Instructions To Contributors

Articles of Journal of Fine Arts: Architecture and Urban Planning are open access articles and free.

The Journal of Fine Arts: Architecture and Urban Planning aims at publishing the results of scientific research and experiences in architecture and urban planning and design. Research and analytical papers as well as scientific reports and book reviews on architecture and urban planning are accepted for publication after review by referees and the editorial board.

The paper should have neither been previously published nor be under consideration elsewhere.

The manuscript should include an abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, research body covering the results, endnotes, and references. The total should not exceed 12 pages of the Journal.

The abstract should be in both English and Farsi. It should be about 200 words in Farsi and 500 words in English, typed on two separate pages.

The “introduction” should point to the research questions, objectives and a general overview of the paper. The “results” section should succinctly and logically clear out the research findings.

The guidance and contributions of others can by acknowledged briefly in a separate section.

The endnotes should be numbered and included before the references.

Citations should follow the international convention as follows:

(a) Author’s name, date, and page should be referenced in parenthesis, following the related text.

(b) If the paper is in Farsi but the literature cited is in Latin, the above information should be in Farsi and the Latin equivalent can be included in the footnote on the same page.

Full references should be included at the end of the paper in alphabetical order.

References should follow the following style:

o Articles: Author (s) (year of publication), full article title, journal`s name, volume, number, Pages.

o Books: Author (s) (year of publication), book title, translator, Publisher and location.

The first page should include Author`s full name, title and affiliation, Address, telephone, Fax, and E-mail. Also, if the paper is based on a grant or a student thesis, it should be noted accordingly on the first page. The second page should begin with the paper’s title, abstract, and keywords. Note that the title should be short, succinct, and relevant to the text.

‘Keywords’ should include between four to six major words relevant to the article.

The number of figures, graphs, and tables should be minimal.

If the paper has more than one author, one must be represented as the corresponding author.

Manuscripts, not following the above guidelines, will be returned to the author(s).

All text should be presented in Word and submitted to the journal at Journal site’s Submit Manuscript section:

https://jfaup.ut.ac.ir/?lang=en