About the Journal

Focus and Scope

ABOUT CUADERNO DE NOTAS

Cuaderno de Notas is an academic research journal of the Architectural Composition Department of ETSAM Architecture School (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), dedicated to issues of Theory and History of Architecture. It publishes contributions requested in an open and public call for papers and submitted to a peer review process, and is aimed at the university community as well as scholars interested in these areas.

Articles on the above-mentioned field are accepted in SPANISH or ENGLISH, within a disciplinary conception of architecture that encompasses its different scales and interrelationships.

Although it borders and shares other areas of knowledge, its most related field is the area of Architectural Composition as defined by the Spanish National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity in BOE no. 282, 22 November 2008. Appendix II. Fields and areas of knowledge. Universities (Field 6.3. Area 100).

In addition to academic articles in conventional format, the journal also includes the sections Documents and Reviews, which are not subject to the specific regulations for articles. The Documents section allows the inclusion of a flexible and varied work format, incorporating teaching papers, synoptic tables or even annotated translations of unpublished texts.

PROFILE

Cuaderno de Notas has a dual format: online and print. However, the latter is maintained with a fairly small print run of around 150 copies for institutional use, selected libraries (university and professional architects’ associations) and authors and contributors. Since its creation (1993), many issues before its incorporation into the evaluation and indexing system (2014), it has been approached with high academic standards and rigour. Cuaderno de Notas is distinguished by its commitment to the originality and depth of its contributions.

In addition to the specific contributions appearing in each issue, Cuaderno de Notas has been developing a number of thematic lines through a series of successive or related articles. The most prominent thematic lines so far are:

- Picturesque Garden and Architecture

- The English House

- The Deutscher Werkbund

- Modern Dutch Architecture

- Brutalism in Architecture

- “Lessons on the History of New Architecture” by Julius Posener

- Architecture Magazines (De 8 en Opbuw, Wendingen, Arts & Architecture)

- Le Corbusier Documents

- Architectural Industrial Heritage (monographic issue 17)

- Architecture and Environment

As a research journal, Cuaderno de Notas has no general informative interest, nor is it particularly focused on following the latest debates in the strictly professional field. As a publication whose mission it is to provide foundations and references, Cuaderno de Notas focuses instead on topics and events of a relatively non-current nature, although it does remain attentive to the methodological novelties in its field of interest. The journal is not intended to serve as a vehicle for course notes, although it is in fact used in various subjects.

DISSEMINATION AND TRAJECTORY

Cuaderno de Notas already has a track record of twenty-three previous issues. To date, the journal has been distributed to practically all the Schools of Architecture and various Faculties of Art History in Spain, through their libraries and related departments, as well as to the libraries of the Architects’ Associations and other cultural institutions.

A permanent exchange is maintained with the journal Espacio, Tiempo y Forma of the Faculty of History of Art of the UNED, and abroad, exchanges are established with Schools of Architecture in Holland, Italy and various Latin American countries.

Cuaderno de Notas does not charge authors any submission or article publication fees.

The full content of all issues of Cuaderno de Notas is available in PDF format on the Polired-UPM platform.

Peer Review Process

ANONYMOUS EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW

The Editorial Committee of the journal, once it has verified that an article complies with the <ahref="http://polired.upm.es/public/journals/10/Submission_Guidelines.pdf">Submission Guidelines</a>, will send the article to two anonymous expert reviewers from outside the Editorial Committee, within the specific subject area of the article, according to the double-blind model.

The evaluation, following a form established for reviewers, will focus on the interest of the article, its contribution to the knowledge of the subject matter, the novelties provided, the appropriate relationships established, the critical appraisal, the bibliographical references, its correct writing, etc., which can be summarised in the triad interest - rigor - novelty. The evaluator’s judgement as to whether or not it should be published will be indicated on a quantitative scale, as well as the modification requirements, if any, qualified as major or minor.

The editorial team will communicate the reasoned result of the evaluation to the main author or the authors’ representative by email, attaching the review reports. The result of the review can be: publication without changes, publication with minor modifications, publication conditioned to important modifications, or not considered for publication, in all cases complemented with the observations and comments considered pertinent.

If the manuscript has been accepted with minor modifications, the authors must resubmit a new version of the article, considering the demands and suggestions of the external reviewers and the Editorial Committee. In the case of major modifications and depending on the degree of compliance with the requested changes within the available deadlines, the Editorial Committee will decide whether to publish the article.

Open Access Policy

This work is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

The journal allows any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of its articles and also to use them for any other lawful purpose. The only constraint on reproduction and distribution, and the only role for copyright in this domain, should be to give authors and journal control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited (Iniciativa de Acceso Abierto de Budapest).

© Cuaderno de Notas. Manuscripts published in both the printed and online versions of this Journal are the property of Cuaderno de Notas, and quoting this source is a requirement for any partial or full reproduction.

Ethics Statement on Publication and Bad Practices

Cuaderno de Notas has a clear commitment to the academic community in observing the highest ethical principles and ensuring the scientific quality of all published articles. Cuaderno de Notas adheres to the requirements and demands of the Declaration on Ethics and Inappropriate or Malicious Practices (PEMS): Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement requirements

Likewise, the ethical code of Cuaderno de Notas is based on the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing de COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).

These principles apply to all content published by the journal.

Editors

The editors will value the articles received solely on the basis of their scientific merit, originality, clarity, correspondence with the thematic scope of the journal and respect of the Submission Guidelines.

The editors will not use content from the materials submitted for publication in their own research without the express written permission of the authors.

The editors will guarantee the selection of the most qualified and expert external reviewers for each article based on its topic. In their picking, biases and possible conflicts of interest will be avoided, pursuing a diverse and inclusive representation of external opinions. Editors will accept requests from authors that a particular person does not review their contribution if these requests are justified and feasible. The editors undertake to ensure the punctuality of the reviews commissioned.

Throughout the process of receiving and evaluating the articles, the confidentiality of their content and the anonymity of both the authors and the selected reviewers are guaranteed.

The editorial team undertakes to acknowledge receipt of the submitted articles and communicate the decision on whether or not to publish them, attaching the reviewers’ reports, within a maximum period of 60 days after the closing date of each call for papers.

The editors will decide whether or not to accept the article for publication, with minor or major changes, based on the reports of the external reviewers. When necessary, and especially in case of doubt or discrepancy of the external reviewers, the editors may request additional opinions. The decision to publish an article will not be reversed unless serious problems are detected in the submission.

The journal guarantees the correct authorship and the order of importance of the co-authors, if any, by express declaration of the signatories of the article.

The intellectual property of the authors is recognized, remaining the articles the property of Cuaderno de Notas from their acceptance to be published.

The published articles will include the closing date of the call for papers and the date of acceptance of the article.

The journal will ensure the resolution of conflicts of interest or competencies related to the authors and their articles that may arise.

Reviewers

Those reviewers who accept to collaborate with Cuaderno de Notas agree to evaluate the papers constructively and without bias, ensuring their scientific quality and appropriate writing.

Reviewers undertake to issue the report on the papers that they are entrusted to evaluate in the shortest possible time and respecting the deadlines indicated by the editors.

Those reviewers who, being contacted to evaluate a paper, consider that they do not have sufficient competencies in the matter in question, that they cannot issue a report within the indicated period or that there is a conflict of interest in carrying out said work, undertake to decline the invitation and to communicate this circumstance immediately to the editors so that they can proceed to look for another reviewer.

The evaluation of articles will be as objective as possible, without mediating personal judgments or biases of any kind. The final opinion of each reviewer will be justified by a comment written with clarity, precision and cordiality, which may include suggestions for improving the work.

Articles entrusted to external reviewers are confidential, and they cannot discuss the papers with third parties or contact the authors directly without the express consent of the editors. In doing so, COPE’s Core Practices will be followed.

Reviewers are committed to accurately indicating possible missing bibliographical references in the articles. If reviewers suggest the inclusion of citations to their own work or to that of their collaborators, it must be for substantiated scientific reasons and not with the intention of increasing their citations.

Likewise, reviewers have the obligation to inform the editors of any knowledge or suspicion that they have of similarity or duplication of the articles received with other previously published works.

Authors

By accepting the terms and agreements expressed in the Submission Guidelines publicación, authors are responsible for ensuring that all material in the article is original and does not infringe copyright.

The submission of a paper for publication implies the declaration by the authors that said material or a significant part of it has not been previously published in any other medium or language, nor is it being evaluated for publication.

It is the obligation of the authors to accurately document the bibliographic sources and the origin and authorship of the images used and to ensure their veracity, as well as to record any sponsorship or source of financing of the study that may involve conflicts of interest.

In articles with multiple authorship, it is the responsibility of the authors to rank authorship according to the degree of contribution, as well as to include as co-authors all those people who have made significant contributions to its preparation.

When there are people who have collaborated on specific aspects of the manuscript (translations, proofreading, graphics, suggestions, etc.), they must be acknowledged in the credits (footnotes, illustration captions, etc.) or in a final Acknowledgements section in the manuscript.

Information obtained privately, whether in conversation, correspondence, etc., and used to carry out the study should not be included without the explicit written consent of the sources.

The corresponding author, in cases of multiple authorship, must guarantee that all the co-authors have approved the final version of the article sent for publication.

Malpractice statement

When there are doubts about the originality and the unpublished nature of a submission, the authors will be asked for those cited documents with which there may be duplications.

Excesses in self-citation will motivate the request for clarifications by the editorial team.

The invention or falsification of data and images are considered serious conduct. Articles that include fraudulent content will be removed from Cuaderno de Notas, acting as quickly as possible after becoming aware of such practices.

Likewise, plagiarism and self-plagiarism will motivate the automatic discarding of the manuscripts or their eventual elimination, in case they have been published without having noticed the existence of these bad practices.

Cuaderno de Notas will be guided by the COPE flowcharts in case of suspicions of bad practices or disputed authorship (COPE Flowcharts).

Retractions and errors

If authors discover a fundamental error or inaccuracy in their published contribution, they are required to report it immediately to the journal editors.

The editorial team is committed to publishing as quickly as possible as many rectifications, clarifications and apologies as necessary and justified.

The retraction of an article by its authors, properly argued and submitted to the judgment of the editorial team, will mean the indication of such condition in the online version of Cuaderno de Notas, with an explanation of the reasons.

Editing and Scientific Committee

Director
Rafael García García	Professor of Architectural Composition Department, ETSAM, UPM
Associate Editor
Marta Rodríguez Iturriaga	Postdoctoral researcher, Research Group HUM813, Universidad de Granada
Editorial Board
Rafael García García	Professor of Architectural Composition Department, ETSAM, UPM
Roberto Osuna Redondo	Professor of Architectural Composition Department, ETSAM, UPM
Manuel de Prada Pérez Azpeitia	Professor of Architectural Composition Department, ETSAM, UPM
María Teresa Valcarce Labrador	Professor of Architectural Composition Department, ETSAM, UPM
Scientific Committee
José Ramón Alonso Pereira	Full Professor of History of Architecture and Urban Planning, Universidade da Coruña
Silvia Arango	Professor of Architecture, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Franziska Bollerey	Retired Professor of Architecture and History of Urbanism, TU Delft, Países Bajos
Juan Calatrava Escobar	Full Professor of Architectural Composition, Universidad de Granada
Pablo Fuentes Hernández	Associate Professor Department of Design and Theory of Architecture, Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chile
Axel Föhl	Rhenish Office for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage. Professor at TU Braunschweig and TU Delft
Kenneth Frampton	Emeritus Ware Professor of Architecture, Columbia University
Ramón Gutiérrez	Architect. Senior Researcher at the National Council for Scientific Research of Argentina
Leon Krier	Architect, theorist, writer and urban planner. Luxembourg
Manuel Jesús Martín Hernández	Retired professor of Architectural Composition and honorary professor, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Josep Maria Montaner Martorell	Full Professor of Architectural Composition, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Jan Molema	PhD Engineer-Architect. Research Professor, TU Delft
Víctor Pérez Escolano	Emeritus Professor of Architectural History, Theory and Composition, Universidad de Sevilla
Nina Rappaport	Architectural critic and historian. President DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State
Hugo Segawa	Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Universidad de São Paulo
Panayotis Tournikiotis	Assistant Professor, Technical University of Athens

Quality criteria and indexing

Cuaderno de Notas adopts the criteria for scientific research publications as laid down by the Spanish National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI).

The journal is included in:

- MIAR (Matriz de Información para el Análisis de Revistas)

- REDIB (Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico) which includes the former eRevistas (Plataforma Open Access de Revistas Científicas Electrónicas Españolas y Latinoamericanas) a project promoted and driven by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

- Dialnet (Dialnet Foundation, Universidad de la Rioja).

Accepted for inclusion (with progressive content dump) in:

- Latindex (included in Directory and Catalogue. 35 of 36 characteristics fulfilled).

- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (Columbia University Libraries)

- Crossref

- Clarivate - Emerging Sources Citation Index

- SCOPUS