Buildings & Landscapes-Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
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Aims & Scope
Buildings & Landscapes is the leading source for scholarly work on vernacular architecture of North America and beyond. The journal continues VAF’s tradition of scholarly publication going back to the first Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture in 1982. Published through the University of Minnesota Press since 2007, the journal moved from one to two issues per year in 2009. Buildings & Landscapes examines the places that people build and experience every day: houses and cities, farmsteads and alleys, churches and courthouses, subdivisions and shopping malls. The journal’s contributorsundefinedhistorians and architectural historians, preservationists and architects, geographers, anthropologists and folklorists, and others whose work involves documenting, analyzing, and interpreting vernacular formsundefinedapproach the built environment as a windows into human life and culture, basing their scholarship on both fieldwork and archival research. The editors encourage submission of articles that explore the ways the built environment shapes everyday life within and beyond North America.
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ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE
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Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisBuildings & Landscapes-Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum (ISSN: 1936-0886) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of ARCHITECTURE, published by University of Minnesota Press in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.30, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.104 (Q3), an H-index of 8.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 9 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Subscription model with an estimated APC of $2,226 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
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