Submissions

Author Guidelines

in_bo invites authors to submit their contributions in two different ways: thematic call for papers and an open year-round call.

• thematic call for papers aim at publishing monographic issues. These calls are preceded by a call for abstracts, that requires authors to send a short abstract (max. 1500 characters, spaces included), essential bibliography and a short CV, to in_bo@unibo.it. Once the abstract is selected by the Scientific Committee and the Editorial Board, authors are invited to complete their full paper according with the journal’s guidelines and to submit it with all the necessary metadata through the website. More information on the call for papers can be found here.

• Through an open call, in_bo invites authors to submit full papers on topics that characterize the journal’s lines of research. The open call is open year-round. Papers are first evaluated by the editorial board and then reviewed according to a double-blind peer review process. Accepted papers will be published in the first available issue of in_bo, no later than six months after their acceptance. in_bo focuses on the past and present forms of architecture and the city. The editorial board is interested in receiving proposals on the following research topics: didactics of architecture, design theory, the relationship between the sacred and the built space, and the history and transformations of architecture, the city and the landscape, without chronological or geographical limits.

In both cases, to submit the full paper, authors should register on the online website, following the available instructions. After the registration, authors are asked to complete the submission by filling out the procedure with all the required information and by uploading the following documents:

• authors’ surname_01_abstract Abstract in English and Italian versions, max. 1500 characters, spaces included. The abstract should be consistent with the paper, do not forget to update the version you sent for the call if necessary. This file should also include 5 keywords, both in English and in Italian.

• authors’ surname_02_paper This file contains the full paper text without any reference to the authors, min. 20’000 and max. 60’000 characters, spaces and notes included. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format (DOC or DOCX). It should also include the title of the paper and eventually the subtitle, max 80 characters in total, spaces included, both in English and in Italian.

Editorial standards:

• The text must be written in Roboto 12.

• The article’s title must be highlighted in bold type 14-point font. Headings should be preferably unnumbered. First-level headings are bold type 12-point font. The bold type must not be used in other cases. Headings are never closed by full stop.

• A maximum of two levels of paragraphs should be provided; levels shall be specified with progressive numbering in mode 1 - 1.1

• Short quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks (“ ”) and run on with the main text. For a quotation within a quotation, single quotation marks should be used (‘ ’).

• Longer quotations (>40 words) should be separated by a single line break before and a single line break after the quoted text. Moreover they should be restricted to a paragraph indent of 1 cm from both sides and should not be enclosed within quotation marks.

• Any interruption/suspension of the current quotation must be indicated as follows:

  • Italian → […]

  • English → …

• British and American English are both acceptable, provided that the choice is consistently employed throughout the text and assured that articles are formatted according to the corresponding norms of punctuations, abbreviations, spelling.

• The use of italics should be limited to:

  • Italian or English words of uncommon use, like facilities, engagé, ad hoc, deus ex machina;

  • titles of literary, artistic and cinematographic works.

• Notes must be typeset as footnotes and should be used for bibliographic references and archival sources. A note number should be placed at the end of a sentence or at the end of a clause. The number normally follows the punctuation. For general rules on style, please refer to the “Notes and Bibliography Style” of Chicago Manual of Style (the most recent edition).

• authors’ surname_03_bibliografia For general rules on how to write the bibliography, please refer to the “Notes and Bibliography Style” of Chicago Manual of Style. All the links and URL addresses in footnotes or bibliography have to be activated and ready to click and edited in full extended version.

• authors’ surname_04_dati autore This file includes for each author a short biographical note (max. 300 characters, including spaces), both in English and in Italian. It should also report the affiliation and the email address.

• authors’ surname_05_didascalie The captions shall include an essential description of the image, stating appropriate place and country and the author’s full name in round brackets. E.g.: Fig. 01: A city neighborhood, Bologna. Aerial view (ph: Luca Bartolomei, 2019). All information concerning images, graphics and tables (author, title, date, source or image location, copyright) must be sent in a separated word document, marked with Arabic numerals corresponding to the name of the relative files. Authors will be requested to sign a disclaimer which attests the rights to publish the images.

• authors’ surname_06_immagini
  Illustrations and photos should be submitted in TIFF, JPG, EPS or PDF format (300 DPI resolution at source in the envisaged format). For each paper, at least 5 images shall be provided. Number the files and clearly mark the spot where the photo should be inserted (Fig. 01). The figures must be sent as additional files packed in a separate folder (ZIP, RAR, …) and named with two-digit numbers in order of appearance (01.jpg, 02.png, 03.tiff, …).

• authors’ surname_07_tabelle Charts and diagrams should be in PNG, PDF or AI format. Any tables should be sent separately in Word or Excel format, with the indication of the location in the text as a progressive label (Tab. 01).

Typologies of expected contributions

in_bo collects publication proposals through two different ways: call for thematic papers and an open call, that is continuous throughout the year. In both cases, the contributions should be part of one of the following categories: