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Author Guidelines

The Journal of Human Sport and Exercise is an international publication in English. It features papers related to physical education, sports physiology, sports medicine and traumatology, sports psychology, and any other areas directly related to physical education and sport.

All contributions must be original and be directly related to education and sport, or serve as the basis for future application to research in such areas. All papers shall be reviewed by the journal’s editorial panel, which will consider quality, clarity, style and relevance of the work as regards the goals and purposes of the journal. In any case, final decisions on publication, be it total or partial, will be made by the editorial board.

Papers may take the form of editorials, original papers, review articles, technical notes, new technologies, special articles and letters to the editor.

  • Original papers. Original contributions on a specific topic, with a maximum of 20 pages and no more than 60 references. The manuscript shall have the following layout: introduction, summary, keywords, materials and methodology, results, discussion and conclusions.
  • Review articles. Based on a critical examination of the literature, analyzing the various approaches to a specific topic, with a maximum of 25 pages and no more than 100 references.
  • Technical notes. Description of new techniques or modifications to the already existing ones, with a maximum of 10 pages and no more than 30 references.
  • New technologies. Critical review of new equipment, with a maximum of 10 pages and no more than 30 references. The manuscript shall have the following layout: introduction, summary, keywords, materials and methodology, results, discussion and conclusions.
  • Special articles. Historical reviews, teaching methodology and legal or financial topics related to physical education and sport, with a maximum of 10 pages and no more than 30 references.
  • Letters to the editor. Brief opinions on contributions published in edudeporte or current issues. Letters should not exceed two pages and 5 references.

 

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Submitting an Article in OJS

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. Complete the Revision Sheet and email it back to the editorial office when you are sending the final version of your paper.

  2. Ensure that all authors' names, including their first and last names, and full contact details (including the centre where work was done, postal address, email, telephone and fax numbers) are listed.

  3. Ensure that the corresponding author is clearly marked.

  4. Send email with an electronic version of your paper saved either as a Word or .rtf file, or using a programme convertible by Word. (Please visit the Instructions to Authors section of our website for details on preparing figures

  5. Ensure that your paper conforms fully to our style requirements - please visit the Instructions to Authors section of our website for full details on preparing your manuscript

  6. Double check that your references are complete and accurate, and that their format conforms to our style requirements.

  7. Double check that all tables and figures are correctly labelled, and that the numbers add up.

  8. Provide a running head

  9. Provide a list of keywords

  10. Provide an abstract

 

Copyright Notice

Journal of Human Sport & Exercise

Creative Commons License

This title is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

JHSE require authors to agree to Copyright Notice as part of the submission process.

Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving

Author's Pre-print: green tick author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)
Author's Post-print: green tick author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing)
Publisher's Version/PDF: green tick author can archive publisher's version/PDF

Further information:

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Competing Interests

Biomedical journals typically require authors and reviewers to declare if they have any competing interests with regard to their research (see PLoS Policy).

JHSE require authors to agree to Copyright Notice as part of the submission process.

 


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