- Focus and Scope
- Section Policies
- Peer Review Process
- Open Access Policy
- Archiving
- Editorial Policies
- Authorship
- Conflict of Interest
- Plagiarism
- Language
- Submission of Revised Manuscripts
- Withdrawal of Manuscript
- Information Sharing
- Supporting Information
- Data Processing Policy
- Waiver Policy
- Digital Preservation Policy
Focus and Scope
World Construction is a scholarly peer-reviewed international journal which offers wide ranging and comprehensive coverage of all facets of building construction and planning. The journal aims to promote technical and scientific advances in related fields among academia, professionals, consultants and students by stimulating research, encouraging academic exchange and enhancing professional development. The editors welcome high-quality contributions from all over the world. The article categories within the journal include (but are not limited to) the following fields: Computer Software in Construction Construction Project Management Contracts and Construction Law Cost Control Design of Temporary Structures International Construction Labor Issues Quality Assurance and Quality Control Resource Management Safety Engineering Specialty Construction Sustainable Construction Architectural Mechanics Building materials science Environment & Agriculture History of Architecture Urban Planning and Development Construction Finance and Economics Construction Equipment Concrete Mix Design
Section Policies
Articles
 Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Original Article
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Review Article
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Construction Technology
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Constructional Design
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Smart Cities undergo rigorous peer review.
- Initial submission is reviewed by in house editors to ensure adherence to policies of the Journal of Smart Cities.
- The editor-in-chief decides on the manuscript to be sent out for review process and assigns the manuscript to one of the associate editors according to the particular topic.
- The associate editor chooses the reviewers inside the editorial board or outside depending on the topic.
- After evaluations by the reviewers have been received, the associate editor makes one of the following recommendations: accept, reject, accept with minor revision, accept with major revision.
- The editor-in-chief makes a final decision.
- If decision is minor revision, the authors have 30 days to resubmit the revised manuscript.
- If decision is major revision, the authors have 90 days to resubmit the revised manuscript.
- Upon resubmission, the same procedure is applied as for the initial submission. .
- Authors may appeal for a rejected submission. Appeal requests must be made in writing to editorial@udspublish.com with detailed reasons for the appeal and point by point responses to the reviewers remarks. Decisions on appeals are final without exception.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...
Editorial Policies
A manuscript would not be accepted if it has been published or is under consideration for publication in any other journal. The author also needs to notify the journal if the data presented in this paper has been ever presented in conferences.
Authorship
Authorship should be limited to people who have contributed substantially to the work. The corresponding author must have obtained permission from all the authors mentioned in the manuscript. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring adherence to all editorial and submission policies and for any communications and actions that may be necessary after publication. A maximum of two corresponding authors are allowed for the responsibilities associated. The corresponding author must include written permission from the authors of the work concerned for any mention of any unpublished material included in the manuscript, for example, data from manuscripts-in-press, personal communication, or work in preparation. Authors must indicate their specific contributions to the published work. This information will be published as a footnote in the paper. Examples of contributions include: designed research, performed research, contributed new reagents or analytic tools, analyzed data, wrote the paper.
Conflict of Interest
The author has to provide the authorization of no conflict with any financial body or funding agency that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All authors, members, reviewers and editors must disclose any association that poses a conflict of interest in connection with the manuscript. The corresponding author will be asked to sign a form behalf of all of the authors regarding potential conflicts of interest at the time of acceptance.
Plagiarism
World Construction does not approve any Plagiarized manuscripts. We use plagiarism detection software to verify the originality of submitted manuscripts.
If a manuscript uses a text copied directly from another source, this text must be written in quotation marks and original source must be cited. If any kind of plagiarism is detected during the review process the manuscript may be rejected.
Language
UDS Publishing Pte Ltd offers its own professional editing services. By using this service, you can be sure that your English-language manuscript will be polished and ready for submission to your publication of choice at a very reasonable price. For further details about the Language Editing Services, please contact us at editorial@udspublish.com. Please note that utilizing a language editing service is not a guarantee of acceptance.
Submission of Revised Manuscripts
Revised manuscripts must contain a detailed point by point response to the comments of the reviewers. The response to reviewers has to be uploaded as a separate file.
Withdrawal of Manuscript
If you withdraw your manuscript after it has been accepted (but not yet published), you will be charged for costs incurred at USD200.
Information Sharing
According to World Construction policies authors agree to make data and information freely available for replication by other researchers. If there are restrictions to availability of any data, or information, these must be disclosed in the cover letter and in methods section of the manuscript at the time of submission.
Supporting Information
Authors can include detailed materials and methods in this section to provide a reader to follow the experiments and results. However, the main paper should stand on its own without the SI and should be submitted as a separate file.
Data Processing Policy
Authors are expected to have minimum amount of post-acquisition processing of data. In case of processing; alterations must be applied to the entire image (e.g., brightness, contrast, color balance). Any kind of alteration if being done has to be clearly stated in the figure legend and in Methods section.
Grouping of data (e.g., cropping of images of removal of lanes from gels and bolts) must be made apparent and should be explicitly indicated in the appropriate figure legends. Data comparisons should only be made from comparative experiments, and individual data should not be utilized across multiple figures. If inappropriate image/data manipulation is identified after publication, we reserve the right to ask for the original data and, if that is not satisfactory, to issue a correction or retract the paper, as appropriate.
Waiver Policy
We encourage authors to publish their papers with us and don’t wish the cost of article processing fees to be a barrier especially to authors from the low and lower middle income countries/regions. A range of discounts or waivers are offered to authors who are unable to pay our publication processing fees. Authors can write in to apply for a waiver and requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Authors based in these countries/regions listed below may apply to receive up to a 50%-100% waiver of the standard article processing fee; Waiver subjected to approval.We encourage authors to publish their papers with us and don’t wish the cost of article processing fees to be a barrier especially to authors from the low and lower middle income countries/regions. A range of discounts or waivers are offered to authors who are unable to pay our publication processing fees. Authors can write in to apply for a waiver and requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.Priority for this waiver program will be given to applications by authors from countries eligible for the Research4Life program.
If you are residing in a developing country and need to apply for a waiver please email our editorial department (editorial@udspublish.com) with the following information:
- Your name and institution with full address details
- Title of journal you wish to submit a manuscript to
- Reason for applying for a waiver
- Title of your paper
- Country of residence of any co-authors.
Digital Preservation Policy
UDS Publishing will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future.
