Journal profile
UOU Journal
ISSN 2697-1518 · Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Expresión Gráfica, Composición y Proyectos · Spain
UOU Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
UOU Journal is published by Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Expresión Gráfica, Composición y Proyectos. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Modernity, and Design, Architecture, Art, Education and Architecture and Computational Design, together about 51.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
UOUsj is an international scientific journal published by UNIVERSITY of Universities. It was born in 2021 as an international collaboration of schools of architecture, sharing their intercultural interests. Every issue concentrates on a specific theme suggested by one of the universities involved in this research project. Themes encourage a focus on pedagogy in architecture and are announced through a call made at least six months in advance of publication. The journal is biannual (June and December), double-blind peer reviewed, digital, open access, and indexed. It publishes original articles in English, accompanied by abstracts in the authors' mother tongues.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Javier Sánchez MerinaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 27, Spain 16, Sweden 9, Italy 8, Türkiye 6 (87 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering30.1%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities11.4%
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering9.8%
- Spatial and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Collaborative and Sustainable Housing InitiativesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.7%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities3.7%
- Architecture and Cultural InfluencesArts and Humanities3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 181 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 12 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 18 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 3 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 0 |
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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted2
- articlesArticles should include a consistent focus, clear definition of the research framework, and give a deep understanding of the subject or topic described, includi…Length not stated
- critical essaysCritical Essays should be grounded in relevant discourse, offer an original and critical contribution of a theoretical or a more empirical nature as a response …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license Model summary
The works are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No article submission charges or article processing charges (APCs) Model summary
Publication in this journal does not have either article submission charges or article processing charges (APCs).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Anti-plagiarism policy: instant rejection at any stage when plagiarism is detected Model summary
Any instance of plagiarism, be it in the form of lack of attribution of ideas or literal usage of text without correct mention of sources, will be grounds for instant rejection at any stage of the publication process, when such plagiarism is detected.
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
- Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Expresión Gráfica, Composición y Proyectos
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2697-1518
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about UOU Journal
How long does peer review take at UOU Journal?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of UOU Journal based?
Of the 87 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (27), Spain (16) and Sweden (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index UOU Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, UOU Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is UOU Journal open access, and what is the APC?
UOU Journal 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .