Journal of Technology in Architecture, Design and Planning

Journal of Technology in Architecture, Design and Planning (JTADP) aims to contribute to the knowledge in the fields of architecture, design and planning with a focus on technology dimension. It is an open-access, peer-reviewed and scholarly journal published biannually in May and November. In order to expand the boundaries of knowledge in these fields and provide an international forum for the interchange of information and current issues from around the world, JTADP publishes double blind refereed articles on practice and progress regarding the fields; these include research articles, review articles, reviews of projects and case studies. Subjects covered by JTADP include, but are not limited to: Architectural engineering, design engineering, urban enginnering.

Technology is defined as a process that covers the transformation and use of basic and applied sciences’ data into production within creative processes and the analysis of their social effects. Hence, technology naturally constitutes the essence of architecture, design and planning actions.

The fact that technology takes place as a process in all kinds of design activities emphasizes the organic and inseparable unity of the three aforementioned fields and their sub-titles with technology. Technology, and therefore architecture, design and planning, is a combination of creativity and intelligence with science, art, engineering, economics and social studies in order to increase the quality of human life. The point that should be noted here is that technology is not only related to science and engineering, but also a reflection of fields such as art, sociology, psychology and economics.

Based on the fact that the technology dimension is not adequately addressed in scientific publications in the fields of architecture, design and planning, it has been decided that JTADP will focus on these issues. Moreover, JTADP aims to explore the interface between design, architecture, planning and their practical applications.

The publication language of the journal is English

1. Authors are required to submit Copyright Agreement Form, Author Form and Title Page.

together with the main manuscript document:

2. Due to double-blind peer review, the main manuscript document must not include any author information.

3. Title page should be submitted together with the main manuscript document and should include the information below:

Category of the manuscript
The title of the manuscript.
All authors’ names and affiliations (institution, faculty/department, city, country), e-mail addresses, and ORCIDs.
Information of the corresponding author (in addition to the author's information e-mail address, open correspondence address, and mobile phone number).
Financial support
Conflict of interest.
Acknowledgment.

4. The manuscript should be in A4 paper standards: having 2.5 cm margins from right, left, bottom, and top, Times New Roman font style in 11 font size, and single line spacing.

5. Submitted manuscripts should have an abstract of 200 words before the introduction, summarizing the scope, the purpose, the results of the study, and the methodology used. Under the abstract, a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 keywords that inform the reader about the content of the study should be specified.

6. The manuscripts should contain mainly these components: title, abstract and keywords; sections, references, tables and figures. The main text of research articles should include Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion subheadings.

7. Tables and figures can be given with a number and a caption. Every Figure or Table should be referred within the text of the article in numerical order with no abbreviations (ie: Table 1, Figure 1)

8. References should be prepared in line with American Psychological Association (APA) 7 reference system.

9. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work submitted to the journal for publication.

References
Journal of Technology in Architecture Design and Planning (JTADP) complies with APA (American Psychological Association) style 7th Edition for referencing and in-text citations. References should be listed in alphabetical order. Accuracy of citations is the author’s responsibility. All references should be cited in the text. It is strongly recommended that authors may use Reference Management Software such as Zotero, Mendeley, etc.

Submission Checklist
Ensure that the following items are present:

The title page is prepared according to the journal rules.
The study has not been submitted to any other journal.
The study was checked in terms of English.
The study was written by paying attention to the full-text writing rules determined by the journal.
The references are in line with the APA-7 reference system.
The Copyright Agreement Form is submitted
The Author Contribution Form is submitted
Permission of previously published copyrighted material (text-picture-table) if used in the present manuscript.
Ethics Committee Report (if necessary) is submitted together with the manuscript, and the ethics committee report date and number are given in the manuscript text.
Reviewing journal policies.
All authors have read and approved the latest version of the manuscript.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Journal of Technology in Architecture, Design and Planning (JTADP) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and pays regard to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) on https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing

All submissions must be original, unpublished (including as full text in conference proceedings), and not under the review of any other publication synchronously. Authors must ensure that submitted work is original. They must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions must be followed. Copyright material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) must be reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources must be appropriately credited and referenced.

Each manuscript is reviewed at least two referees under double-blind peer review process. Plagiarism, duplication, fraud authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, salami slicing/salami publication, breaching of copyrights, prevailing conflict of interest are unnethical behaviors.

All manuscripts not in accordance with the accepted ethical standards will be removed from the publication. This also contains any possible malpractice discovered after the publication. In accordance with the code of conduct we will report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing.

Research Ethics
Journal of Technology in Architecture, Design and Planning (JTADP) adheres to the highest standards in research ethics and follows the principles of international research ethics as defined below. The authors are responsible for the compliance of the manuscripts with the ethical rules.

- Principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be sustained in designing the research, reviewing the design and conducting the research.

- The research team and participants should be fully informed about the aim, methods, possible uses and requirements of the research and risks of participation in research.

- The confidentiality of the information provided by the research participants and the confidentiality of the respondents should be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.

- Research participants should participate in the research voluntarily, not under any coercion.

- Any possible harm to participants must be avoided. The research should be planned in such a way that the participants are not at risk.

- The independence of research must be clear; and any conflict of interest or must be disclosed.

- In experimental studies with human subjects, written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. In the case of children and those under wardship or with confirmed insanity, legal custodian’s assent must be obtained.

- If the study is to be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization.

- In studies with human subject, it must be noted in the method’s section of the manuscript that the informed consent of the participants and ethics committee approval from the institution where the study has been conducted have been obtained.

Author's Responsibilities
It is authors’ responsibility to ensure that the article is in accordance with scientific and ethical standards and rules. And authors must ensure that submitted work is original. They must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions must be followed. Copyright material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) must be reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources must be appropriately credited and referenced.

All the authors of a submitted manuscript must have direct scientific and academic contribution to the manuscript. The author(s) of the original research articles is defined as a person who is significantly involved in “conceptualization and design of the study”, “collecting the data”, “analyzing the data”, “writing the manuscript”, “reviewing the manuscript with a critical perspective” and “planning/conducting the study of the manuscript and/or revising it”. Fund raising, data collection or supervision of the research group are not sufficient roles to be accepted as an author. The author(s) must meet all these criteria described above. The order of names in the author list of an article must be a co-decision and it must be indicated in the Copyright Agreement Form.

The individuals who do not meet the authorship criteria but contributed to the study must take place in the acknowledgement section. Individuals providing technical support, assisting writing, providing a general support, providing material or financial support are examples to be indicated in acknowledgement section.

All authors must disclose all issues concerning financial relationship, conflict of interest, and competing interest that may potentially influence the results of the research or scientific judgment. When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published paper, it is the author’s obligation to promptly cooperate with the Editor-in-Chief to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

Responsibility for the Editor and Reviewers
Editor-in-Chief evaluates manuscripts for their scientific content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. He/She provides a fair double-blind peer review of the submitted articles for publication and ensures that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing.

Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication. He/She must publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.

Editor-in-Chief does not allow any conflicts of interest between the authors, editors and reviewers. Only he has the full authority to assign a reviewer and is responsible for final decision for publication of the manuscripts in the Journal.

Reviewers must have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. Their judgments must be objective.

Reviewers must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the editor if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side.

A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the topic of a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential information and that this is a privileged interaction. The reviewers and editorial board cannot discuss the manuscripts with other persons. The anonymity of the referees must be ensured. In particular situations, the editor may share the review of one reviewer with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.

All expenses of the journal are covered by the Istanbul University. Processing and publication are free of charge with the journal. There is no article processing charges or submission fees for any submitted or accepted articles.