Editors of the scientific
magazine
“Architectus” issued by the Faculty of Architecture
of
Wrocław University of Science and Technology, with the intention of
facilitating editorial works, would like to ask all of our Authors to
comply with the suggested principles of preparing texts and
illustrations. These principles constitute a set of universally
accepted rules.
General information
The Editors accept
unpublished
scientific articles which tackle issues concerned with theory of
architecture, history of architecture, conservation, urban planning,
green areas formation, esthetics etc.
A scientific article should be understood as a text presenting the
results of original empirical, theoretical, technical or analytical
research, with an appropriate structure, presenting the current state
of knowledge, research methodology, the course of the research process,
its results and conclusions, cited literature (references).
Other non-discretionary publications (usually un-reviewed) are also
accepted to be published in the following sections:
– Presentations
– Our masters
– Reports.
From 2021, texts of articles will be published in English. The editorial office accept papers in the Polish language. After receiving positive reviews and approval of the article by editors, the author is obliged to deliver the English version of the article (editors do not translate texts into the English language), whereas the works of foreign authors are accepted and printed in English. The entire article should include from 20,000 to 35,000 characters with spaces (including references).
Submission of the article is tantamount to accepting the procedures for qualifying articles for publication valid in the journal and granting Wrocław University of Science and Technology an exclusive, unpaid, unlimited license for the following fields of exploitation: introducing the work into the computer memory, recording and duplicating the work with various techniques, placing copies of the multiplied work on the market, introduction to publicly available computer networks, dissemination of the work, making it available in electronic form in such a way that everyone can have access to it in a place and time chosen by them (e.g. on the journal’s website), placing the work in libraries and digital repositories, for example in the Lower Silesian Digital Library and online, open access databases, e.g. POL-index, ICI Journal Master List, BazTech, CEJSH.
After acceptance of the
article for
printing, the Publisher is entitled to the general rights of printing
and propagating in all fields of exploitation. Publications have all
rights reserved. No part may be reproduced by any available means,
published or made available without the consent of the Publisher and
copyright holders.
The magazine is published
in open access under the CC BY NC ND license.
The original version of
the journal is on-line.
Authors do not bear any
costs for submitting articles for publication.
Authors receive 1 copy of the journal in which the article was published.
Reviews
By sending their works to us, the Authors hereby consent to the reviewing process. The review procedures are concordant with the MNiSW (Ministry of Science and Higher Education). All the works sent to us become subject to assessment, first by the Editors and next by two independent reviewers (they are not members of the scientific unit affiliated by the author of the article). The principle of bilateral anonymity (double-blind review) is obligatory. The author is informed about the result of the review. Te final decision as to the acceptance for printing purposes is taken by the Editor-in-chief (and the subject/guest editor).
Criteria for accepting
articles for publication:
– compliance with the thematic scope of the journal and with
ethical principles applicable in science
– opinion of reviewers
– scientific value of an article
– uniqueness of the approach to a problem, clarity, and logic
of the argument
– research workshop of authors.
The names of the Reviewers are not disclosed to individual authors. Reviewers, undertaking the task of preparing an opinion, undertake to maintain confidentiality, reliability, objectivity and not to use the reviewed works for their personal needs or benefits. They also give consent to the inclusion of their names and surnames and affiliation on the website of the periodical in a collective list of reviewers cooperating with the journal in a given year.
Prevention of scientific
non-reliability
The journal has adopted
the principles
of publication ethics that are consistent with the guidelines of the
Committee for Publication Ethics (COPE).
The Editorial Office does not accept articles in which there are
occurrences of “ghostwriting” and “guest
authorship”, and all detected cases of scientific
non-reliability
shall be revealed by the Editorial Office.
Detailed rules are presented in bookmark “Publication ethics” on the journal’s website.
Civil liability
While the Editors do make an effort to take care of the content of the magazine, the person responsible for the content of the particular article is its Author. The Editors and Publishers cannot be held responsible for any acts of non-conscientiousness which may results from the author’s infringement of the copyright.
Article
The text of the article
should be
provided to the Editor with illustrative material in electronic form
(text in .doc, .docx format, illustrations – uncompressed
–
in commonly used graphic formats: .jpg, .TIFF, .bmp).
Articles must be anonymous to reviewers, so make sure that any
information that identifies the author/authors of the article in the
main text, footnotes and bibliography have been removed.
I. Page 1 of the work must
contain:
− title of the work,
– the shortened title which will be placed in the running
title,
− full name and surname of the Author(s) of the work*
* in the footnote: full name of the institution that the Authors
represent (in official wording in Polish and in English), and a unique
scientist identification number (ORCID) and e-mail for correspondence
(it will be published).
II. Substantive guidelines
The article should contain:
A. Text part:
The title of the article must correspond to the content of the study.
1. Introduction:
a. concise presentation of the research
problem – thematic, temporal, and territorial scope
b. reason
for taking up the topic, the goal of research, hypothesis
c. a brief description of the content of
the article.
2. State of research (selection, up to 10 items).
3. A brief history of the object.
4. Description of own research:
a. time of conducting of research and
research methods
b. research results.
5. Conclusions.
6. Summary – what new was successfully added to the state of
knowledge, what could not be established, research postulates.
7. References.
8. Abstract and key words in Polish and English.
9. Acknowledgments.
B. Illustrative part
The editorial staff is committed to adhering to the principle
that the objects described are well known to the author and that they
have been examined by the author personally, not via the Internet.
Therefore, we expect a minimum of 30% of the author’s own
photos.
This rule was adopted in connection with the mass production of
compilation articles with illustrations taken only from the Internet.
III. Detailed directions
Abstract − each article must be accompanied by its abstract in two language versions (Polish and English). The abstract cannot exceed 300 words. It is an independent showcase of every article, usually independently operating in databases. For this reason, it should be prepared to encourage readers to read. It is important that its concise form ought to reproduce the content of the work as accurately as possible. It must therefore contain an introduction to the subject of the article, goals, research methodology and conclusions.
Key words (3–5 words).
Footnotes − we suggest using footnotes pertaining to the subject matter (commenting and completing the basic text), and not being only references to the bibliography.
Abbreviations, symbols, foreign language expressions − we recommend using only the standard abbreviations or symbols and we urge you to remember to quote the full name the first time a given expression appears in the text.
References
It ought to be ordered according to citations. It must not include more
than 30 entries. Each of these entries must have its footnote in the
text (number of the particular entry given in square brackets). The
following way of recording should be used for bibliographic
addresses:
books:
author’s
surname and the first letter of the name, title of the work, volume,
name of editor, place and year of edition:
[1] Huntington S.P., Zderzenie cywilizacji i nowy
kształt ładu światowego, MUZA, Warszawa 2008.
magazine articles:
author’s surname and the first letter of the name, title of
the
work, name of magazine in quotation marks, year, volume, pages:
[1] Norberg-Schulz Ch., Heideggera
myśli o architekturze, „Architektura”
1985, Nr 1(243), 18–21.
If a given article has a DOI number, it must be placed at the end of the record.
collective works:
author’s surname and the first letter of the name, title of
the
work, [in:] editor’s surname and the first letter of the
name,
title of the work, volume, name of editor, place and year of edition,
pages:
[1] Butters Ch., Housing
and timber construction in Norway: status, trends and perspektives for
sustainability, [in:] Kuismanen K. (ed.), Eco-House North,
Oulu 2007, 138–147.
Illustrations and charts
The work can contain up to 10 illustrations (depending on the
work’s size). All the illustrations and charts must be
numbered
(in accordance with the order in which they are discussed/they appear
in the text) and captioned (if possible, in two language versions, i.e.
Polish and English). The text should have reference to all
illustrations and charts (in the appropriate order, in brackets).
Enclosures
− author’s address for correspondence, including
academic
degree, name and surname, address of institution, telephone number (for
the knowledge of the Editors), e-mail address (it will be published)
– a signed affirmation that the work originated according to
the
ethics principles obligatory in science (the example accessible on the
website of the journal)
– written acceptance of the article by the supervisor (for
PhD students).
Works not prepared in accordance with the recommendations will be sent back to the Author for supplementation.
Author’s correction
After editing the article and accepting the texts to be printed, the authors do not change the text, you can only correct errors that result from the formatting and introducing necessary editorial corrections in the text. Authors are required to make the author’s correction within 3 days of receiving the text.
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