Policies
Plagiarism policy
Journal does not and will not support any possible or actual plagiarism. If authors feel that some parts could be described as plagiarism, even if are used proper quotations and citations in the text, they need to report it as part of the submission.
Ethics policy
Possible researching funds
Any source of funding for research or publication should always be disclosed. When are known organization and contract number of grants, funds, or similar information should be included.
Authorship and acknowledgment
Authorship credit should be based on: substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet all these conditions based on a definition of authorship of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Contributors who do not qualify as authors should be listed in an acknowledgment to describe the given help. The authors' contribution sections are an obligatory part of the manuscript at the very end.
Collecting authorship information
All authors meet the appropriate authorship criteria, and that nobody who qualifies for authorship has been omitted from the list as part of their initial submission package.
Redundant (multiple) publications
Journal instruction clearly explains the type of papers that are published regularly. Authors need clearly
explain what is, if any, included partially or wholly in prior publications. It could be abstracts, posters,
papers, books, databases, and archives (public or not). If the editor evaluates that submission is not
substantially different from such previous results, it could be rejected. Journals also may accept the republication of materials that have been accurately translated from an original publication in a different
language but only with appropriate permission(s) of all copyright holders.
Use of generative text tools ̶̶ AI policy
Authors are fully responsible for the originality, validity, and integrity of the content of their manuscript and must ensure that it complies with all of Prostor’s publication ethics policies.
The author needs to acknowledge any use of generative writing tools (Al bot, ChatGPT or other large language models). Parts of the manuscript that were written using such tools must be clearly indicated, and the prompts and questions should be stated transcript. Use the Acknowledgments, Materials and Methods or Comments to Editor Sections to indicate it.
Peer review policy
Peer review, equally national and international peer review, only scientific papers, double blind review.
Authorship policy
Authorship must be reserved for individuals who: make a substantial intellectual contribution to the conception and design of the study; AND/OR, the collection of research data; AND/OR, the analysis and interpretation of research data. Who make a substantial contribution to the drafting of the manuscript (e.g. article, paper or essay, book) and/or substantially to its critical revision; AND approve the final version of the manuscript submitted for publication; AND agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work by ensuring that all questions related to the accuracy and integrity of any part of the work are investigated and resolved with due care. In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he or she has prepared, an author must be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for other specific parts of the work. Finally, authors must have justified confidence in the integrity of their co-authors' contributions.
Open Access policy
The content of the journal is fully open accessed. Electronic versions of articles are accessible to readers, without any fees or registration.When use, please refer to Creative Commons license (BY type, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
Publication charges policy
Due to a substantially reduced budget for the journal PROSTOR, we hereby inform you, that in order
to maintain quality and ensure continuous publication of scientific papers, the Faculty of Architecture
Council, along with the PROSTOR Editorial Board, has decided to introduce the obligatory Publication
Fee. It means that from 1st January 2013, acceptance and publication of manuscripts shall be conducted
as follows.
The publication fee is paid per article. If the manuscript is positively reviewed, i.e., upon two positive
blind peer-reviews and after corrections are made by the author(s) in accordance with the reviewers’
suggestions, the author(s) or his/her/their institution, or their research funder shall pay the € 800.00
publication fee (25% VAT included). The editorial shall email the author(s) an invoice according to the information provided on the Cover page. The author(s) should then e-mail the certificate of payment to the Editorial Board: prostor@arhitekt.hr or via OJS.
Following that the manuscript can be prepared for editing and printing.
Color figures will be reproduced in color only in the online edition on-demand and with additional cost
to the author(s). The author(s) shall pay additional 70€. If the author(s) opt for black and white, they will
not have to pay the additional charges
If the author is not satisfied with the categorization of the article, we will not return the money and the
article will not be published.
Archiving policy
Journal archive is available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/prostor?lang=en Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving is also described at Sherpa organisation web (RoMEO service).
The papers published in PROSTOR can be deposited and self-archived in the institutional and thematic repositories providing the link to the journal's web pages and HRČAK.
Complaint and Appeal policy
Complaint about scientific content, e.g. an appeal against rejection
The Editor-in-Chief or Handling Editor considers the authors’ argument, the reviewer reports and decides whether
- The decision to reject should stand;
- Another independent opinion is required
- The appeal should be considered.
The complainant is informed of the decision with an explanation if appropriate. Decisions on appeals are final and new submissions take priority over appeals.
Complaint about processes, e.g. time taken to review
The Editor-in-Chief together with the Handling Editor (where appropriate) and/or in-house contact (where appropriate) will investigate the matter. The complainant will be given appropriate feedback. Feedback is provided to relevant stakeholders to improve processes and procedures.
Complaint about publication ethics, e.g., researcher's author's, or reviewer's conduct
The Editor-in-Chief or Handling Editor follows guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics. The Editor-in-Chief or Handling Editor may ask the publisher via their in-house contact for advice on difficult or complicated cases. The Editor-in-Chief or Handling Editor decides on a course of action and provides feedback to the complainant. If the complainant remains dissatisfied with the handling of their complaint, he or she can submit the complaint to the Committee on Publication Ethics.
Retraction policy
If the authors made an honest error or discover the major flaws in their work, they can retract the
paper. The online version will then be marked as ’retracted by authors’. All links to the retracted article
will be maintained. If the editors, reviewers or readers notice a case of duplicate or overlapping
publication, fraudulent use of data, plagiarism or unethical research, the paper will be, after an internal
review by the editor, retracted, in which case the online version will then be marked as ’retracted by
editor’. All links to the retracted article will be maintained. All retractions will be done in accordance
with the COPE retraction guidelines.
Corrections policy
All authors should account for the accuracy of the published data. Correction of data should be done
before the final printing of the paper. For that reason, the corresponding author receives the galley
proof of the paper and is asked to correct it carefully and in timely manner (within 48 h) before
publication. If authors find a major mistake or error in the published version of the article, an Erratum
will be published in the first available issue and posted online.
Fee waiver policy
• University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture employees, retirees, students and Ph.D. students
- 100% waiver on the actual APC
• Authors who publish with a co-author from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture - 50%
waiver on the actual APC
• Reviewers who reviewed for Prostor in the last three years - 10% waiver on the actual APC
• Lower-middle-income economies (classification by income) - 30% waiver on the actual APC
• Low-income economies (classification by income) - 50% waiver on the actual APC
Funding Sources policy
Each author must individually declare all sources of funding received for the research submitted to the journal. This information includes the name of granting agencies, grant numbers, and a description of each funder’s role. If the funder has played no role in the research, this must be stated as well. Authors are not required to provide the complete list of every single grant that supports them if the grant is not related to the research published.
Licenses and Copyright policy
Users are allowed to read, download, copy, redistribute, print, search and link to material, and alter, transform, or build upon the material, or use them for any other lawful purpose as long as they attribute the source in an appropriate manner according to the CC BY licence. Copyright of any published article in PROSTOR rests with the author/s.
• Author/s grant the journal PROSTOR the permission to publish the article and to identify itself as the original publisher
• Author/s grant the journal PROSTOR the commercial right to publish a printed version of the journal and to sell it to libraries and natural persons.
• Author/s grant the third person free use of the published article only if its original author can be identified including the citations belonging to this author/s.
• The published article and other published materials are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY)
