All steps of the process of review, evaluation and publication of articles on SOffeh are free.

Soffeh is the specialist publication of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University. First published in summer 1990, it is recognised as a scientific-research grade publication by the MSRT. Initiated as a biannual, it is currently published quarterly since the beginning of its third decade. It studies the past and present architecture and urbanism, nationally and worldwide, and has been a reference for scholars interested in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design, project and construction management, post-disaster reconstruction, restoration and historical studies of architecture. The journal has been available and indexed in an electronic format for quite a few years now. We are also honoured to be awarded the title ‘the best art publication’ in the fourth High-Profile Researchers’ Festival, and looking forward to further future achievements.

Soffeh also a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

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

Soffeh is licensed under a " Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)" 

Having an ORCID identifier is mandatory for all authors. You can register at https://orcid.org/register.