V!RUS Journal

About the Journal

V!RUS is an open-access scientific journal (ISSN 2175-974X) published once a year by Nomads.usp, the Center for Interactive Living Studies of the Post-graduate Studies Program in Architecture and Urbanism, Institute of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is currently ranked as A3 class by the Brazilian QUALIS system, on a scale from A1 to B5.

V!RUS aims to be a locus of reflection and interlocution about contemporary topics related to the building, the city, and the society. It seeks to stimulate emerging ideas in various disciplinary fields, such as Architecture, Urban Studies, Design, Art, Cinema, Computer Science, Communication, Social, Political and Environmental Sciences, and Cultural Studies, among others, in a dialogue with Nomads.usp research subjects.

The journal only accepts submissions in response to thematic calls, published periodically on its website, on social media and through emails to research associations, postgraduate programs, and researchers from Brazil and abroad.

V!RUS Journal is an open-access journal. It only targets academic communication with no commercial interest and is shared under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Both publishing services and access to all published content are free of charge. The journal does not charge any fees for publishing articles or the services it provides, nor pays for contributions.