AND – Architectures, Cities and Architects promotes a model of transparent scientific communication. On this page, we provide indicators of impact, dissemination, and quality related to the journal, in line with international standards and ANVUR guidelines.

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VQR & ASN – Relevance in Evaluation

The results of VQR (Research Quality Assessment) are published by ANVUR at the level of university, department, and author, not for individual journals.

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ANVUR Classification

AND is classified as a scientific journal by ANVUR in the relevant competition sectors (Areas 08, 10, 11). For updated information, please refer to the ANVUR website.

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Citations & Google Scholar Profile

• Journal’s Google Scholar Profile
• Metadata: all articles are published as Version of Record with interoperable metadata.

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Indexing & Discoverability

• DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals
• ERIH PLUS
• EBSCO
• BASE – Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
• Google Scholar

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Readership & Downloads (2024)

• Articles published: 45
• Total downloads (PDF/HTML): 18,581
• Average downloads per article: 3.41
• Countries reached (top 5): IT, ES, FR, DE, US

Source: OJS statistics (COUNTER).

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Open Science & Transparency

• Open Access (diamond, no APCs) under CC BY 4.0 license.
• ORCID recommended for all authors and required for editors and reviewers.
• Data Availability: we encourage data availability statements and deposit in reliable repositories.
• Peer review: double-blind; Ethical Code (COPE).

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