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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration by another journal.
  • The submission file corresponds to the complete manuscript and is provided in an editable format (Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or RTF), using the official TRP-21 template.
  • The submission complies with all the requirements set out in the journal’s Author Guidelines.
  • The manuscript is presented in a clear and readable format, respecting the editorial style of TRP-21 and the specified citation standards.
  • Figures and tables are properly integrated into the text, correctly numbered, titled, and referenced.
  • References follow the APA 7th edition format.
  • DOIs or URLs have been included in the references whenever available.
  • The submitted file does not contain any author-identifying information (name, affiliation, ORCID, acknowledgements, or document metadata), in order to ensure blind peer review.
  • Author information (full name, institutional affiliation, and corresponding author’s email address) has been entered exclusively through the submission platform.
  • Submitting a manuscript to TRP-21 implies acceptance of the journal’s Declaration of originality and authorship and its editorial policies.

Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

TRP-21 – Teoría en Relación Proyectual is an open-access scientific journal oriented toward research and critical reflection on the impact of digital technologies on design, architecture, art, and contemporary project-based practices. The journal adopts an interdisciplinary and experimental approach, with particular attention to emerging processes, advanced project methodologies, and digital systems applied to knowledge production.

TRP-21 publishes original academic articles that fall within the scope of the journal and provide relevant theoretical, methodological, or project-based reflections on digital systems, computational models, material culture, and contemporary processes of transformation.

Submission and Acceptance of Manuscripts

The journal accepts original works written in Spanish or English that have not been previously published and are not under evaluation by other journals.

All submissions are initially reviewed by the editorial team to assess their relevance to the objectives, focus, and scope of TRP-21. Manuscripts that pass this preliminary review are then subjected to a double peer-review process under a blind review modality.

As a result of the evaluation process, authors may receive a concise report summarizing the reviewers’ observations, highlighting the strengths of the manuscript and, where applicable, indicating the corrections or modifications required for acceptance.

The editorial team will communicate the final decision (acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection) within a maximum period of three months from the receipt of the manuscript.

The editorial team reserves the right to reject submissions that do not meet minimum standards of academic quality, argumentative clarity, methodological rigor, or coherence with the journal’s editorial line.

Prior to submission, authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary permissions to reproduce any material included in the manuscript (images, graphics, tables, or other copyrighted content). All authors identified in the submission must have given their consent to be listed as such. When applicable, the research must have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee or equivalent body, in accordance with the regulations in force in the country where the study was conducted.

Formatting Guidelines

Manuscripts must be submitted in Word format (.docx), using exclusively the official TRP-21 template.

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Articles

- The total length of articles must be between 5,000 and 10,000 words, including notes and references.

- Each article must include:

• Title in Spanish and English
• Abstract in Spanish (150–250 words)
• Keywords in Spanish (4–5)
• Abstract in English (150–250 words)
• Keywords in English (4–5)

- The main body of the text must have a length between 4,000 and 8,000 words and follow the structure proposed in the template (Introduction, Theoretical Framework, Methodology, Development/Results and Discussion, Conclusions).

- Figures and tables must be integrated into the text, properly numbered, titled, and referenced, and must also be submitted as separate files in adequate quality for publication (minimum resolution 300 dpi).

- References must strictly follow the APA 7th edition format.

- Manuscripts must not be graphically designed or pre-formatted; final layout and typesetting will be carried out by the journal after acceptance.

- To ensure blind review, authors must remove from the main file any information that could identify them (name, affiliation, ORCID, acknowledgements, and document metadata). Author information must be entered exclusively through the submission platform.

Reviews

Reviews must have a maximum length of 3,000 words. They must follow the same formal guidelines regarding title, abstract, and keywords established for articles.

To ensure blind review, the submitted file must not include any information that could identify the authors. Author information must be entered exclusively through the submission platform.

Final Considerations

Submitting a manuscript to TRP-21 implies acceptance of these guidelines and of the journal’s editorial policies. Authors are solely responsible for the content of their work and for the correct citation of all sources used.

Artículos

The Articles section publishes original research papers that contribute to critical and theoretical discussions on design, architecture, art, and digital technologies. Submissions may address conceptual, methodological, or applied research, including computational design, parametric systems, prefabrication and digital fabrication processes, bio-inspired approaches, and investigations into the relationships between biology, materiality, and project-based practices. All submissions to this section are subject to peer review and must comply with the academic and ethical standards of the publication.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain the copyright of the works submitted to and published in TRP-21 and grant the journal the right of first publication. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits copying, distribution, public communication, reproduction, and transformation of the contents, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author and the original source of publication.

Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate and reuse their works in institutional repositories, academic platforms, and other media, provided that reference is made to the original publication in TRP-21 and that the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license are respected.

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Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by the journal and will not be made available to third parties or used for purposes other than editorial management and academic communication.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by the journal, related to editorial management, communication with authors, reviewers, and readers, and the notification of publications.

Under no circumstances will these data be shared with third parties or used for commercial purposes or for activities unrelated to the academic mission of the journal.