Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning
ISSN 2147-9380 · Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design · Turkey
ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning: CAS Zone 4 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 38 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning is published by Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design and is in Zone 4 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Design and Spatial Analysis, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation and Architecture and Cultural Influences, together about 29.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning as a free, open access, academic e-journal considers original research articles and viewpoints in peer-reviewed. Architecture, Planning and Design are strongly affected by other disciplines such as fine arts, philosophy, engineering, geography, economics, politics, sociology, history, psychology, geology, information technology, ecology, law, security and management. However, there are not enough academic journals which specifically focus on the connections of architecture, planning and design with other fields of science. ICONARP aims to fill that gap. Our scope is to provide a suitable space for theoretical, methodological and empirical papers in architectural, urban and real estate studies. ICONARP aims to be a reputable platform for the studies of Architecture, Planning and Design. ICONARP's objectives are: To question global and local interactions in the field of Architecture, Planning and Design, To discover the relationship between Architecture, Planning and Design, To increase the contribution of Architecture, Planning and Design to social and behavioral sciences, To discover the relationship of Architecture, Planning and Design with other fields of science that are affected and affect, To develop theoretical and methodological foundations of Architecture, Planning and Design, To discuss the role of architects, planners, designers and real estate players today and in the future, To compare the differences between architecture, planning and design research, practices and education in different countries, To bring a scientific view of current issues and discussions in field of Architecture, Planning, Design and Real Estate, To discover innovative methods and techniques in the field of Architecture, Planning, Design and Real Estate.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Editor-in-chief Bilgehan YILMAZPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Design and Spatial AnalysisEngineering11.3%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities10.9%
- Architecture and Cultural InfluencesArts and Humanities7.4%
- Turkish Urban and Social IssuesSocial Sciences7%
- Gender Studies and Social IssuesSocial Sciences6.6%
- Urban Green Space and HealthEnvironmental Science5.4%
- Place Attachment and Urban StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- History and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: TR DİZİN, Avery Index, ICONDA Bibliographic, OpenAire, Ulrichsweb, WOS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 368 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 33 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 72 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 113 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 140 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2
- original research articlesconsiders original research articles and viewpointsLength not stated
- viewpointsconsiders original research articles and viewpointsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship of the manuscript
Only persons who meet these authorship criteria should be listed as authors in the manuscript as they must be able to take public responsibility for the content: (i) made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis/interpretation of the study; and (ii) drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content; and (iii) hav…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Editors and editorial board members will not use unpublished information disclosed in a submitted manuscript for their own research purposes without the authors’ explicit written consent. Privileged information or ideas obtained by editors as a result of handling the manuscript will be kept confidential and not used for their personal advantage. Editors will recuse themselves from considering manu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data access and retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data of their study together with the manuscript for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available if practicable. In any event, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least 10 years after publication (preferably via an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Policy
COPE member Model summary
ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning has strongly adopted Core Practices set by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). ICONARP is committed to ensuring ethics in publication and quality of articles. Conformance to standards of ethical behaviour is therefore expected of all parties involved: Authors, Editors, Reviewers, and the Publisher. As of 1 January 2020, COPE practices …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Model summary
COPYRIGHT POLICY 1. The International Journal of Architecture and Planning (ICONARP) open access articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDeriatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license lets the author to share (copy and redistribute) his/her article in any medium or format. 2. ICONARP cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license ter…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access and Transparency
Free, open access academic e-journal Model summary
Quality and transparency is at the heart of what ICONARP does. ICONARP has strongly adopted the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing set by DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). This journal will NEVER: Ask authors to pay a submission fee Ask authors to pay an APC (article processing charge) for OA publication prior to acceptance Publish works in exchange for gi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review Model summary
All submissions will be double blind peer reviewed. All papers are expected to have original content. They should not have been previously published, nor be under simultaneous consideration by another academic journal. Prior to the sending out to refrees, editors check that the paper fits with the mission statement of the journal. The manuscript submission and peer review process are as follows. T…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Screening for Plagiarism
Author(s) of the present study and the article about the ethical responsibilities that fit PUBLICATION ETHICS agree. Each author is responsible for the content of the article. Articles submitted for publication are priorly contolled via Turnitin ® (Professional Plagiarism Prevention) program. If articles that are controlled by Turnitin ® program identified as plagiarism or self-plagiarism with mor…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
DOIs and LOCKSS preservation Model summary
Assign DOIs to accepted work and preserve the published version of record via digital preservation archiving schemes (LOCKSS)
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Konya Technical University Faculty of Architecture and Design
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2147-9380
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning
What CAS zone is ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning is in Zone 4 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Architecture. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning open access, and what is the APC?
ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .