International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) - REVIEWERS 2017

IJEPR REVIEWERS FOR 2017

Aija Staffans, Aalto University, Finland

 Alenka Poplin, Iowa State University, United States

 Alexandre Repetti, Repetti sàrl, Switzerland

 Amy Louise Griffin, University of New South Wales, Australia

 Andreja Jonoski, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands

 Angioletta Voghera, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

 Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland

 Aroon Manoharan, University of Massachusetts Boston, United States

 Azi Lev-On, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

 Barney Warf, University of Kansas, USA

 Bauke de Vries, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

 Beniamino Murgante, University of Basilicata, Italy

 Carolin Schroeder, Centre for Technology & Society, TU Berlin, Germany

 Cataldo Musto, University of Bari, Italy

 Christopher Perkins, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

 Daren Brabham, University of Southern California, United States

 Domenica Carriero, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland

 Eleni Tracada, University of Derby, United Kingdom

 Ellen Bassett, University of Virginia, United States

 Fábio Duarte, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brasil

 Falguni Mukherjee, Sam Houston State University, United States

 Francesco Lo Picolo, University of Palermo, Italy

 Françoise Orban, University of Namur, Belgium

 Gabriel Dupuy, University of Paris 1, France

 Gabriel Puron-Cid, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas A.C., Mexico

 Geoffrey DeVerteuil, University of Cardiff, United Kingdom

 Georges Tanguay, University of Quebec in Montréal, Canada

 Géraud Le Falher, INRIA, France

 Gregg Griffin, University of Texas at Austin, United States

 Igor Calzada, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

 Jennifer Minner, Cornell University, United States

 Jin-Kyu Jung, University of Washington, United States

 John Danahy, University of Toronto, Canada

 Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University, United States

 Liisa Horelli, Aalto University, Finland

 Linda See, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

 Lukasz Damurski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

 Małgorzata Hanzl, Technical University of Lodz, Poland

 Margarida Romero, Université Laval, Canada

 Michele Campagna, University of Cagliari, Italy

 Mohamed El-Mekawy, Stockholm University, Sweden

 Na Liu, Singapore Management University, Singapore

 Nader Afzalan, University of Redlands, United States

 Oana Luca, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania

 Olga Gil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

 Padraig Wims, University College Dublin, Ireland

 Pamela Robinson, Ryerson University, Canada

 Peter A. Johnson, University of Waterloo, Canada

 Peter Zeile, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

 Pilvi Nummi, Aalto University, Finland

 Reinout Kleinhans, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

 Scott McQuire, University of Melbourne, Australia

 Sergio Picazo-Vela, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico

 Sirkku Wallin, Aalto University, Finland

 Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York, College of Staten Island, United States

 Sylvie Occelli, IRES – Istituto di Ricerche Economico Sociali del Piemonte, Italy

 Teal Triggs, Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

 Teresa Scassa, University of Ottawa, Canada

 Thomas Bryer, University of Central Florida, United States

 Thomas Thaler, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria

 Titiana Ertio, University of Turku, Finland

 Xun Shi, University of Dartmouth, United States

 Yun Chen, University of Salford, United Kingdom

 Zbigniew Paszkowski, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland

 Zorica Nedovic-Budic, University College Dublin, Ireland

 

List of reviewers in Editorial Preface Vol 6 (4) 2017  ->

 

Reflections on Copy Editing for Journal Manuscripts

A Conversation with Dr.Carlos Nunes Silva: Reflections on Copy Editing for Journal Manuscripts

By eContent Pro on Nov 9, 2017

 

Be realistic; publishers won’t release content that’s error-ridden, sloppy, and poorly written. And for journal editors, well, it’s usually their responsibility to ensure that each manuscript included in upcoming issues has flawless grammar, sophisticated readability, and the accurate use of style and formatting.

“If the content is decisive for acceptance of the manuscript, then the language style is also important both in the review process and later for its potential readers,” says Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of E-Planning Research. Dr. Nunes Silva talked with eContent Pro International about the vital role copy editing plays in the development process of his journal’s manuscripts. Consider his perspectives and advisements:

Q: First, what’s your favorite aspect of being an Editor-in-Chief?

A: Being an Editor-in-Chief (EIC) is time-consuming and requires a substantial amount of work. But, it is worth the effort as it is a challenging, intellectually interesting, and rewarding activity. If I have to mention three or four favorite aspects of being the EIC of the International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), one would certainly to be able to see the journal growing after being founded by me in 2011/2012 and working on a regular basis with members of the Editorial Board and with the staff at IGI Global.

Another favorite aspect is certainly the possibility of keeping in contact with ongoing, ground-breaking research, with new issues and emerging trends in my research field. It’s a rewarding experience to meet and keep in contact with established scholars and rising stars in the new generations of researchers. I feel that being the founder and Editor-in-Chief of a journal in a new and emerging research field—Urban e-Planning—is a contribution to the advancement of science in this field.

Q: How would you describe the writing style that your journal expects from the contributing authors to your journal?

A: I expect a simple and well-structured presentation of the research reported in the article. The reader should be able to clearly identify in the initial sections of the article the research question(s), the theoretical approach, and the methodology. Data analysis and discussion ought to be structured according to the theoretical and methodological approach, all based in relevant bibliographical references. The conclusion must retain the main outcomes of the research presented and shall not be a second abstract (summary).

Q: What approaches do you take in providing constructive feedback to contributing authors pertaining to writing style and copy editing?

A: I recommend professional copy editing for the manuscript. In these cases, I tend to recommend copy editing by an English-native professional. In some cases, I call to attention that a next-door colleague who speaks English well is probably not the best copy editor, and therefore, a professional should be contacted.

Q: How do you handle instances where a manuscript is conceptually sound but in need of major copy editing?

A: It is not accepted until it meets the required copy-editing quality and criteria. It is the author’s responsibility to submit a fully edited manuscript.

Q: In your expert opinion, what role does copy-edited content play in the success of your journal in particular?

A: Although the journal was recently inaugurated, more availability of a copy-editing service associated with the journal certainly has or will have an important role in this journal’s success, as in any other journal.

Q: When it comes to the copy editing of their work, what advice do you have for authors whose native language is a language other than English, or even for those who are native English speakers?

A: Despite the journal’s policy that requires from the authors fully edited manuscripts, I frequently found it necessary to recommend professional copy editing. If the content is decisive for acceptance of the manuscript, the language style is also important both in the review process and later for its potential readers.

I'm persuaded to say that authors seem to be increasingly aware of how important it is to have proper use of the English language, as some refer that the manuscript has been professionally copy edited prior to submission.

Many thanks to the Editor-in-Chief of IJEPR, Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva, for his cooperation and insights

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International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), Vol. 7 (1) January-March 2018

International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR)
Volume 7, Issue 1, January-March 2018
www.igi-global.com/ijepr

Editor-in-Chief: Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Indexed by:  Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), SCOPUS and 12 other Indices
 

Table of Contents: https://www.igi-global.com/journals/abstract-announcement/185327

 

EDITORIAL PREFACE

Urban e-Planning in Theory and Practice - Urban Land, Culture, and Environmental Management

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

RESEARCH ARTICLES

A Concept ‘Vandalised': Seeing and Doing e-Planning in Practice

Amin Y. Kamete (University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Cultural Event Management and Urban e-Planning Through Bottom-Up User Participation

Angelo Corallo (Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy), Anna Trono (Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy), Laura Fortunato (Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy), Francesco Pettinato (Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy), Laura Schina (Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy)

Bridging the Gap Between Strategic Environmental Assessment and Planning: A Geodesign Perspective

Michele Campagna (University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy), Elisabetta Anna Di Cesare (University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy), Andrea Matta (University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy), Matteo Serra (University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy)

Designing an Information Infrastructure for Policy Integration of Spatial Planning and Flood Risk Management

Jing Ran (Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom & School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD, Ireland), Zorica Nedovic-Budic (Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA & School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD, Ireland)

BOOK REVIEW

Markets, Politics, and the Environment: An Introduction to Planning Theory

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

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Trust and Truth in Transparency

 

Trust and Truth in Transparency ->

 

«Peer Review Week is an event that spotlights the importance of the peer review process for scholarly publications. Predatory publishing has become a real threat in the industry, diminishing credibility and putting nearly everything into question. One of the main ways to combat the qualms with predatory publishing and concerns with peer review is transparency. The entire peer review process can be lengthy at times, but it’s imperative to the credibility, reliability and validity of the journal.

Carlos Nunes Silva, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of E-Planning Research, stated his thoughts on the importance of transparency and mentioned how transparency is crucial from start to finish.

“Transparency in the peer review process means to inform about what is behind the editorial decision-making,” says Carlos Nunes Silva. “In other words, to make clear, namely for authors but also for reviewers and ultimately also to readers, how a decision was taken, what exactly was decided and why was the paper accepted or rejected.”

IGI Global follows a strict double-blind peer review process that features many steps along the way, as explained in this peer review video. From the initial assessment by the Editor-in-Chief to the final assessment after the author’s revisions, IGI Global’s eEditorial Discovery online submissions system makes the entire peer review process transparent for authors and reviewers.

The International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) follows the guidelines below:

“After a preliminary assessment by the editor-in-chief, all manuscripts are subject to at least two rounds of reviews by at least three reviewers in each round. These reviewers, members of the editorial board or/and ad-hoc reviewers, are all highly qualified professionals in the respective field. Only a very exceptional manuscript can expect an editorial decision based on just one round of the three review report. The author of a research paper is expected to submit the revised version(s) of the paper along with a list of detailed responses to each point raised by the reviewers. The return of a manuscript to the author(s) for revision does not guarantee acceptance of the manuscript for publication. A decision of acceptance or rejection requires unanimity of the 3 reviewers. If no unanimity is reached after the second round of reviews, an associated editor will produce an additional review report. Based on all these reports, seven or more, a final editorial decision is then taken.”

To further prioritize the importance of transparency, Carlos Nunes Silva and the International Journal of E-Planning Research take it a step further than most journals.

“The application of the IJEPR current peer review policy, which is clearly transparent, is an important condition to keep confidence in the journal. The IJEPR publishes, since its first volume, a list of reviewers in the last issue of each volume (with the name, institutional affiliation, and country of each reviewer). This is indeed an important practice towards opening the editorial decision process by making clear to everyone who took part in the decision-making.”

The publishing industry is at risk of becoming extremely saturated and less credible because of the influx of predatory publishers that will publish anything with a transaction of some monetary value. To continue fighting this, Peer Review week attempts to emphasize the featured role that transparency and peer review play in scholarly literature. IGI Global will continue to enforce a double-blind and transparent peer review process and establish itself as a reputable, credible publisher in the scholarly industry.

You can join the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #PeerRevWk17.

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IGI Global would like to thank Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva for contributing his thoughts on the importance of transparency in peer review. »

Winners of the Ninth Annual Excellence in Research Journal Awards - 2016

Honoring the Best Articles From the 2016 Volume Year

IGI Global Announces the Winners of the Ninth Annual Excellence in Research Journal Awards

By IGI Global on Aug 28, 2017

Recent Progress in Online Communication Tools for Urban Planning: A Comparative Study of Polish and German Municipalities
Featured in International Journal of E-Planning Research,(IJEPR) 5(1), written by Lukasz Damurski (Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland).


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International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), Volume 6, Issue 4, October-December 2017

International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR)
Volume 6, Issue 4, October-December 2017
www.igi-global.com/ijepr

Editor-in-Chief: Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Indexed by: SCOPUS and 13 other Indices

Table of Contents: https://www.igi-global.com/journals/abstract-announcement/158733

 

Editorial Preface - Online Indicator Tools, Social Media, and the Gamification of Citizen Participation in Urban Planning
Carlos Nunes Silva (Universidade de Lisboa, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Lisbon, Portugal)

Operationalising Sustainability within Smart Cities: Towards an Online Sustainability Indicator Tool

Conor Mark Dowling (Future Analytics, Dublin, Ireland), Stephen Diarmuid Walsh (Future Analytics, Dublin, Ireland), Stephen M Purcell (Future Analytics, Dublin, Ireland), William M Hynes (Future Analytics, Dublin, Ireland), Mary Lee Rhodes (Trinity College, Business School, Dublin, Ireland)

Social Media Data Analysis in Urban e-Planning

Pilvi Nummi (Aalto University, School of Engineering, Department of Built Environment, Espoo, Finland)

City Makers: Insights on the Development of a Serious Game to Support Collective Reflection and Knowledge Transfer in Participatory Processes

Teodora Iulia Constantinescu (Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium), Oswald Devisch (Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium), Georgi Kostov (Playful Interactive Environments Research Center, Hagenberg, Austria)

Improving Urban Planning Information, Transparency and Participation in Public Administrations

Beatriz Santos (Technical University of Madrid, Urban and Spatial Planning Department, Zaragoza, Spain)

BOOK REVIEW
 

Geomedia: Networked Cities and the Future of Public Space

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

2nd Annual IJEPR Conference

 Carlos Nunes Silva discusses the events of the 2nd Annual IJEPR Conference

2nd Annual IJEPR Conference

By ColbyConway on May 26, 2017

«Following the successful first IJEPR Conference in 2016, the 2nd IJEPR Annual Conference on ‘Urban e-Planning’ was held at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning in the University of Lisbon on April 20 and 21. Convened by Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva, Editor-in-Chief of IGI Global’s International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), this conference confirmed the relevance and usefulness of an annual international meeting on this emerging and rapidly changing field.

“The main goal of the IJEPR Annual Conference is to provide a forum for the critical discussion of new perspectives, approaches, methods, and tools in the field of Urban e-Planning,” says Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva. “The IJEPR Annual Conference aims to explore and to discuss recent developments, emerging issues and future challenges in the field of urban e-planning across the world.”

Participants in the conference were required to present a paper to the conference. A selection of these papers will be published in an upcoming issue of IJEPR in 2018.

“The 2nd IJEPR Conference had nearly 90 participants, a little over the number of last year,” says Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva.

Those at the conference, held at the Rectorate Building at Lisbon University's Main Campus, remained pretty busy. The work began at 8:30 in the morning, and lasted until the end of the afternoon. You can see the program here.

The program was organized around the following themes:

• The Governance and Planning of Smart Cities
• Citizens e-Participation & Community Engagement
• Collaborative Urban Planning: Sharing, Hactivism and Social Criticism
• The Inter-Relatedness of Real and Virtual in Urban e-Planning

“The final program included 63 papers effectively presented, written by nearly 150 authors from 22 countries, and was structured in 14 sessions, of which 1 plenary meeting and 13 parallel panels, besides the welcome and closing sessions,” explains Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva.

Are there plans in store for a 3rd Annual IJEPR Conference in 2018? There sure are.

“We plan to continue in 2018 the exploration of new perspectives, approaches, methods, and tools in the field of Urban e-Planning,” says Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva. “The next IJEPR Annual Conference will also continue to be a place for research networking in the broad field of Urban e-Planning.”

If you would like to see photos from the conference last month, please click here.

To stay current with the latest information about the 3rd Annual IJEPR Conference, monitor the conference’s website.

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IGI Global would like to thank Dr. Carlos Nunes Silva for sharing this information about the IJEPR Conference. »

International Journal of E-Planning Research, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2017

 

International Journal of E-Planning Research

Volume 6, Issue 3, 2017

www.igi-global.com/ijepr

Editor-in-Chief: Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Table of Contents: http://www.igi-global.com/journals/abstract-announcement/158732

 
EDITORIAL PREFACE

 

Citizen e-Participation, Community Engagement, and Online Decision Support to Enhance Resilience of Urban Projects

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)

ARTICLES 

 

Citizen e-Participation in Urban Planning: Achievements and Future Challenges in a Mediterranean City
Teresa Graziano (University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy)

 

Design Patterns for Integrating Digitally Augmented Pop-ups with Community Engagement

Joel Fredericks (The University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture Design and Planning, Camperdown, Australia), Martin Tomitsch (The University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture Design and Planning, Camperdown, Australia), Laura Stewart (Aurecon Australia, Neutral Bay, Australia)

Operationalising Resilience within Planning Practice: Towards an Online Decision Support Model
Aoife Doyle (Dublin Institute of Technology / Future Analytics Consulting, Dublin, Ireland), William Hynes (Future Analytics Consulting, Dublin, Ireland), Ehiaze Ehimen (Future Analytics Consulting, Dublin, Ireland), Stephen M. Purcell (Future Analytics Consulting, Dublin, Ireland), Jon Coaffee (University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom), Jonathan Clarke (University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom), Peadar Davis (Ulster University, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom) 

BOOK REVIEWS 

Planning Cultures and Histories

Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal) 

 

International Manual of Planning Practice
Carlos Nunes Silva (Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)