About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Arcos Design aims to open space for studies and scientific research from various areas, provided they are relevant and they benefit design in its different fields of knowledge.

Peer Review Process

Calls for papers are announced to the publication’s mailing list, in ESDI’s newsletter SINAL, and with the collaboration of other design graduate programs.

The relevance for the publication will be determined exclusively by the editors, according to evaluations by members of the Editorial Board or other ad hoc reviewers to be determined.

The submission of a paper implies immediate and free of charge transfer of publishing rights to the magazine, which will have the rights to publish exclusively and firsthand any submitted text. The author will retain copyrights and is free to publish the article in other journals after its publication in Arcos Design.

Arcos Design accepts articles in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Articles that follow the “instructions for authors” and fit the editorial policies of the journal will be sent to evaluation. In order to be published, the article must be approved in the following three phases:

Pre-analysis: Evaluation is made by Editors, based on originality, pertinence, academic quality and relevance of the article for the field of design.

Peer review: The article will be sent to two reviewers. In case there is discordance related to approval, it will be sent to a third reviewer for the final position. The positions should be issued according to the evaluation sheet provided by the journal.

Writing/style: The technical reading of texts and uniformity of journal’s style standards complete the evaluation process.

Anonymity is guaranteed during the entire process of evaluation and rejected articles that present the possibility of reformulation may be submitted again as new work, initiating a new evaluation process.

Open Access Policy

This publication offers free immediate access to its content, following the principle of making scientific knowledge available to the public free of charge in order to support a larger worldwide democratization of knowledge.

Journal History

Established in 1998, Arcos Design has published three consecutive issues in its printed version. In January 2009, after the launch of ESDI’s Master of Design program, the journal was relaunched in its online version, keeping its biannual periodicity. In 2013, Arcos Design joined UERJ’s Portal of E-publications and started publishing in the SEER online platform. Besides full research papers and review articles, we publish summaries of theses and dissertations, scientific reports and interviews with professionals and researchers in the design field.