About the Journal

Focus and Scope

TEMA is a scientific journal aimed at the international architectural and engineering community that promotes studies on building construction history, the development of methods and tools for the building’s performance analysis, research in the field of traditional and innovative technologies for architectural design, and strategies for the conservation of the built heritage.

The primary objectives of the journal are:

• the cultural and professional growth of scholars, researchers, and operators in the field of construction and architecture by spreading the knowledge of the results achieved by the scientific community itself;
• the dissemination of research results in the building and architecture sector at the national and international level
• the creation of a scientific debate based on the freedom of research in the field of construction and architecture.

TEMA is a scientific journal of reference for the disciplinary Area No. 08 – “Engineering and Architecture” issued by MUR (Ministry of University and Research) and accredited as a Class A journal by ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research).

TEMA  is the reference journal of the disciplinary sector CEAR/08A – Architectural Engineering, recognized by MUR (Ministry of University and Research)

Sections

TEMA comprises three peer-reviewed sections:

1. CONSTRUCTION AND CONSERVATION HISTORY
   1. Materials and construction techniques in historical architecture
   2. Recovery, valorization, and reuse of existing building heritage
   3. Examples of interventions on monumental architecture
   4. Examples of industrial archaeology between knowledge and reuse
   5. Vernacular architecture: lessons learned and future projects
   6. Projects and policies for the regeneration of historic centers and suburbs
   7. Digital twins and immersive visualization for the valorization, management, and fruition of historical building heritage
2. B_BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE
   1. Traditional and innovative technologies and materials for buildings
   2. Modeling, simulation, and diagnostics under uncertainty for performance control
   3. Building pathologies and intervention strategies
   4. Building-human-environment relationships: extended accessibility
   5. Building management and maintenance for safety and quality of living environments
   6. Mitigation and management of vulnerabilities and risks for the preservation of the built environment
   7. Regulatory updates, quality control of the project, and construction process
3. C_BUILDING DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGIES
   1. Form, technique, and technology
   2. Circular Design, Embodied Carbon, and extended building life cycle
   3. Digital transition and design of 4.0 buildings
   4. Technological innovation: processes, patents, and products for the construction of the future
   5. Integral and participatory design for the quality of the built environment
   6. Adaptive and responsive buildings
   7. DfMA – Design for Manufacturing & Assembly and DfD – Design for Disassembly

Technical Characteristics

TEMA publishes at least twice a year.

TEMA publishes using OJS, a cloud-based manuscript submission and peer-review tracking system.

TEMA is an Open Access journal whose scientific content can be freely consulted by all users without registration or payment, making research freely available and promoting the dissemination of knowledge at the international level.

TEMA will publish both regular and thematic issues on topics that meet the scope of the disciplinary sector.

TEMA articles will be written primarily by academics, with the possibility of co-author collaborations by engineers, architects, and independent researchers in the field of Architectural Engineering.

TEMA accepts contributions only in English (both US and UK style).

Open Access and Licenses

TEMA is an Open Access Journal.

TEMA provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global knowledge exchange.

Authors retain the copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY-4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication.and CC0  1.0  Universal for metadata.

To learn more about the journal's policies, please refer to the publisher's policies here: https://journals.fupress.net/our-policies/ or browse our policies.

Peer-Review Process

The peer review process is double-blind, meaning both referees and authors remain anonymous.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

TEMA does not earn money from selling its publications in digital or paper format.

TEMA applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) only if the contribution is accepted for publication after the double-blind peer review process and the possible manuscript revision in order to cover the costs of journal production and management and the peer review manuscript evaluation process.

The contribution for the publication of each article is:

• euro 300,00 for Ar.Tec. Members;
• euro 400,00 for authors who are not Ar.Tec. Members.

Article No. 4 of Presidential Decree No. 633/1972 exempts these amounts from VAT.

A single APC is required even if there is more than one author for a single article.

A discounted APC is applied if at least one author is an Ar.Tec. Member.

The contribution must be paid to Ar.Tec. following the instructions sent to the authors, together with the notification of acceptance of the work for publication.

Publication Frequency

TEMA  is a peer-reviewed journal that is published biannually online.

Waiver Information

Fee waivers do not apply at Firenze University Press.

Archiving

TEMA and Firenze University Press are experimenting Long Term Preservation service with PKP/PN.