the editors' discretion.
LANGUAGES
The languages accepted for publication are Portuguese, Spanish and English.
PEER REVIEW
Articles submitted in accordance with the Journal's “submission conditions” will be blindly evaluated by at least two evaluators and by a third, in case of divergence of evaluation between the first two, with the final decision of the evaluation process being up to the editors responsible for editing. The evaluation is "double-blind".
The main criteria for accepting articles are: originality of the publication, originality of the theme, contribution to the areas of knowledge focused on by the Journal, clarity and theoretical and methodological consistency, presentation of critical reflections on the subject matter, quality of writing, text structure and compliance with the Journal's formal standards.
Contributions will be evaluated by two ad-hoc referees, who will indicate one of three alternatives:
Accepted for publication;
Accepted for publication with changes;
Refused for publication.
The evaluators, necessarily linked to nationally and/or internationally recognized teaching and/or research institutions, are invited by the editorial management based on an analysis of their CV and experience as a teacher/researcher.
The entire evaluation process is monitored by the editorial committee through the Open Journal System. In case of publication, the dates of submission, review (if any) and acceptance will be disclosed.
FREE ACCESS POLICY
This journal offers immediate free access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available to the public provides greater global democratization of knowledge. No fees or taxes are charged for submission, evaluation and publication of articles.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
This journal considers the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the publication: authors, editors, and evaluators of manuscripts.
This statement is based on Elsevier recommendations and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practices Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines)
Ethical Principles:
The decisions of the Editors and the Editorial Board will not be influenced or determined by sources of income.
The magazine is committed to ethical principles and is willing to publish retractions and corrections when necessary.
Regarding ethical complaints about a published manuscript or article, the editors will take the necessary measures to investigate any potential complaints, consulting the authors and other concerned parties.
Resolving conflicts of interest and ethical violations
Editors will take the necessary measures to try to identify and prevent the publication of articles where research misconduct or ethical violations occur, including plagiarism, manipulation of citations and falsification/fabrication of data, lack of relevant authorizations, discrimination, among others. Situations and allegations that formally come to the attention of editors and evaluators will be taken to the Editorial Committee, which will take the appropriate measures, including forwarding them to higher levels of the University, if necessary.
Editors' Responsibility:
Publication decision: the editors responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published and are guided by the journal's policies, which must comply with legal requirements, copyright and good scientific practices.
Confidentiality: editors must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript, except to reviewers and editorial advisors.
Transparency and complaints: Editors must evaluate submitted manuscripts without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality, or political philosophy.Editors must take appropriate action when ethical complaints are made regarding a submitted manuscript or published article.
Conflicts of interest: editors may refuse to evaluate manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest, for collaborative work reasons, or for competitive reasons. When necessary, the editor may designate a specific editor to take care of the editorial process of a given article.
Editorial responsibility: editors must always preserve the identity of reviewers anonymously and treat manuscripts as confidential documents.
Duties of Reviewers (Reviewers):
Confidentiality: works received for analysis must be treated as confidential documents, and no information about the manuscript must be disclosed to third parties.
Disclosure and conflict of interest: referees must maintain confidentiality and must not misuse ideas obtained through reading the manuscripts.
Regarding sources: referees must identify relevant published works that were not cited by the authors, as well as draw the editors' attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript in question and any other published article of which they have personal knowledge.
Duties of Authors:
Originality: authors must ensure that works are entirely original and if they use texts or images from others that this is properly cited. Plagiarism constitutes unethical behavior and is not accepted by the journal.
Authorship: authorship of the work must be restricted to those who made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. All those who made contributions must be listed as co-authors. Additionally, the lead author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the article. It is the main author's responsibility to ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and that they have agreed to its submission for publication.
Multiple or redundant publication: authors must not publish in the journal manuscripts that describe essentially the same content already published or about to be published in another journal.
The journal may use manuscript similarity checking systems.
About sources: authors must cite publications that were important in the development and preparation of the manuscript, the work of other authors must be recognized and referenced. Information obtained in a conversation, correspondence or discussion with third parties should only be used with the explicit written permission of the source and identification of the origin.
Errors in published work: when authors discover a significant error in their published work it is their obligation to inform the editors and request correction of the article.
Sources of research funding: it is the authors' responsibility to inform the sources of resources used for research.
