Designing and Planning in Architecture and Urbanism

About the journal

Designing and Planning in Architecture and Urbanism is a scholarly journal in the fields of architecture and urban planning, owned and published by the South Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University. The primary language of publication is Persian (Farsi), with English abstracts provided for all articles. The journal welcomes scientific submissions from esteemed researchers in all areas of architecture and urban studies.

Rated A + by the Publications Commission of Islamic Azad University

Indexed and certified with the DOAJ Seal by the international open access indexing database, DOAJ.

Open Access: This journal is Open Access, and all its articles are freely available to the public.

Costs: The journal does not charge any fees for reviewing or publishing articles.

Journal’s Research Score: For faculty members and master’s and doctoral students of Islamic Azad University.

The journal has a Grade A rating in the 2024 assessment of Islamic Azad University:

Faculty Members:
- Maximum of 3 research points for annual promotion (it is worth mentioning that the minimum research score required for annual promotion is 4 points).
Doctoral Students:
- Doctoral students of Islamic Azad University can use articles from “Designing and Planning in Architecture and Urbanism” as a required article for pre-defense approval.
- Research Score: Considering the journal’s ranking, articles accepted and published in the journal have a research score of 2.4 for doctoral students in the final defense.
Master’s Students: 1.5 points added to the final thesis grade.

Journal Score Table:

Level	Research Score	Grade
Faculty Members	3
Doctoral Students	2.4
Master’s Students		1.5

Journal Information:

Status: Open Access
Publication Frequency: Quarterly
Journal Language: Persian (English Abstract)
Specialized Field: The journal considers articles in all areas of architecture and urban planning.
Review Type: Double-Blind Peer Review with a minimum of 2 reviewers
Initial Review Time: One week
Average Review Time: One to two months
Average Final Acceptance Time: Three months

Licensing and Open Access Policy:

The journal “Designing and Planning in Architecture and Urbanism” is an Open Access journal that operates based on the principle of free and open access to scientific knowledge. This means that all articles published in this journal are freely available for readers to access, download, print, and use without any cost, provided that the source is properly cited.

All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

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According to this license:

Anyone is allowed to reproduce, distribute, publicly display, and adapt (including commercial use) the articles;
Provided that the name of the original author(s), the journal source, a link to the license, and a mention of any possible changes are clearly stated.

For more information about the terms of this license, please visit the following link:

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Upon publication of an article in this journal, the copyright of the article remains with the author, but the author grants the journal permission to publish the article under the above conditions.

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