SAUC Call for Papers 2019 - now closed
Theme of Volume 5:
Desire Lines, literal and metaphorical
“Desier Lines” general topic can be see both literally and metaphorically. "The shortest way from A to B Splendidly laid pavements, traffic-safety barriers and idyllically organized pedestrian areas are avoided with sober insight. Desire lines are tangible proof that people do not allow themselves to be straitjacketed in public space and that they only have one goal: to find the shortest way from A tot B." As putted by Jan Dirk van der Burg (that kindly allowed our usage of his work).
We invite case studies, theoretical explorations, stories from Street Art and Graffiti practitioners, best practices, cautionary tales, and practical approaches for improving human-city interaction and the urban environment. We are interested in photo essays, architectural drawings, lessons from history, first-person accounts and interpretations, academic research, information about urban design working groups, articles on techniques, methodologies, explorations of bad design, before-and-after transformations, policy and politics of urban design change, and philosophical principles for urban (re)design and usability.
The working language for SAUC is English.
Double blind review will be done by the Scientific Committee.
Submitting your paper
1 – Write your paper in one of the following formats:
- Article - full papers ( ± 5000 words);
- Essay - Working Papers ( ± 1000 words);
- Reviews ( ± 500 words).
Ensure that the text follows the author style guidelines (Rules for Publication).
Ensure that the file is sent in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF formats and is not over 20MB.
2 – Access the Publication Website
Theme of Volume 5:
Desire Lines, literal and metaphorical
“Desier Lines” general topic can be see both literally and metaphorically. "The shortest way from A to B Splendidly laid pavements, traffic-safety barriers and idyllically organized pedestrian areas are avoided with sober insight. Desire lines are tangible proof that people do not allow themselves to be straitjacketed in public space and that they only have one goal: to find the shortest way from A tot B." As putted by Jan Dirk van der Burg (that kindly allowed our usage of his work).
We invite case studies, theoretical explorations, stories from Street Art and Graffiti practitioners, best practices, cautionary tales, and practical approaches for improving human-city interaction and the urban environment. We are interested in photo essays, architectural drawings, lessons from history, first-person accounts and interpretations, academic research, information about urban design working groups, articles on techniques, methodologies, explorations of bad design, before-and-after transformations, policy and politics of urban design change, and philosophical principles for urban (re)design and usability.
The working language for SAUC is English.
Double blind review will be done by the Scientific Committee.
Submitting your paper
1 – Write your paper in one of the following formats:
- Article - full papers ( ± 5000 words);
- Essay - Working Papers ( ± 1000 words);
- Reviews ( ± 500 words).
Ensure that the text follows the author style guidelines (Rules for Publication).
Ensure that the file is sent in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or RTF formats and is not over 20MB.
2 – Access the Publication Website
3 – Register or Login
4 - Select "New Submission" and follow the instructions
Calendar
February 2019 - Launch the call for papers;
May 2019 - Submissions for current issue review;
No deadlines - Always Open Call.
end of May 2019 selected articles announcement and invitations for presentation in the Lisbon Urban Creativity Conference on 4, 5 and 6 of July 2019.
Article Processing Charge
SAUC Journal as an open access initiative the publishing costs need to be covered ideally at the author institution side. We advise the proposal of your institution for the Institutional Membership Program. The individual Article Processing Charge rates are:
- Free for authors associated to the Institutions that are subscribed in our Institutional Membership Program. Members of the publication Committees and other Invited Authors.
- 50 eur for independent researchers and/ or authors from sub developed countries (UN list);
- 250 euros for professors and or researchers who will do a single fee payment through their institutions (eg, Universities, research centres, corporations);
The payment must be processed after the paper acceptance for publication. The paper will not be processed and published without the respective payment.
Publication
All the accepted papers in SAUC Journal will be fully free to download and open access, trough web platform integrated with the academic journals global open access system and DOI in all articles. The platform allows the fast indexation of all articles and authors in the most relevant scientific data bases (among others as EBSCO, Web of Science, Scopus).
The publication will be also available in print, hard copy paper based format (on demand), there are several locations were we have distributed the printed copies. To suggest a new place please put our initiative in contact with the institution trough the "Institutional Membership Program".
4 - Select "New Submission" and follow the instructions
Calendar
February 2019 - Launch the call for papers;
May 2019 - Submissions for current issue review;
No deadlines - Always Open Call.
end of May 2019 selected articles announcement and invitations for presentation in the Lisbon Urban Creativity Conference on 4, 5 and 6 of July 2019.
Article Processing Charge
SAUC Journal as an open access initiative the publishing costs need to be covered ideally at the author institution side. We advise the proposal of your institution for the Institutional Membership Program. The individual Article Processing Charge rates are:
- Free for authors associated to the Institutions that are subscribed in our Institutional Membership Program. Members of the publication Committees and other Invited Authors.
- 50 eur for independent researchers and/ or authors from sub developed countries (UN list);
- 250 euros for professors and or researchers who will do a single fee payment through their institutions (eg, Universities, research centres, corporations);
The payment must be processed after the paper acceptance for publication. The paper will not be processed and published without the respective payment.
Publication
All the accepted papers in SAUC Journal will be fully free to download and open access, trough web platform integrated with the academic journals global open access system and DOI in all articles. The platform allows the fast indexation of all articles and authors in the most relevant scientific data bases (among others as EBSCO, Web of Science, Scopus).
The publication will be also available in print, hard copy paper based format (on demand), there are several locations were we have distributed the printed copies. To suggest a new place please put our initiative in contact with the institution trough the "Institutional Membership Program".
