Submissions

Login or Register to make a submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor has it been previously submitted to another journal (or an explanation has been provided to "Comments to the editor").
  • The file should be sent in text format (doc, docx or rtf).
  • Extension / Extension: Between 8,000 and 40,000 words
  • El texto está en interlineado exacto 18, utiliza el tipo de letra Calibri Light de 12 puntos y aplica cursiva en lugar de subrayado (excepto para las direcciones URL). Todas las ilustraciones, figuras y tablas se han ubicado en la posición que les corresponde, y no al final del texto.
  • Title: Calibri Light 24 points Subtitles: Calibri Light 14 point Paragraph: Calibri Light italic 14 pt.
  • Abstract between 500 to 1.000 words - Keywords with a maximum of 7 items - In the original language of the article and in Spanish. If possible also in Catalan
  • Format of the graphic material : Jpeg or Tiff 300 dpi
  • Bibliography; According to APA Style, 7th edition. Check APA https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines
  • Mini CV: Approx 50 words
  • Anonymity : All references to the author(s) must be removed from the text and the author's name changed to "AUTHOR".
  • Footnotes. "on the w@terfront" uses footnotes exclusively to "augment" information about some aspect of the text. Not to reference the cited bibliography.
  • (C) PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL. Authors should use as much of their own artwork as possible. In the case of material from third party sources, it is imperative to cite (c) at the bottom of the images.
  • ORCID ID and institutional affiliation

Author Guidelines

A- Procedure for sending articles
1.- Those interested in publishing on "on the w@terfront" should send their contributions in Word format by email to waterfront@ub.edu. Next to the article you must send a short CV and ORCID NUMBER

2. To ensure anonymity in the review process, the author must remove all references to the author (s) from the text, changing the name of the author to "AUTHOR".You must also ensure that the author's identification has also been removed from the file properties when this is a Microsoft Office document.
You can submit the article when you consider it pertinent since the reception of the same is permanent.

3.- The University of Barcelona Criteria (https://www.ub.edu/cub/criteris.php) must be followed when writing texts.

B- Types of articles

The content of "on the w@terfront" is mainly made up of scientific articles, especially those derived from academic research. Other types of documents are also published such as: bibliographic reviews, reviews, biographies and communications or experiences reports .

The structure generally used in these articles is: introduction, theoretical framework, methodology, results and their analyses, conclusions and bibliographical references.

Also included in this section are articles where the author exposes, analyses or evaluates a specific scientific-technical, historical, architectural, etc, topic, that make a relevant contribution to knowledge. This contains a relevant argument, appropriate and theoretically documented, as well as a clear methodological procedure and appreciable conclusions.

C- Requirements for articles

The articles must consider the following requirements:

• Unpublished work: The texts sent to publish must be unpublished (not previously published).
• Data of the author or authors: Full names, institutional affiliation or place of work and address for your contact. ORCID filiation. You must also attach a mini CV (60 words maximum) of the author, indicating: higher academic degree, profession, entity where you work, functions, country and email, which will be published next to the article in case of an evaluation positive.
• File format: The file must be sent in text format (doc, docx or rtf) in Spanish, Catalan, French, English or Portuguese.
• Extension: “on the w@terfront” prioritizes illustrated articles (with photographs by the author) and an extension between 8,000 and 40,000 words.
• Prioritize, also long summaries, between 500 and 1,000 words, to facilitate the search on the servers.
• Typography: Calibri Light 12 exact spacing 18.
• In general, the footnotes should be explanatory notes and will not be used for bibliographic citations.
• Graphic material: Photos, figures, graphs, tables and / or diagrams etc. they should be listed and indicate titles or explanatory legend related to the subject of the article and the origin (author and / or source, year, p.00). They must also be inserted in the text in their approximate location.
• Graphic material format: Sending in independent files; minimum resolution of 300 dpi / dpi and 600 for gray scale in jpg format.
• Tables: The tables must be in text format, included in the body of the work and following the rules of APA.
• Responsibility: The author is responsible for acquiring the reproduction rights and / or authorizations that may apply, for illustrations taken from other sources. Illustrations become public domain when the author is over seventy-five years old. Written proof of the corresponding permissions of the original authors or editors must be included.
• Bibliography and appointments in APA format

D. Bibliography
The bibliography is arranged alphabetically, and for each author chronologically, should be included at the end of the text.
The DOI and URL addresses should be provided in the bibliographical references.
Bibliographical references should be made according to APA 7thEd standards, following the following examples :
1.- Books
  • CAPEL, Horacio. Agentes urbanos y mercado inmobiliario. Vol. III de La morfología de las ciudades. Barcelona: Ediciones del Serbal (Colección La Estrella Polar, nº 62), 2013. 461 p. [ISBN: 978-84-7628-732-3; ISBN, obra completa: 978-84-7628-450-6; Depósito legal: B-20.845-2013].

2. Book chapters

 

  • Remesar, A. (2020). Co-design of public spaces with local communities. In Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler (ed) The Palgrave Handbook of Co-Production of Public Services and Outcomes (First on-line 24/11/2020, pp. 335–351). Palgrave Macmillan. 5 septiembre 2021  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53705-0_17

3. Journal Articles and Electronic Sources

 

  • Fernández-Covarrubias, Andrea, Emilio Reyes-Schade, Samuel E. Padilla-Llano, and Ayman Imam. 2022. “(Re) Construction of Historical Memory: Identity and Urban Re-Valuation of the First Diagonal in Chile”. on the w@terfront. Public Art.Urban Design.Civic Participation.Urban Regeneration 64 (9):3-29. 5 septiembre 2017 https://doi.org/10.1344/waterfront2022.64.9.01 .
  • Haddad, Marie. (2017). Urban Hygiene Awareness in a suffocated Barcelona. On the W@terfront [En Línia], 51, 7–24.04/05/2007.  http://raco.cat/index.php/Waterfront/article/view/320432

E. Plagiarism Analysis
On the w@terfront adopts systems to detect plagiarism, using the URKUND analyser available on the platform where the journal is published.

 

 

Articles

Política

Copyright Notice


The Creative Commons License licence allows: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms. Author's rights are protected by the ISSN 1139-7365. On the w@terfront has no restrictions respect the copyright by the authors and does allow authors to retain the publishing rights without restrictions.
This journal does not apply any type of charge to the authors for the presentation or processing of the articles.
 

 

Privacy Statement

The names and e-mail addresses entered on this site will be used exclusively for the declared purposes of this journal and will not be used for other purposes or made available to third parties.