Principles of Transparency
Peer-review process
All submitted articles are evaluated at the submission to meet the structural and subject principles of The Journal of Spatial Planning. The matched articles will gone under a double-blinded peer-review process by at least 3 reviewers (expert in the field who are not part of the journal’s editorial staff) who are selected by the Editorial Board members according to their field specialties. The Editorial Board members have the final responsibility to select the articles.
Governing body
The Journal of Spatial Planning is under the scientific control of Editorial Board whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope. Some executive roles of the Editorial Board members are delegated to the Editor-in-Chief who is well-known in the journal’s scope.
Editorial team
The Journal of Spatial Planning is under the scientific supervision of the Editorial Team whose members are all experts with high number of publications in their field.
Author fees/Access
There are No Fees or Charges at all for submission, reviewing and publishing processes in The Journal of Spatial Planning.
The Journal of Spatial Planning follows the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing.
Copyright
The content of The Journal of Spatial Planning is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License. To the extent this Public License may be interpreted as a contract, we are granted the Licensed Rights in consideration of your acceptance of these terms and conditions, and the Licensor grants you such rights in consideration of benefits the Licensor receives from making the Licensed Material available under these terms and conditions.
Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct
Publisher and editors of The Journal of Spatial Planning are reasonable to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In doing so, The Journal of Spatial Planning follows COPE’s guidelines in dealing with allegations.
Ownership and management
The Journal of Spatial Planning is owned by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and is managed and published by YektaPub Co.
Conflicts of interests
All The Journal of Spatial Planning Editorial Board members and the Editor-in-Chief submitted articles are gone under the same reviewing process as the other authors gone. In the cases that a reviewer suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript or a reader suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article (all authors are filling the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest at the submission time) The Journal of Spatial Planning will follow COPE’s guidelines.
Revenue sources/Advertising/Direct marketing
The Journal of Spatial Planning is financially supported completely by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and has no other sources for earning funds. The Journal of Spatial Planning accepts No advertisements in the site or even as a report article.
Publishing schedule/Archiving
The Journal of Spatial Planning is published 4 issues per year. All the content from the beginning to the end will be available for ever on The Journal of Spatial Planning exclusive website. Also The Journal of Spatial Planning is included at EBSCOhost and has the plan to enter to Scopus and Thomson-Reuters databases.
All submitted articles are evaluated at the submission to meet the structural and subject principles of The Journal of Spatial Planning. The matched articles will gone under a double-blinded peer-review process by at least 3 reviewers (expert in the field who are not part of the journal’s editorial staff) who are selected by the Editorial Board members according to their field specialties. The Editorial Board members have the final responsibility to select the articles.
Governing body
The Journal of Spatial Planning is under the scientific control of Editorial Board whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope. Some executive roles of the Editorial Board members are delegated to the Editor-in-Chief who is well-known in the journal’s scope.
Editorial team
The Journal of Spatial Planning is under the scientific supervision of the Editorial Team whose members are all experts with high number of publications in their field.
Author fees/Access
There are No Fees or Charges at all for submission, reviewing and publishing processes in The Journal of Spatial Planning.
The Journal of Spatial Planning follows the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing.
Copyright
The content of The Journal of Spatial Planning is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License. To the extent this Public License may be interpreted as a contract, we are granted the Licensed Rights in consideration of your acceptance of these terms and conditions, and the Licensor grants you such rights in consideration of benefits the Licensor receives from making the Licensed Material available under these terms and conditions.
Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct
Publisher and editors of The Journal of Spatial Planning are reasonable to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In doing so, The Journal of Spatial Planning follows COPE’s guidelines in dealing with allegations.
Ownership and management
The Journal of Spatial Planning is owned by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and is managed and published by YektaPub Co.
Conflicts of interests
All The Journal of Spatial Planning Editorial Board members and the Editor-in-Chief submitted articles are gone under the same reviewing process as the other authors gone. In the cases that a reviewer suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript or a reader suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article (all authors are filling the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest at the submission time) The Journal of Spatial Planning will follow COPE’s guidelines.
Revenue sources/Advertising/Direct marketing
The Journal of Spatial Planning is financially supported completely by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and has no other sources for earning funds. The Journal of Spatial Planning accepts No advertisements in the site or even as a report article.
Publishing schedule/Archiving
The Journal of Spatial Planning is published 4 issues per year. All the content from the beginning to the end will be available for ever on The Journal of Spatial Planning exclusive website. Also The Journal of Spatial Planning is included at EBSCOhost and has the plan to enter to Scopus and Thomson-Reuters databases.