About the Journal

Focus and Scope

REVISTARQUIS is an official biannual electronic publication journal, edited by the School of Architecture of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and published in January and in July. As its main purpose, the journal contributes with the dissemination of academic research work and criticism as well as scientific, technological, and cultural advances in the field of architecture, the city, territory, and related disciplines. It aims to promote academic research by national and international scholars, students, and researchers; thus, it is mainly intended for the academic and professional community.

The articles published in REVISTARQUIS are original scientific works and original essays.

The main language of the journal is Spanish, but it is also available in English and Portuguese as secondary languages.

REVISTARQUIS is indexed to Latindex, UCRIndex, Sherpa/Romeo, and MIAR. Currently the journal is under evaluation from other indexes.

Interoperability protocol: URL OAI-PMH: https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/revistarquis/oai

Peer Review Process

Articles submitted to the journal will undergo two preliminary review: an internal review and an external review.

The internal review is carried out by the Chief Editor to confirm if the article adheres to the editorial line of the journal, which means that the content and the writing comply with the guidelines. Additionally, the article must be original, meaning it cannot be under an editing process by another journal.

The articles are selected and classified if comply with the established guidelines, which can be consulted in the following link: Publication Guidelines. These are assigned to an Associate Editor.

Once approved, articles will undergo an arbitration and assessment process called "double-blind peer review." This process is carried out by national and international scientific peers, who are not acquainted with the authorship of the article. The scientific peers determine if the authors should incorporate modifications for a new version of the article. The articles are sent for philological review and later to the process of diagramming.

Authors will be notified about the submission date and the decision regarding the approval or rejection of the article. Due to the confidential nature of this process, the Associate Editor of REVISTARQUIS oversees the managing the relations between authors, evaluators, and proofreaders.

The Editorial Board reserves all the rights to publish or not the received articles, to suggest changes in form, and to correct style. Moreover, they can also postpone for future issues.

Finally, if an article is accepted for publication, all rights of reproduction and outreach pertain to the University of Costa Rica (UCR).

The process is summarized in the following graph:

Publication Frequency

REVISTARQUIS is a six-monthly publication. The first number entails the months of January to June and the second from July to December of each year.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content based on the principle of making research available to the public, which promotes a greater exchange of global knowledge.

This means that authors can read, download, save, print, search, index, and create links to other journal’s full texts. This also allows for the distribution of previous issues, non-published issues and non-official issues without previous authorisation from the authors or editors, provided that this is carried out without commercial purposes, that it should not turn into derivative or second-hand work, and that the original source and its author are cited. (Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Non Comercial-Non Derivatives 4.0 International).

Rejection Rate

The following graph summarizes the rate of acceptance and rejection of articles for publication of the latest issues of the journal:

Code of Ethics

REVISTARQUIS ensures the regulatory compliance with national and international ethical norms during its publication process. The journal strictly adheres to the norms of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Additionally, REVISTARQUIS:

Preserves the anonymity of the authors during the assessment process.

Determines the publication of the articles within the Editorial Board by majority voting.

Supervises the processes of publication by following the highest ethical standards, ensuring the assessment by scientific peers on the field.

Encourages reviewers to inform of possible plagiarism. Reviewers also will evaluate the articles rigorously, objectively and within the previously established time. They will substantiate their observations and, whenever relevant, offer their observations to improve the quality of the manuscript.

Requires that authors assume the responsibility for their articles, which should be transparent, rigorous, unpublished, and ethical. They will also be required to describe the process of investigation in such a way that the scientific community can corroborate or replicate the data. Authors should disclose their sources of funding and relevant conflicts of interest, if any, and declare the nature of said conflict.

Exemption of liability

The opinions and data published in every article are the sole responsibility of the author.

Gratuity

REVISTARQUIS is an electronic journal with an open access policy. It doesn’t charge for publishing or processing the submitted articles.

Plagiarism Detection Policy

REVISTARQUIS employs the Turnitin plagiarism detection system.

Preservation Policy

REVISTARQUIS is part of the PKP-PN network that uses the LOCKSS preservation network to preserve published digital information. Updated December 1, 2021. More information: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2215-275X#

In addition, it has the digital backup of the institutional repository of the University of Costa Rica.

Journal History

In November of 2011, the School of Architecture of the University of Costa Rica published its first issue in a new journal titled REVISTARQUIS, which focused on the dissemination of research, criticism, and projects in the architecture field like the city, territory, culture, and technology. Thus, this promoted the development and knowledge of the field, encouraging studies and scientific research with innovative and original content. This publication coincided with the 40th anniversary of the School.

REVISTARQUIS presents a variety of sections, publishing the results of investigations, academic essays, artistic and architectural manuscripts. It also encourages the dissemination of research and works by professors, students, and international and national researchers.