Submission of a manuscript

Manuscripts must bei submitted either in English or German, and must be original, unpublished work that is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should be submitted in either MS word or as a plain text file.
The manuscript will be subject to peer-review by two referees (see below)

Manuscripts should be sent as an attachment to:
office@jccs-a.org

Peer review Policy

The practice of peer review is todate an objective on all major scientific journals. It is necessary to ensure that good research is published. Thus, the referees play an important role in order to maintain high standards of papers that are to be published in the Journal of Comparative Cultural Studies in Architecture.

The procedure in detail:
Initially, one of the editors evaluates all manuscripts and rejects those that are insufficiently original, have serious scientific flaws, are badly argued and written, or do not deal with the scopes and topics of the journal. Authors of such manuscripts will be informed within two weeks after receipt.
Papers, that meet these first set of criteria will be passed on to two experts for review. Suggestions for referees from authors are welcome but may not be used.

Referees reports:
Referees are asked to evaluate whether the manuscript:

1. Is original
2. Is methodologically sound
3. Follows appropriate ethical guidelines
4. Has results wich are clearly presented
5. Have sound conclusions
6. Have correct references of previous work

A referee's report is normally finalised after 8 to 10 weeks time after initial submission. When both reviewer's comments are sent back to the editor, a letter will be sent to the authors summarising their arguments and will give one of the four decisions:

1. Accepted
2. Accepted with minor revisions
3. Accepted with major revisions
4. Rejected

Preparation of a manuscript

The manuscript must be typed on A4 paper, with 3cm margins, if available using the font "Verdana". The maximum length for manuscripts is 40 000 characters including spaces plus a title page of approximately 3 500 characters (including spaces).

Clearly written and concise manuscripts should comprise:
Title page A (page 1):
Including:
A concise and informative title The full names of authors as well as affiliations of all authors and mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author. An extended abstract of approximately 3000 characters with spaces in English. Keywords: up to five keywords for indexing purpose

Title page B (page 2):
For manuscripts that are submitted in German, an extended abstract in German is necessray, too, of approximately 3000 characters. For manuscripts written in English a German abstract is necessary, of about the same length. For those authors who are not able to do this by themselves, please indicate this on page 2.

Introduction (page 3):
The introduction should clearly indicate the aims and objectives of the work and should include key references.

Body of the paper

Discussion:
The discussion should emphasise the significane of the research findings, limitations, and relevance to previous studies.

References:
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references. Generally, the Harvard system should be used. In the main text surname and year of the document should be inserted (Name, year). To cite more than one author delimit the authors by commas or &. The phrase et al. can be used if there are more than 3 authors. In the appendix cites should be used as follows:
Books:
Adams, D. (1979) The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, London, Pan Books.
Milne, A. A. (1924). When we were very young, London, Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Journal Articles:
Musterman, C. & Smith, K. (2004). Comparing structures in villages. Journal of Vernacular Studies, 1(2), 209-222.

Web sites:
Herbig, U., (2006). Notes on GIS in architecture [Online]. Available: http://www.iva-icra.org/

Additional Information:
Copyright:
All necessary copyright information has to be noted at the end of the paper (after the references).
Acknowledgements:
Acknowledgements should be added at the end of the paper (after the references).

Tables, figures, illustrations

Each table, figure and illustration must be sent as an extra file. Authors are responsible for supplying print-ready files in .jpg format. Minimum resolution is 300dpi. Figure captions must be attached to the body text (appendix) with arabic numbering, a clear explanation of the content of the illustration as well as the file name of the illustration. Authors are required to secure permission for reproduction of all figures, tables and illustrations.

Offprints

The Journal of Comparative Cultural Studies in Architecture is an online journal. Thus authours will receive a password that enables them to download the paper for free. Additionally, each corresponding author will receive one bound copy of the journal. Additional copies can be purchased upon request.

Copyright

Submission of a manuscript to the Journal of Comparative Cultural Studies in Architecture will be taken to imply that it offers original unpublished work and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. By submission authors agree that the copyright for their paper is transferred to the publisher as soon as the paper is accepted for publication. Copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the paper, including all sorts of reproduction, including translations.