Submissions

Author Guidelines

The journal accepts submissions on a rolling basis. Arquiteturarevista has no article processing charges (APC) or article submission charges.

Articles must be original, unpublished, must not be under consideration for publication anywhere else and can be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish.

The articles must be written by:

• Doctors;
• Masters, masters students, doctoral students in co-authorship with their doctors advisors;
• Undergradute or undergraduate students in co-authorship with doctors.

The articles must be sent electronically, following the steps of a system that aims to give assistance to the periodicals editing in each phase of the editorial process.

The publication of the article is subjected to the previous approval of the journal's Editorial Board, as well as to peer review made by, at least, two ad hoc reviewers using the double blind review process.

The final acceptance of the article depends on:

• The recommendation of the reviewers;

• That the authors carry out the necessary corrections;

• And final approval by the Editorial Board, which decision will recommend one of the following options:
  
  1. Accept submission;
  2. Revisions required;
  3. Resubmit for review;
  4. Resubmit elsewhere;
  5. Decline submission;
  6. See comments.

Important

• The concepts and opinions expressed are the full responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher.

• Submission of the manuscript implies that if and when it is accepted for publication, the authors automatically agree to transfer the copyright to the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos.

The submitted paper must follow the template availablein this link:  http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/arquitetura/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/2

Paper conditions:

• Follow the template provided above.

• Extension: The full text (including tables, graphs, notes and references) must be between 4,000 and 8,000 words, with a maximum of 22 pages. The file size must be no larger than 5 MB.

• Title of the work: in the language of the article and in English. If the article is written in English, it must also present the title in Portuguese. With a maximum of 95 characters with space.

• Abstract and “Resumo”: in the language of the article and in English, in a single paragraph, with up to 200 words, accompanied by three to five keywords. In cases where the article is written in English, the presentation of the summary and keywords in Portuguese is also requested.

• Images: If the article contains photographic images, drawings and / or graphics, these must be inserted inside the text itself, preferably immediately after its citation. The resolution of the graphic elements should allow the adequate understanding of the information and the good quality of its visualization. Subtitles must be inserted at the top of the Figures in the language of the text of the paper.

• Quotations: The quotes within the text must comply ISO-690 (numeric) standard and must be indicated in parentheses in line with the text (do not use the superscript).

• The presentation of the short and long quotations must be following to correspondent reference number plus page number.

a)   Short quotations (containing less than three lines) must be incorporated into the text in quotation marks.

b)   Long quotations (longer than three lines) must be presented in an isolated paragraph, without quotation marks, simple spacing, according to the style “AR-CitaçaoLonga” available in the template.

• Endnotes: Endnotes must be used only when strictly necessary. Only explanatory notes are permitted and notes containing references are forbidden. The references must be listed at the end of the text in the item References. An endnote must be directly related to the subject of the text, and colloquial comments should be avoided. Footnotes will not be accepted, except for authors' data as used in the template.

• Do not use op. cit; ibid; ibidem; id; idem.

• References: References must be numbered in the order in which they appear throughout the article. Subsequent citations of the same reference are given the same number for the first time they were cited.

• It is mandatory to include DOI in references that have it and keep the link of the same. Please use the free search tool at the following address and check the DOIs and their links before adding them to the references: https://search.crossref.org/references

• Authors may not have participated as an author and/or co-author of articles published and/or accepted for publication in Arquiteturarevista during the last six months.

The work should be organized as follows:

• Title of the work: in the language of the article and in English. If the article is written in English, it must also present the title in Portuguese. With a maximum of 95 characters with space.
• Abstract and Resumo: in the language of the article and in English, in a single paragraph, with up to 200 words, accompanied by three to five keywords. In cases where the article is written in English, it is also requested to present summary and keywords in Portuguese. The abstract must contain at least: justification of the theme, objective, method and results.
• Introduction: overview of the subject, indicating its relevance, with a definition of the objective of the work.
• Bibliographic review: it can be presented integrated to the introduction text or in a specific section, according to the authors' criteria.
• Method: explanation of how the work was performed. It may include procedures, steps and / or object of study. If the work is essentially based on Bibliographic Research, it is requested to indicate the main sources of research, search terms and / or categories of analysis of the research sources.
• Results and / or discussions: partial or conclusive, according to the modality of the work.
• Conclusions or Final Considerations: they should be based on the results presented in the item Results / Discussion referring to the goals of the work. It is expected that the review articles indicate in their conclusions the ways and the trends of the researches on the subject.
• Acknowledgments: They should be dedicated to funders and supporters of the research (it is optional).
• References: The bibliographies used in the article should be presented at the end of the text and in the reference section. Please use the style “AR-Referencias.” The standard to follow is “ISO-690, numeric style”, following the order in which they appear in the text for the first time. It is mandatory to include DOI in references and keep active the link.