Author Guidelines

J. Sport Mov. Sci. is an international, open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes Original Research Articles, Review Articles, and Letters to the Editor in all fields of sport and movement sciences.

All manuscripts must be submitted through the online submission system.

Only manuscripts that have not been previously published in whole or in part in another journal are considered for publication.

Manuscripts may be submitted in Turkish or English (English abstract is mandatory for Turkish submissions).

Copyright and Author Responsibilities

Upon acceptance, the copyright of the manuscript is transferred to the Publisher.
A Copyright Transfer Form, signed by all authors, must be uploaded at submission.

Ethical responsibility for research rests entirely with the author(s).

After submission, adding, removing, or reordering authors is not permitted.

All authors must provide a valid ORCID ID.
ORCID registration: https://orcid.org/

Peer-Review Process

The journal employs a double-blind peer-review system.

Manuscripts deemed suitable by the editor are sent to anonymous reviewers.

The review process typically takes 1–3 months.

Manuscripts outside the journal scope or not conforming to author guidelines may be desk-rejected by the editor without peer review.

Research and Publication Ethics

The journal adheres to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Principles and the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) standards throughout all editorial processes.

Research Ethics

  • Ethical approval is mandatory for studies involving human participants or animals.
  • Ethical approval information must be stated under the Ethics Approval section at the end of the manuscript (not in the Methods section).
  • Written informed consent must be obtained from human participants.
  • Compliance with national regulations on personal data protection must be ensured.

Publication Ethics

  • Plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, duplicate submission, or other unethical practices are strictly prohibited.
  • Submitting the same work to more than one journal simultaneously constitutes an ethical violation.
  • All listed authors must have made scientific contributions to the study.
  • Any potential conflicts of interest must be clearly disclosed.
  • Authors are responsible for ensuring accurate, transparent, and verifiable reporting of data.

Handling Ethical Misconduct

In cases of suspected misconduct, editors follow COPE flowcharts to conduct an investigation.
If an ethical violation is confirmed, the manuscript is removed from the review process or retracted if already published.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts must comply with the official template:

Required Information in the Main Manuscript

Author information must appear at the beginning of the main manuscript.

The following details are required:

  • Manuscript title
  • Author names
  • Institutional affiliations
  • Email addresses
  • ORCID IDs
  • Corresponding author information

Manuscript Structure

The main text should be organized as follows:

  1. Title and Author Information
  2. Abstract
  3. Keywords
  4. Introduction
  5. Materials and Methods
  6. Results
  7. Discussion and Conclusion
  8. Acknowledgments (if any)
  9. Funding
  10. Conflict of Interest
  11. Ethics Approval
  12. Author Contributions
  13. References

Abstract

  • 150–300 words
  • Should include the study purpose, brief methodology, key findings, and conclusions.

Keywords

  • 3–4 keywords
  • Listed in alphabetical order

Materials and Methods

This section should describe in detail:

  • Research design
  • Sample characteristics
  • Measurement tools
  • Data collection procedures
  • Statistical analysis methods

Note: Ethics approval details are not included here; they must appear under Ethics Approval at the end of the manuscript.

Results

Results should be presented clearly without interpretation.

Discussion and Conclusion

The discussion should highlight new and important findings.
The conclusions should be presented in a separate paragraph.

Tables and Figures

All graphical elements should be labeled as Figures.

Each table and figure must have a title and number.

A maximum of five tables is allowed.

Vertical lines should not be used in tables.

Footnotes may be added when necessary.

Additional Sections

Conflict of Interest

All authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
If none: “The authors declare no conflict of interest for this study.”

Ethics Approval

Ethics approval must be clearly stated here.

Example:
“This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of ……… University (Date: …; No: …). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.”

Author Contributions

All authors’ contributions must be transparently declared.

Example format:

  • Study Design: A.A., B.B.
  • Data Collection: C.C., D.D.
  • Analysis: A.A., C.C.
  • Writing – Original Draft: A.A.
  • Writing – Review & Editing: B.B., D.D.
  • Approval: All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

References

References must be listed in alphabetical order by the authors’ surnames (APA 7)..
In-text citations should follow this format: (e.g., Aktaş, 2017; Hinman, 2000).

Plagiarism Policy

A plagiarism/similarity report is mandatory.
The maximum acceptable similarity rate is 20%.