Design Journals & Their Practices for Accepting Articles
Which design journals accept unsolicited articles? Which have a system of peer review for submissions? Editors of architecture and landscape architecture journals were polled by the staff of Penn State University’s Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library and the results have been posted at: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/architecture/refereed_journals.html .
Determining how journals handle article submissions has been difficult because general directories and bibliographic databases contain inconsistent data or use definitions of “peer reviewed” or “refereed” that are unclear. This survey contacted nearly 200 editors of journals and so far has received responses from more than half. The results are divided into four categories:
· Do not accept unsolicited articles
· Acceptance determined solely by the editor
· Peer review employed
· Blind peer review employed
All responses are dated and URLs for journals are usually provided. The website will be updated periodically.
Please direct questions or comments to:
Stephanie Movahedi-Lankarani
Library Supervisor
Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library
University Libraries
Pennsylvania State University Library