Aims and Scope

Aims

Kapu / Trakya Journal of Architecture and Design, published by Trakya University, Faculty of Architecture, is an open access international peer-reviewed scientific journal aiming at free circulation and dissemination of information. Starting from 2021, it will be published online, as an electronic journal, twice a year, in June and December. The publication language ​​of the journal is Turkish and English. It includes theory, design, planning and application based studies in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, city and regional planning. With an institutional approach in line with its regional goals, the journal also gives priority to matters of historical buildings, conservation and restoration, construction technologies, building materials and sustainability as well as studies related to Thrace, the Balkans and Europe.

The journal is open access, there is no charge for article submission, article processing and publication. Issues published online on the web page of the journal can be accessed free of charge.

Scope of the Journal

Original research articles and review articles, case studies, technical reports and notes, letters to the editor, discussions, competition critiques and analysis studies etc. using quantitative and qualitative data are accepted for the publication in the journal.

• Urban planning and design
• History of architecture
• Building and construction technologies/systems
• Project construction and management
• Conservation, restoration
• Design theory, design tools and information technologies in design
• Building physics
• Landscape architecture
• Interior architecture

 Articles submitted for publication in the journal are reviewed and evaluated by using double-blind peer-review method after the editor's preliminary review. The duration of peer-review process and publication process lasts from 6 to 12 months. All the necessary forms for the articles can be obtained from the web page of the journal.

Publication Policy:

It uses the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). Principles of transparency are implemented in scientific publishing.

https://doaj.org/apply/transparency/

Ethical Policy: Kapu / Trakya Journal of Architecture and Design gives importance to the ethical rules in terms of protecting the rights of both the journal and the authors. The provisions of the “Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive” (https://www.yok.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Kurumsal/mevzuat/scientific-arastirma-ve-etik-yonetmeligi.aspx), the relevant legislation and the ethical rules and responsibilities published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) are taken into account.

https://publicationethics.org/