Dear Researcher

International Journal of Architecture and Urban Development (IJAUD) Journal, under license number 1399-11694, dated 1399/04/25, and Portal of scientific publications of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology to the address https://journals.msrt.ir/Home/Detail/11694, IJAUD  has received the scientific grade (former scientific-research) and in the evaluation of dated 98, the Quarterly has obtained the "B" grade.

International Journal of Architecture and Urban Development (IJAUD) is an open access, peer-reviewed publication covering architecture, urbanism, and built environment studies. IJAUD is quarterly published by Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, and receives NO PUBLICATION FEE from foreign authors. The journal aims at establishing a bridge between theory and practice in the fields of architectural and design research, urban design, urban planning, urban development, and built environment studies. A broad outline of the journal scope includes high-quality original research papers, review papers, short communications, case and technical reports and notes to the editor. According to the English Journal Citation Reports (JCR) in ISC, the average impact factor of IJAUD is 0.143.

The journal is open access and makes its content freely accessible. and allow readers to 'read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts' of its articles with an appropriate citation to journal.

“This journal is following of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws”.The journal is open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 and makes its content freely accessible, which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properl.

All submitted manuscripts are checked for similarity through a trustworthy software named iThenticate to be assured about its originality and then rigorously peer-reviewed by the international reviewers.