About the Journal

Open Access

Open access is the condition in which the holder of the copyright of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, to crawl them for indexing, to use them as data for software, or to use them for any other legal purpose.

Compliance with Open Science

Our editorial policy is aligned with the guidelines of Open Science, through open access practices and good‑practice standards for editors. Ambiente Construído asks authors to explicitly state the contribution of each author in multi‑authored papers and also encourages the sharing of datasets and other research‑related materials.

The journal encourages the publication of preprints in repositories such as SciELO Preprints.

Authors and reviewers have the option of choosing an open peer review process, with or without the identification of the individuals involved. For authors, this choice is made at the time of submission; for reviewers, it is selected when completing the evaluation form.

All editors involved in the evaluation process are identified in the publication of each article.

The journal requests that authors submit, together with the manuscript, the Open Science compliance form saved as a PDF (form hier).

Focus and Scope

Ambiente Construído is a scientific journal of the National Association of Technology of the Built Environment (ANTAC), the main scientific association in this field of knowledge in Brazil, a non‑profit organization whose objectives include contributing to the development and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Hosted on the OJS platform of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), the journal publishes original works resulting from scientific research in the field known as Technology of the Built Environment, which encompasses conception, design, production, operation, maintenance, demolition, and recycling or reuse of buildings and their immediate surroundings.

Digital Preservation

Ambiente Construído uses the LOCKSS digital preservation system to ensure the distribution and preservation of its content. The journal is also preserved in the Rede Cariniana, which preserves OJS‑based journals in Brazil, ensuring the long‑term preservation of their content.

Indexing Sources

Bibliographic Information

  • Journal title: Ambiente Construído
  • Abbreviated title: Ambient. Constr.
  • Published by: National Association of Technology of the Built Environment (ANTAC)
  • Periodicity: Annual
  • Publication modality: Continuous Publication (CP)
  • Year of creation of the journal: 1997

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Publication fees

Approved articles are subject to a publication fee, according to the authors’ membership status in ANTAC:

  • When 100% of the authors are members – the fee is waived;
  • When at least 50% of the authors are members – the fee is R$ 350.00;
  • When less than 50% of the authors are members – the fee is R$ 700.00;
  • Articles approved for special issues are exempt from publication fees.

Sex and Gender Issues

The editorial team of Ambiente Construído, as well as the authors who publish in the journal, must always observe the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines. These guidelines comprise a set of recommendations that guide the reporting of information related to sex and gender in study design, data analysis, results, and interpretation of findings.

In addition, Ambiente Construído adheres to a gender equity policy in the composition of its editorial board.