Collaborating Journals
(Special Issues)
Lille – France | 3rd to 5th November
Updated and expanded versions of the best papers from the Proceedings will be recommended for submission and peer review for consideration for publication in Automation in Construction, an international research journal published by Elsevier.
Automation in Construction is an international journal for the publication of original research papers. The journal publishes refereed material on all aspects pertaining to the use of Information Technologies in Design, Engineering, Construction Technologies, and Maintenance and Management of Constructed Facilities.
The scope of Automation in Construction is broad, encompassing all stages of the construction life cycle from initial planning and design, through construction of the facility, its operation and maintenance, to the eventual dismantling and recycling of buildings and engineering structures.
The Journal of Information Technology in Construction (ITcon) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal on the use of IT in architecture, civil engineering and facility management. ITcon articles are submitted and published electronically only. The Journal is committed to minimizing publication delays, and to promoting maximum flexibility in the ways that readers use the journal for teaching, research, and scholarship while maintaining strict peer-review standards.
Journal of Information Technology in Construction is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of Open Access.
ITcon has its origins in the working commission W78 (Information Technology for Construction) of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), which has also been the official publisher of the journal since 2005. In 2005 the IT-AEC journal merged with ITcon, further strengthening the journal’s base of editors and reviewers. Professor Bo-Christer Björk was editor-in-chief from the launch of the journal until the end of 2010. Professor Žiga Turk was editor-in-chief from the end of 2010 to 2012. The current editor-in-chief is Professor Robert Amor.
It is estimated that by 2050, 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. The urban centres of the future will need to be adaptable in the face of global climate change, sustainable in their use of resources and technologies, and governed in ways which are accountable to their citizens.
Urbanization, Sustainability and Society (USS) publishes research at the nexus of built physical environment of urban areas and those communities who live, impact and develop the social fabric of urbanization. The journal is aligned with United Nations SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Technical aspects of urbanisation (such as infrastructure development, energy use and resources, smart technologies) are within the scope of the journal but the social impact of the technical aspects must be discussed within submissions.
A selection of articles will be drawn up by the scientific committee and will be included in a complete chapter of a book published by the editor.