Authors are their own copyeditors and typesetters. This means that authors need to pay greater attention to the editing and look of their manuscripts than is typically required by print journals. If you have reasons to doubt your proficiency with respect to spelling, grammar, etc. (e.g., because English is not your native language), then you may wish to employ—at your expense—the services of a professional copy editor.
A separate “Coaching Applications” manuscript must accompany all original manuscripts. Please see below for the appropriate template.
JSR does not conduct “blind reviews” for submitted manuscripts. Reviewers are provided with original submissions, which include author’s names and contact information.
Original Research Papers
• A structured abstract of less than 250 words (not included in 3000 word count)
• Body of Manuscript: 3,000 word count limit (excluding title, abstract, tables/figures, figure legends, Acknowledgements, and References)
• Maximum number of tables and figures is 3.
• Maximum number of references is 30
Review Articles
• A structured abstract of less than 250 words (not included in 4000 word count).
• 4,000 word count limit (excluding title, abstract, tables/figures, figure-legends. Acknowledgements, Acknowledgements, and References).
• Maximum number of tables and figures is 3.
• Maximum number of references is 60.
Coaching Applications
• A structured abstract of less than 250 words (not included in 2,000 word count).
• 2,000 word count limit (excluding title, abstract, tables/figures, figure legends).
• Maximum number of illustrations/pictures is 3.
• No references are to be included.
The reference list shall be in alphabetic order (rather than in the order of citation) and numbered.
All references shall appear in the text. The format for references is that which employed in Index Medicus.
See Author Guidelines used in Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseŽ (MSSEŽ), the official journal
of the American College of Sports Medicine.
•Two templates (Microsoft Word document format), are provided for manuscript submission.
JSR Manuscript Template
JSR Coaching Applications Template
•When inserting text please make sure the font (Cambria), font size, line spacing, and margins remain unchanged as in the Templates.
Once the manuscripts have been edited and accepted for publication we will convert them to PDF format for publication.