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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 is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in the following author's template, including authors' names and full contact details. Refer to Information for Authors for uploading submission files. Files will be anonymised prior to sending out for review.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text uses the author's template for formating; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the author's template.
  • Please ensure 'track changes' has been turned off on your manuscript, and you submit a clean copy - this avoids reviewers receiving a manuscript which has previous comments and changes on it.
  • It is the author's responsibility to ensure that copyright permission has been obtained for all images or other relevant items. Please indicate if images are your own work, or if the copyright is third party (owned by someone else), please show that you have permission to use it, which could include an appropriate Creative Commons licence.
  • If your submission involves Māori perspectives, we ask authors to share their pepeha with reviewers and vice versa to ensure that we comply with Māori tikanga (protocols). If you are happy with this, please include your whakapapa under About Author and Contributors as outlined in the author's template.

Author Guidelines

We invite four types of contributions:

A.      Research-Informed Articles (<3000 words)

Articles will generally report on the relevance and significance for practice of recent landscape architecture research. They use a concise format that helps readers apply research findings to particular practice topics and situations. The articles will normally include:

  1. a statement of a contemporary landscape problem or challenge from a practice perspective;
  2. a clear summary and explanation of key concepts and findings drawn from recent research that are relevant to resolving the practice problem or challenge;
  3. any particular limitations reported by the researchers who undertook the research; and 
  4. a discussion of the implications of applying the research findings to practical ‘real world’ solutions.

Criteria for acceptance of research-informed articles are:

  1. Relevance of topic to the aims of the journal;
  2. Quality of research synthesis or critical insights,
  3. Degree of engagement with recent and referenced scholarly work;
  4. Level of impact of research in the field;
  5. Clarity of visual, audio and written communication.

B.      Original Research Articles (<7000 words)

Original research articles will generally report on empirical or interpretive landscape architecture research. They use a conventional format that helps readers follow relevant existing knowledge, research methods, results and discussion of findings in relation to existing knowledge in the field.

In the case of original research, articles will need to include:

  1. Abstract
  2. Research question and objectives
  3. Existing knowledge of relevance to question
  4. Methods of data collection, analysis, and interpretation
  5. Findings presented in text, figures and tables
  6. Discussion of findings in relation to objectives and other scholarly work
  7. Conclusion
  8. Cited reference list

Criteria for acceptance of original research articles are:

  1. Relevance of topic to the aims of the journal;
  2. Clarity of the research problem, aim and questions,
  3. Degree of engagement with recent and referenced scholarly work;
  4. Logical and clear explanation of the approach in undertaking the work;
  5. Coherent and persuasive presentation of findings;
  6. Quality of contextualising, interpreting and discussing findings in relation to other scholarly work;
  7. Coherence and conciseness in forming conclusions and way forward.
  8. Clarity of visual, audio and written communication.

C.       Critiques (<3000 words)

Critiques may take a more discursive examination of contemporary issues or projects. They may be flexible in format to suit the subject matter but easy to follow for readers who are looking to promote transformational change in society, for instance through:

  1. a new understanding of a term, concept or idea; 
  2. a debate of conflicting values or ideologies; or
  3. a particular issue that has been previously ignored.

Criteria for acceptance of critiques are:

  1. Relevance of topic to the aims of the journal;
  2. Clarity of the issue or challenge,
  3. Degree of engagement with recent and referenced scholarly work;
  4. Coherent and persuasive argument or debate;
  5. Coherence and conciseness in forming conclusions and way forward.
  6. Clarity of visual, audio and written communication.

D.      Reports (<2000 words)

Reports are intended for shorter commentaries, reviews and reports on work in progress, appealing to readers interested in newly released publications, recent conferences, upcoming policy releases, right-of-reply responses or alternative or contradictory evidence-based analysis on the same topic.

Criteria for acceptance of reports are:

  1. Relevance of topic to the aims of the journal;
  2. Coherence and conciseness of relevant insights,
  3. Degree of engagement with recent and referenced resources;
  4. Clarity of visual, audio and written communication.

 

Adding a video abstract
Video abstracts are useful in (a) visually introducing yourself to your readers, (b) contextualising your work where it is most relevant and (c) providing a brief summary for readers who may have difficulty in reading the whole written piece.
Some examples include:
https://www.cell.com/video/video-abstracts 
https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1526-9914.video-abstracts
https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/14697610/video_abstracts.htm

There are three types of video abstracts for an article or report in this journal:

  • informative – detail the reason, main points, approach, key findings, implications/ recommendations and what comes next in the work;
  • critical – outline the reason, evaluate current information, analyse, compare, contrast and/or argue conclusions in the work;
  • attention grabbing – highlight the reason for drawing attention to the work but rarely provide any further details beyond explaining the importance and pointing to where further information can be found.

They are covered by the same copyright terms as the written articles and reports.

Minimum specifications are as follows:

  • length 2-3 mins or less (100Mb upload max)
  • frame rate of 25 frames per second
  • widescreen (16:9) (landscape mode) format
  • file in .mov or .mp4 format (mp4 preferred)
  • frame size 720x576 pixels (PAL)
  • high definition (HD) preferred: min 1280px720p, max=1920px1080p
  • video codec H.264
  • video bitrate min 3 Mbps
  • audio codec AAC
  • audio fre 48000Hz
  • audio birate min 128 kbps

Tips for good quality video abstracts

  • compose your images using the ‘rule of thirds’ in a grid format
  • use a tripod or handle grip to keep the image steady and at eye level
  • do not read from notes or a teleprompter, be conversational and relaxed
  • avoid background noise or echoes
  • use a microphone and retain the ambient sounds of the context
  • look at the lens or past the camera if necessary
  • avoid backlighting and keep enough light on your face/ in front of you
  • minimize the amount of distracting detail or objects around the subject

Submitting a video abstract
Simply upload your files to Make a new submission with an identifiable name that includes your article ID eg Article ID_Author Name. For further information, contact us.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

 

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