About us

Locke Science is an academic publisher with a long-standing commitment to advancing scholarship in the built environment and related disciplines. Since 1984, Locke Science has published the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (JAPR), supporting rigorous, peer-reviewed work in architecture, planning, and environmental design. Building on this legacy and responding to emerging research needs, Locke Science expanded its portfolio in 2023 with the launch of two new peer-reviewed titles: the Journal of Management and Planning Research (JMPR) and the Journal of Urban Development and Smart Cities (JUDSC)—broadening its mission to include management and planning research as well as interdisciplinary smart city and urban development studies.

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Our Mission

Locke Science is committed to advancing high-quality, peer-reviewed research that strengthens knowledge and practice in architecture, planning, management, and urban development. Our mission is to provide trusted scholarly platforms that promote academic integrity, methodological rigor, and interdisciplinary collaboration, while ensuring that published work contributes meaningful insight for researchers, professionals, and policymakers working to shape more sustainable, resilient, and well-planned communities.

Rigorous Peer Review

Providing a trusted foundation for high-quality research in architecture and management.

Collaborative Platforms

Promoting the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between researchers and policymakers.

Purposeful Impact

Transforming scholarly knowledge into actionable insights for well-planned, resilient societies.

Our Journals

Latest Published Articles

Space Efficiency in Slender Supertall Towers

Hüseyin Emre Ilgın1
1School of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, Tampere University, P.O. Box 600, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland

The First Russian Cinema in Anatolia: Karakurt Cin...

Rabia Kaçdi1, Fatma Zehra Çakıcı2
1Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Atatürk University, Türkiye
2Department of Architecture, Atatürk University, Türkiye

Building Height Modulates Optimal Plaza Scale: A V...

Wen Lu1, Jian Zhang1, Ning Li1
1Beijing Historical Building Protection Engineering Technology Research Center, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

A Non-formal Architectural Education to Discuss th...

Güneş Mutlu Avinç1, Ayşenur Coşkun2, Semra Arslan Selçuk3
1Department of Architecture, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
2Department of Architecture, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, Department of Architecture, Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey.
3Department of Architecture, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

Good governance as a strategic approach to achievi...

Bushara Ahmed Sheabo Arees1, Anwar Yousif Attaelmanan2
1Associate Professor of Public Administration, AL-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2Associate Professor of Development Sociology Faculty of Administration Sciences and Economics, University of Al-Butana – Sudan

The source and the imagination: The role of the vi...

Pinar Koç-Tuztaşi1, Uğur Tuztaşi1
1Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Architecture, Fine Arts and Design, Sivas, Turkey

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