Submissions

Author Guidelines

The manuscripts

Submitted manuscripts can be empirical research-based or literature-based papers which sufficiently contribute to the development of new knowledge, theories, or methods in sport and exercise science. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the Jurnal Keolahragaan online submission procedure. The corresponding author should also provide a statement that the manuscript is not concurrently being under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submissions that do not follow these procedures will be returned to the authors.

Structure of the manuscripts

1. Title. The title should be clear, attractive, and informative, and containing no more than 14 words.
2. Author's names and institutions. The author's names should be accompanied by the author's institutions and email addresses, without any academic title. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified as to the corresponding author.
3. Abstract and keywords. The abstract consists of 200 to 300 words. Please provide the abstract in English followed by 3 to 5 keywords relevant for literature search.
4. Introduction. This section explains the background of the study, a review of the previous research in the area, and aims of the manuscripts. Importantly it should also showcase the significance and novelty of the research.
5. Methods. This section describes the appropriate tools of analysis along with the data collection and their analyses.
6. Results and Discussion. This section explains the results of the analysis. These should be presented clearly and concisely. Author(s) should explore the novelty or the contribution of their findings by comparing them to the existing literature and theories in sport and exercise science.
7. Conclusion. This section concludes and provides practical, theoretical, and policy implications, if any, of the study. The conclusion(s) should be drawn from the discussed items in the previous section of the manuscript (discussion).
8. References. This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the body of the manuscript.

General Writing Format

1. The manuscript is prepared in an A4 paper, single-sided, and single line spacing format. A new paragraph should start 5 characters from the left margin, using 11-size, Times-new-Romans font type.
2. The manuscript is written in proper English.
3. The manuscript should be between 8 to 14 (4000-7000 words) pages long.
4. The top and bottom margins are 1,5 inch.
5. The title is written using capital letters only at first word or special name (example: location name), 14 font size, centre position.
6. Subtitles are written using capital letters only at first word or special name, 11 font size, starting from the left margin.
7. Sub of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at first word or special name. They should be started from the left margin.
8. Sub of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the beginning of each word except for connecting words, all in italics. They should be started from the left margin.
9. More than 80% of the references should be primary sources (journal articles) published in the last ten years. Key or classic references may be older. Textbooks should make up less than 20% of the references.

Specific Writing Format

1. Equations and formula should be numbered as (1), (2)...etc appearing to their right.
2. Estimation results from a software package are not allowed to be directly presented in the paper. They should be presented in summary tables.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be presented as follows:

1. The name of tables and figures should follow a numbering system (Arabic numbering system). The title of the tables and figures are placed at the top and the bottom respectively.
2. The tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom. 
3. Any table should contain only heading and contents. The table contains row lines only without column lines. Note(s) and source(s) should be included underneath the table where appropriate. 

Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement, if any, should be placed in a separate section after the Conclusion and before the References.

Citation

Citation in the text body should be written using the family name and years of publication. Example:

1. One author: Family name (Year) reported that high-intensity interval training improved aerobic capacity in adolescent athletes.
2. Parenthetical: Balance performance improved after eight weeks of training (Family name, Year).
3. Two or more works: Physical activity declines during adolescence (Family name A, Year; Family name B, Year).
4. The Authors are recommended to use Mendeley Reference software.

References

The manuscript is expected to involve at least 25 references, with more than 80% from primary sources published in the last ten years, to assert high-quality contributions to knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style.  References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript.  Consulting the APA style manual (https://apastyle.apa.org/) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions.

Required statements

Each manuscript must include the following statements in separate sections after the Conclusion and before the References:

1. Ethics approval. Studies involving human participants must state the name of the ethics committee and the approval number. For participants under 18 years of age, written consent from parents or guardians is required.
2. Informed consent. A statement that all participants gave informed consent.
3. Conflict of interest. A declaration of any competing interests, or a statement that there are none.
4. Funding. The funder and grant number, or a statement that the research received no specific funding.
5. Author contributions. The role of each author using the CRediT taxonomy.
6. Data availability. Where the data can be accessed, or why they cannot be shared.
7. Use of AI tools. A disclosure of any generative AI use beyond language editing, as described in our AI Policy.

All authors should provide their ORCID iD during submission.

Manuscript Template

Manuscript should be prepared according to the following MS Word template:

How to send the manuscript

1. The manuscript in Microsoft word should be sent to the editor through the online submission system on this website.
2. A brief bio that contains full name, academic title, institution, telephone, mobile number, and others should be written in the fields of data when registering online in the website submission.

Final Decision

Based on the reviewers' reports, the editor will inform the authors through the journal system of one of the following decisions: accept, minor revision, major revision, or reject. The full procedure is described on the Peer Review Process page.