Accreditation
Author Guidelines
Submissions are only accepted that match the profile of the journal, have not been submitted for print in another journal, and if the author (or team of authors) holds all copyrights for the submitted manuscript. The author accepts full responsibility for the originality of the work, for its scientific and formal accuracy. Redundant publication, the inappropriate division of study outcomes into more than one article (salami slicing), may result in rejection or a request to merge submitted manuscripts, and the correction of published articles. The journal does not support duplicate publication - submitting the same study to two journals or publishing more or less the same study in two journals. Physical Education and Sports: Studies and Research does not accept articles that have been shared as preprints.
The journal publishes research papers (original research and case studies) and reviews (review papers and protocols) in the fields of physical education, physical rehabilitation, and sports training. All submissions are peer-reviewed by two independent reviewers (double-blind).
Manuscripts, written in English, have to be submitted electronically using our Electronic Submission System. To submit a manuscript, authors must register as an Author in the system first. Manuscript must be written in good and clear English, free of grammatical and spelling mistakes.
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The manuscript should be submitted in three separate files: 1. title page; 2. main text including tables and figures; 3. checklist (research reporting guideline relevant for the type of the manuscript).
1. The title page should contain
- Title of the paper. The title should not contain abbreviations.
- The full name of the authors
- The author's institutional affiliations.
- Email addresses of all authors.
- Corresponding author´s contact address, email address, and telephone number.
- Ethical aspects and Conflict of interest Statement
- Acknowledgements
- Author contributions
- ORCID
2. The main text file should contain
- Title
- Abstract
- Key words
- Text of the article according to the provided structure (Introduction, Aim, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion)
- References
- Tables and images
Tables should be understandable without reference to the text. Tables should not duplicate information contained in the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: a, b, c, d, should be used (in that order), and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Tables should be a part of the main text.
3. Checklist
The author selects the appropriate checklist form for the article type from the table of Research Reporting Guidelines (download below).
All files should be submitted as Word documents; other formats will not be accepted. The names of authors should NOT be included in the main text file. Please follow the guidelines required for anonymous peer review. Submissions will be registered with the date they are received in electronic form by the editor.
Publication Ethics Policy
The PESSR strives to ensure the highest quality in published manuscripts in the fields of physical education, physical rehabilitation, and sports training through a double-blind peer-review process. To ensure such quality, the peer-review process must be objective, accurate, and fair – grounded in the ethical principles and ethical decision-making of authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers.
Ethical Principles of Publishing
When reporting experiments on patients or animals, please indicate whether the procedures followed were approved by your local ethics committee and/or in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, as revised in 2013.
Conflict of Interest
At the end of the text, under a subheading „Ethical aspects and conflict of interest“, all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
Acknowledgements
Authors should mention all funding sources.
Author contributions
Each person who contributed to the manuscript should be listed. Any person who cannot be shown to have made a substantial contribution to the article cannot be listed as an author in the final version. A substantive contribution includes one or more of the following: Conception and design (YNH, AH), data collection (YNH, AH), data analysis and interpretation (KP, AH), manuscript draft (YNH, AH, KP), critical review of the manuscript (YNH, AH, KP), final approval of the manuscript ((YNH, AH, KP).
Author’s Contribution
A – Research concept and design
B – Collection and/or assembly of data
C – Data analysis and interpretation
D – Writing the article
E – Critical revision of the article
F – Final approval of article
ORCID
The PESSR requires the authors to provide an ORCID iD (a persistent digital identifier) which distinguishes the author from every other researcher.
Copyright and Licence
Prior to publication of the manuscript, the authors conclude a license to publish. Author(s) contributing to Physical Education and Sports: Studies and Research agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Manuscript Types Accepted
All submitted manuscripts should include the title of the manuscript written in capital letters, and include a structured abstract in the range 150–200 words (aim, design, methods, results, conclusion) five to eight key words, and the body of the text (3,000–5,000 words) using the following structure:
Original papers – empirical study
- Introduction
- Aim
- Methods (Design, Sample, Data collection, Data analysis)
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References (alphabetical order)
- Tables and images
For quantitative studies, inferential statistical data processing is required. Common techniques from descriptive and inferential statistics should be used to evaluate empirical data, depending on the type of data and the level of measurement.
Review articles
- Introduction
- Aim/s
- Methods (Eligibility criteria, Search strategy, Study selection inc. PRISMA flow diagram, Evaluation of quality of articles, Data extraction)
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References (alphabetical order)
- Tables and images
The manuscript should follow the PRISMA Checklist and flow diagram.
Opinion / Perspective
Opinion or Perspective articles present scholarly viewpoints, critical analyses, conceptual arguments, or future directions related to the journal’s scope. These manuscripts do not necessarily report original empirical data but must be grounded in relevant scientific literature and logical reasoning.
All submitted manuscripts must include the title written in capital letters and a structured abstract (150–200 words). The manuscript length should range from 1,500–2,500 words (excluding references).
Structure:
Introduction
Aim or Purpose of the Perspective
Main Text (may include conceptual framework, critical analysis, theoretical discussion, policy implications, or future directions)
Conclusion
References (alphabetical order)
Tables and images (if applicable)
Additional Notes:
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A formal Methods section is not required unless the article includes analytical procedures.
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Authors must ensure arguments are supported by relevant and up-to-date references.
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Empirical data collection is not required.
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Subheadings within the main text are allowed and encouraged for clarity.
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If applicable, include Conflict of Interest, Funding, and Data Availability statements.
Research Reporting Guidelines
We strongly encourage authors to comply with the reporting guidelines relevant to their submissions. The table below provides information about guidelines for different study types.
Manuscript Format and Structure
Authors are responsible for the originality of the work, its objective accuracy, and formal correctness. Manuscripts must be formatted using Times New Roman font, size 12, in a normal text style and be single-spaced. Pages are not to be numbered. Bold or italicized writing is to be used as little as possible.
Tables and figures
The maximum number of tables and figures for a single manuscript is five. All tables and figures must be contained in the same file as the main text, numbered and titled. Each table and figure must be referred to in the manuscript text. Tables must be in MS Word format and placed at the end of the manuscript (below the References section). The font sizes are 10 for table text, 10 for table titles, and 8 (italics) for legends below the tables. Data in tables must be consistent with the text. A table must not exceed one page. See an example of table format.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations are to be used as little as possible. When used for the first time, they must be written out in full.
Statistical data
Statistical data must be described using appropriate formatting (symbols, abbreviations) as in the examples.
References
References should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). The document must contain accurate and complete bibliographic references for all quotations used. APA Style uses the author-date citation system. The reference in the text must include the author’s last name and year of publication (Antonová, 2018; Bužgová & Nečková, 2019, p. 1088).
The basic in-text citation style
| Author type | Parenthetical citation | Narrative citation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One author | Willis, 2019 | Willis (2019) | |
| Two authors | Bužgová & Nečková, 2019 | Bužgová and Nečková (2019) | |
| Three or more authors | Nelissen et al., 2019 | Nelissen et al. (2019) | |
| Group author with abbreviation | First citation | (World Health Organization [WHO], 2020) | World Health Organization (WHO, 2020) |
| Subsequent citation | (WHO, 2020) | (WHO, 2020) | |
| Group author without abbreviation | (McMaster University, 2020) | McMaster University (2020) | |
A complete reference list, including all citations, must be provided at the end of the document and include only literature referenced in the text. References are listed in alphabetical order by the last author´s name and must not be numbered. References must include sufficient information to retrieve source material. Multiple references by different authors (e.g., Lesser et al., 2015; Minarik, 2011; Oliverius, 2003) must be ordered alphabetically. Multiple references by the same author (e.g., Smith, 2010; 2012) must be in chronological order. For references not uniquely identified by the author’s name and year, use a letter after the year (e.g. Willis, 2019a; Willis, 2019b).
A sample of the most common entries in reference lists appears below.
For a work with up to 20 authors, include all of the names in the reference. When the work has 21 or more authors, include only the first 19 names, an ellipsis, and the final name.
For more information about APA referencing style, please refer to the APA.
