Guidelines for authors

EDITORIAL POLICY

Preprints

Preprints from the following servers are accepted for submission: SciELO Preprints, arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv. The acceptance of preprints from other servers will be evaluated by the journal’s editors.

Preprints share with journals the originality of manuscript publication and prevent the use of the double‑blind peer review method. We request that the author(s) inform the journal about the use of preprints and adopt the Ambiente Construído submission template when submitting the manuscript.

Peer review process

Articles submitted to Ambiente Construído are evaluated through a double-blind peer review system. The editor‑in‑chief is responsible for an initial screening (first screen) to verify the relevance of the subject, compliance with the journal’s editorial guidelines, scientific contribution that is original and unpublished, a theoretical–methodological discussion based on current national and international literature, detailed and consistent methodological procedures, discussion of results based on consistent evidence, and contributions to the scientific knowledge available on the subject.

If the article is approved in this first stage, it is sent to at least two reviewers, with no indication of authorship. To ensure consistency in the evaluation process, the editorial board has developed an evaluation form (insert link to reviewer form) containing recommendations to guide reviewers in preparing their assessment. The area editor‑in‑chief receives the reviewers’ reports and proceeds according to one of the following options a) accept the article for publication, in its current form or with minor revisions; b) reject, based on consistent and justified reports; c) request revisions, with resubmission for a new evaluation by the reviewers. Regardless of the decision, the reviewers’ reports—without identification—are sent in full to the authors.

The editorial board recommends that reviewers examine the following items structure of the article, quality of writing, technical and scientific quality, relevance of the topic, originality of the subject, consistency of the results presented.

The journal publishes, at the end of the article, the name(s) of the editor(s) responsible for its evaluation. It also offers authors and editors the option of direct communication during the evaluation process and the possibility of publishing approval reports, with or without identification of the reviewers.

A revista publica ao final do artigo o(s) nome(s) do(s) editor(es) responsável(is) pela avaliação artigo. Também oferece aos autores e editores a possibilidade de dialogar diretamente com os autores durante o processo de avaliação e, também, a opção de publicar os pareceres de aprovação do artigo com ou sem a identificação dos pareceristas.

Open access

Ambiente Construído encourages authors to make available the data, source codes, supplementary materials, and any other information necessary to enhance transparency, reproducibility, and the verification of published results, while respecting ethical, legal, and confidentiality requirements. The journal supports data sharing through SciELO Data.

Similarity check software

Plagiarism is prohibited by Ambiente Construído.

All articles submitted to Ambiente Construído undergo plagiarism detection using the platforms Plagium and CopySpider before the peer‑review process begins.

When plagiarism is identified, even if it involves a passage written by the author themselves without proper citation, the editor informs the author so that the necessary corrections can be made, allowing a new submission.

If any member of the editorial team becomes aware of possible misconduct related to an article published in Ambiente Construído, the responsible editor will follow the COPE guidelines to address the allegations.

Use of Artificial Intelligence tools

This policy provides guidance on the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in our publication, ensuring integrity, transparency, and excellence in the research we endorse.

Authorship: AI tools or similar technologies are not considered authors.

Responsibility: the use of AI must be supervised by the authors, who remain fully responsible for any content generated or incorporated into the article.

Authenticity and originality: even when using AI tools, authors must ensure that their article is original and represents a significant contribution to the field.

Disclosure of AI use: the use of artificial intelligence must be explicitly stated, whether in the generation, analysis, or revision of content, and it must be reported in the Materials and Methods section. Authors must indicate where and to what extent AI was used.

Transparency: the following must be clearly identified the name of the AI tool, the version, the model, the source or parameters used.

For more information, see the Guide for the Use of AI Tools and Resources.

Intellectual Property and Terms of Use

Responsability of the website:

Ambiente Construído reserves the right to make normative, orthographic, and grammatical adjustments, while respecting the authors’ style.

Responsability of the author:

All content of the journal and all articles published by Ambiente Construído, except where otherwise specified, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY license.

Authors of articles published in Ambiente Construído retain the copyright of their works, licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Ambiente Construído encourages authors to self‑archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, academic social networks, as well as on their personal social media, provided that the full citation of the version available on the journal’s website is included.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

Ambiente Construído does not use Artificial Intelligence in any of its manuscript evaluation or editing processes. Authors’ use of Artificial Intelligence must be described in the research methodology (including how the AI tool was used and which tool was used), and its use must be supported by principles of ethical research and research integrity. Artificial intelligence does not assume responsibility for authorship; only authors assume responsibility for the text and for any AI-based research materials. Concealing the use of artificial intelligence tools in research constitutes an ethical violation. Content generated by AI tools must be cited and referenced, and authors are responsible for verifying its accuracy.