About the Journal


Journal title Jurnal Keolahragaan
Initials JK
Abbreviation J. Keolahragaan
Frequency Biannually (April & September)
DOI Prefix 10.21831 by
ISSN 2339-0662 (Print) | 2461-0259 (Online)
Editor-in-chief Ahmad Nasrulloh
Publisher Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
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Jurnal Keolahragaan is a journal published by Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta twice a year, April and September.

The journal publishes research and review articles as well as book reviews on various aspects of the sports and exercises sciences, including anatomy, biomechanics, performance analysis, physiology, psychology, sports management, sports medicine, sports nutrition, health, and well-being, as well as coaching and talent identification and physical education.

It focuses on the human sciences, including responses to technologies such as the design of sports equipment and training facilities, athlete selection and recruitment, performance analysis or modification, and stress reduction. To be considered for publication, manuscripts must be original and relevant to the aforementioned topics.

Its readership covers academics, researchers, and practitioners from a range of sports-related disciplines who have an interest in its scope.

All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous a blind peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing.

Please read the author's guideline carefully. Every manuscript sent to the journal's editorial office should strictly follow the writing guidelines. If it does not meet the author guidelines or it is written in a different format, the article will BE REJECTED before further review. Only submitted manuscripts that meet the format of the journal will be processed further.

Focus and Scope

Jurnal Keolahragaan biannually publishes research on various aspects of the sports and exercise sciences, including anatomy, biomechanics, performance analysis, physiology, psychology, sports management, sports medicine, sports nutrition, health, and well-being, as well as coaching and talent identification and physical education. The Journal also publishes review articles and book reviews.

The Journal focuses on the human sciences including responses to technologies such as the design of sports equipment and training facilities, athlete selection and recruitment, performance analysis or modification, and stress reduction. To be considered for publication, manuscripts must original and relevant to the afore mentioned topics.

It is published by the Departement of Sport Science, the Graduate School of Yogyakarta State University. However, the readership for this Journal covers academics to practitioners from a range of disciplines and topics of interest.

All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous double-blind peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing.

Peer Review Process

The research article submitted to this online journal will be peer-reviewed at least two reviewers. The accepted research articles will be available online following the journal peer-reviewing process. Language used in this journal is Indonesia and English (article in English will be prioritized to published)

Open Access Policy

Jurnal Keolahragaan is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the users. All open access papers are licensed and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits authors and readers unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of the material in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. This is enabled under the terms of Attribution and Non-Commercial usage of the material.

Journal History

Jurnal Keolahragaan was firstly published in 2013 and it earned a print ISSN of 2339-0662 under the decree No. 0005.002/JI.3.2/SK.ISSN/2013.10 (started from 2 October 2013). The journal was then updated with an electronic ISSN of 2461-0259 under the decree No. 0005.24610259/JI.3.2/SK.ISSN/2015.09 on 25 September 2015 (prevailed from Vol. 3 No. 2, October 2015). To attract more readership, a new header on its published manuscript was renewed since Vol. 3 No. 1, 2015. The journal's editorial leadership changed from Suharjana to Sumaryanti since January 2021 currently Ahmad Nasrulloh has held the position since April 2022.