Instructions for authors

OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Articles submitted to AND magazine must have a clear scientific structure, be internationally recognisable and consistent with the research evaluation criteria adopted by ANVUR.
The magazine welcomes theoretical, historical, critical, and design research contributions, provided they are grounded in an explicit methodological framework and make an original contribution to the discipline.

Paper Format (Download .doc) to be sent to redazione@and-architettura.it

The structure of each article includes the following sequence of elements:

Author indicating institutional affiliation and email address
Code ORCID (unique identifier for academic authors)
Title max 20 characters, including spaces
Subtitle max 120 characters, including spaces
Unstructured abstract max 500-700 characters, including spaces
Keywords 3-5 keywords only
Article text, min. 15.000 - max 25.000 characters, including spaces, written following the recommended structure:
> Introduction;
> Theoretical framework and state of the art;
> Methodology;
> Results;
> Discussion;
> Conclusions;
> References (APA style).
Notes/Tables included in the length of the article
Image captions (max 150 characters including spaces)
Cover image vertical - min. 25x35cm - CMYK - 300dpi
Iconography 5-10 images - CMYK - 300dpi

The authors must also verify that their contribution meets the following conditions; otherwise, the submission will be excluded:
- the submission has not been previously published or proposed to another journal or website;
- the text of the article, the notes, and the references are written in compliance with the stylistic and bibliographical criteria expressed in the guidelines;
- text and iconography submission files respect the formatting criteria indicated.

To always ensure anonymous peer review of submitted proposals (i.e. to keep the identity of the authors anonymous), it is necessary that
- authors should state their names only at the beginning of the file, after the subtitle (followed by their orcid codes);
- The text's wording does not contain references, making the correlation (coincidence) between the article's author and any research or publications cited explicitly.

The file containing the articles' text should be sent in .doc (or .docx) format, without tabs, formatting, or indentation other than those indicated below.
The file must be named using Author_Journal Number; for example, Di-Nardo_35.doc.
Paper Format (Download .doc)

The maximum number of iconographic elements accompanying the texts (i.e. all photographic images, drawings and tables) is 10.

At the end of the article, after the References (strictly written according to APA Style and in alphabetical order), there will be a list of any notes present in the article, numbered progressively in square brackets [1], [2].

The files of the iconography (images, drawings, tables) will be sent in a zipped folder (together with or separately from the text file) named "iconography_author's name" using an extensive file transmission system such as wetransfer, writing to the address: redazione@and-architettura.it.

Scientific quality requirements for submissions

For the purposes of editorial assessment and subsequent peer review, submissions to AND must meet the following requirements:

Scientific originality: the submission must present results, interpretations, methods or theoretical perspectives that are original in relation to the current state of the art.
Clarity of objectives: the submission must clearly state the problem addressed, the research objectives, and, where relevant, the research questions or hypotheses.
Methodological rigour: the text must clearly describe the methodological approach adopted and justify its relevance to the objectives.
Soundness of the theoretical framework: contributions must engage critically with the relevant scientific literature, both national and international.
Relevance of the results: the research must highlight its contribution to advancing knowledge, methodologies, or disciplinary practices.
Quality of the critical discussion: the results or arguments must be interpreted by comparing them with the literature and the scientific issues addressed.
Bibliographic accuracy: sources must be relevant, verifiable, up-to-date in relation to the topic and formatted according to the APA style adopted by the journal.

For ‘Research through Design’ contributions, visual and design documentation is an integral part of the research and must help demonstrate the method, process, and results.

Contributions that are predominantly descriptive, promotional, or lack any recognisable original scientific contribution are not eligible for the sections dedicated to scientific research.

Fee for editorial services

AND requires payment of a fee to cover the journal’s editorial services and scientific dissemination activities for accepted scientific articles.

We request this fee only after the manuscript has been definitively accepted, following completion of the double-blind peer review process, and it does not influence the scientific evaluation or editorial decisions.

The amount, payment methods and any conditions for exemption are set out in the Publication Fees section, which authors are invited to consult before submitting their manuscript.