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2017: FUP IS DOC!

A very good year for Firenze University Press Open Access Journals

It has been a very successful year for FUP Journals, with several remarkable achievements that enhanced their standing and their capacity to communicate knowledge and ideas to researchers throughout the world.
The recent recognition of the high scientific profile of Aestimum and Aisthesis resulted in their inclusion in Scopus: an extraordinary step forward! This important milestone ensures that articles published in those journals are easily found when searching for land economics and aesthetics literature and enables authors to keep track of how often their articles have been cited by others.

Phytopathologia Mediterranea, in the category ‘Agronomy”, is one of the most relevant Open Access journals in the world: it is ranked as the third highest journals among the Open Access journals in its category. According to the Journal Citation Reports®, published by Thomson Reuters in June 2017, the new Impact Factor of Phyto is 1.255. Compared to last year, the IF has increased by 20,44%. Since 2017 it is a certified member of ReviewerCredits, that keeps track of all the performed reviews, assigns an index and gives tangible rewards.

Also Acta Herpetolgica has increased its Impact Factor by 30,80% and the 5-Year Impact Factor by 7,28%. It is ranked as the 12th highest among the Open Access journals in the category 'Zoology' in the world.

According to Scopus, Techne - in the category ‘Architecture” - is now the most distinguished journal in Italy and it is ranked 5th highest among the Open Access journals in the world for this category.

Aestimum, Aisthesis, Annali di Storia di Firenze, Cromohs, Lea, Phytopathologia, Reti Medievali, Scrineum and Storia delle donne, have been awarded the DOAJ SEAL. The DOAJ only awards the SEAL only to journals that comply with an extraordinary high level of publishing standards and best practice. We are so proud for such acknowledgement!

And last but not least, Substantia, our newborn journal, has exceeded all expectations, getting over 24.000 downloads in less than six months!

Our 42 peer reviewed journals are indexed in top level scientific indexing services or directories, such as Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed Central, ESCII, ERIH, DOAJ. Our cellars are OPEN every day from 00.00 to 24.00. Our production department is available for "journal tasting"
Please come into appreciate our great 'DOC' journals!

by Alessandro Pierno

I Balcani occidentali tra romanico e bizantino

Filipovic, A. Edited by: Alberti, A.; Romoli, F.

This volume focuses on the ecclesiastical architecture of 12th-century Nemaniad origins (Mother of God, Saint Nicholas and Saint George) by examining the layout preferences of the client and the workforce of diverse cultural backgrounds. The author discusses the monuments' construction techniques as a primary instrument for shaping space by taking into consideration the visual effects of the domed space of Romanesque architecture as diametrically opposed to architectural elements present in the Byzantine world. The analysis of the different construction phases of the churches considered is carried out based on archival documents, on a survey carried out in the field, and a reconstruction of their realities within a historical context. What emerges in this analysis is that a regional architecture’s selection choices for construction should not be understood as an either-or scenario between Byzantium and the West, but rather as the result of a synthesis of different local architectural traditions that comes to fruition in Medieval Serbia.

Questo volume affronta il tema dell’architettura ecclesiastica delle fondazioni nemanidi del XII secolo (Madre di Dio, San Nicola, San Giorgio) studiando le scelte progettuali della committenza e di maestranze di differente provenienza culturale. Le tecniche costruttive dei monumenti sono viste come strumento capace di plasmare lo spazio, tenendo presente che l’effetto visuale dello spazio cupolato nel mondo romanico è diametralmente opposto rispetto a quello presente nel mondo bizantino. Per realizzare questa ricerca sono state analizzate le diverse fasi costruttive di alcune chiese sulla base di documenti d’archivio e sui rilievi effettuati sul campo, tenendo conto del contesto storico. Ne emerge in conclusione che le manifestazioni costruttive di questa architettura regionale non vanno intese come una contrapposizione fra Bisanzio e l’Occidente, ma rappresentano piuttosto la sintesi originale di diverse tradizioni architettoniche affermatasi nella Serbia medievale.