Author Guidelines

Original manuscripts for the journal STUDIA SPORTIVA are submitted in English language only.

Submission can be send after logging/registering on this website (upper right corner)

Authors are not required to send any payment for submitting an article.

There is a processing fee of 50 EUR after the submission is accepted (valid for submissions sent after 15th of January 2024). Employees and students of the Masaryk University should contact us through Studia sportiva email.

The manuscript needs to be submitted to the right section (the journal has three main ones) - kinesiology, social sciences or student section (further information can be found in the section ABOUT/POLICIES).

Email of the primary author (usually the individual uploading the submission) is used for all the communication, please make sure you added the correct contact information.

All manuscripts will be revised by two reviewers (students´  manuscripts are reviewed by one reviewer), and articles will be published on the basis of their favorable opinion. In the case of the contradicting opinion of the two reviewers, the article is passed for assessment to the third reviewer. The author will be immediately notified of the reviewers´ decision.

The author is responsible for language accuracy. Submitted papers will undergo editorial revision in the use of spelling, grammar, and stylistics. All changes in the text, however, must be approved by the author.

Manuscripts should be uploaded as editable documents formatted in RTF or DOC.

 

Citation

We accept papers with references cited using the APA citation format (Seventh Edition, 2019). You can see examples below (scroll lower).

We recommend using ZOTERO plugin/app where you can organise all the citation in a quick and simple manner https://www.zotero.org/ You may choose the citation style you need and it is available for Mac, Windows, Linux, and iOS.

 

Alongside articles, we accept high-quality Letters and Reviews.

 

FORMATTING the MANUSCRIPT

 

Times New Roman font, size 12, line spacing 1. Align titles and paragraphs in a block.

All manuscripts need to use numbered line spacing. You will use this ass a guide for revised parts of the manuscript for better workflow of reviewers and editors.

Your manuscript won´t be accepted for consideration without numbered line spacing, separate title page and manuscript file (anonymous) and missing author names in our journal system.

When uploading manuscript, please upload title page with: article title, authors names and affiliations, acknowlegements and contact information. Manuscript should ommit all the information provided in the title page - it means they need to be anonymous. 

Title Page Template

Research Article Template

Template for Other Than Research Article

In the papers, use the APA citation standard (useful links down below).

Title. Write a brief, informative title. Abbreviations should not be used in titles. It is important for literature retrieval to include in the title the keywords that identify the nature of the subject matter.

Authors and Affiliations. Authors are urged to include their full names, complete with first and middle names or initials. Academic degrees should not be included. The names and locations of institutions or companies should be given to all authors. For universities, faculties should be specified (no departments, units). If several institutions are listed in a manuscript, it should be indicated with which department and institution is each author affiliated by using corresponding superscript numbers.

Abstract. It is a summary of the main points, objectives and methods (approx. 1500 characters). Do not cite references in the abstract. Abbreviations should be kept to an absolute minimum; however, if they are needed, they must be explained at first mention within the abstract so that it can be understood as an independent unit from the remainder of the manuscript. 

Keywords. Provide at least 5 keywords identifying the subject of the manuscript and use semicolon to devide them ( ; ). 

Financial support (if applicable)

Introduction

The introduction should provide a brief overview of the background and rationale for the study. 

Methods

Explanation of the experimental methods should be adequate for repetition by qualified researchers. Procedures that have been described in previous publications should not be described in detail but merely cited with appropriate references along with any modifications of the procedure. Any commercial products that are mentioned should include the name of the manufacturer.

Results

Discussion

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Follow the main text of the article and usually contain acknowledgments of people and/or funding. In proof, it is set in 9/10 text with no heading. It can also contain present addresses of authors.

References

Contact Information

Optional. If you add your contact information to the title page of your submission, we will publish it as it is written. You can ask us to remove it  in post-production check.

 

 

Students can send contributions of exceptional quality at the recommendation of their supervisors work, or directly through their supervision, especially students of the doctoral program. Submit this manuscript as ine a Student section.

 

REVISIONS

 

SENDING REVISIONS: Authors must send their revisions with a file of explanations for the corrections made to the manuscrips (based on reviewers comments). Please, use the numbered line spacing for easy flow and you may use a differenct for color to highlight corrected parts. You should also track changes in your manuscript, so editors and reviewers can have a proper view of modifications.

DO NOT upload revisions as a new submission (screenshot below).

 

 

By submitting the paper, the authors give their consent to the publication in STUDIA SPORTIVA journal in its printed and electronic form, or its inclusion in electronic databases.

Articles that do not comply with these policies will not be reviewed.

 

References need to be cited in APA citation format (Samples at the end of this page)

 

PREPARATION CHECKLIST

• As a part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
• The article has not been published yet, or is not currently being submitted to another journal (as explained in Comments for the Editor).
• The file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
  Funding information – the submission states every relevant information regarding the funding of the project.
• The text has a simple spacing; font size 12; it is in italic and not underlined (except URL addresses); all table and picture illustrations are placed within the text, not at the end.
• Competing interests – I declare any potential competing interests regarding the article.
• If the post is sent to the review section of the journal, the instructions for Ensuring Anonymous Review Procedure have been followed.
• URL references are referenced wherever possible.
• I am permitted to use any material that falls under the copyright.
• The text corresponds to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements listed in the Author Guidelines, which is on the About page (APA style).
• Ethics committee approval - we ask you to provide the copy if your research requires one (I have the approval/I am sending you a copy with the manuscript, or I do not need the approval).
• Contributorship - every author is informed about the manuscript being sent to Studia sportiva and I have their consent (if your manuscript is accepted for publication, you will be required to fill out the table and signatures of every author - it will be sent by Studia sportiva).
• Every contributing author is listed in the title page of the manuscript AND here, in the system of Studia sportiva where the submission is being made (I have listed name of every author, not only mine as a corresponding author).
• We have added acknowledgments regarding any other needed and important information for the manuscript.
• I have chosen the right section for my manuscript - kinesiology, social sciences or student section.
• Manuscript is uploaded with numbered line spacing.
• I double checked the contact email for corresponding author.
• I have uploaded title page with all the necessary information provided on the journal page under author guidelines.
• I have uploaded anonymous version of the article text.
• I used the templates provided through Author Guidelines page.
• I understand the rules of sending revisions (mentioned under Author Guidelines). I will use separate file to mark down revisions, using numbered line spacing and I will track changes in the manuscript file (use of different colour is allowed).
• I understand there is a processing fee of 50 EUR if this submission is accepted for publication.

 

APA CITATION EXAMPLES

 

1 "QUOTING" AND PARAPHRASING

 

Direct quoting 

• According to Morrow (2013), “Research was deemed inconclusive” (p.121). 

• Morrow (2013) stated, “research was deemed inconclusive” (p.121); which can lead to three explanations. 

• He stated, “Research was deemed inconclusive” (Morrow, 2013, p.121), with three possible explanations.

 

For the quotations longer than 40 words, write in a block, (example below).

 

Paraphrasing 

• According to Morrow (2013), the research was inconclusive because of possible mistakes within the design of the research project (Morrow, 2013, p.121). * (page number is not required).

 

Naming more authors

 

Two authors 

• Research by Kozume and Hinata (2012) suggests-

            or

• Researchers suggested bigger size sample (Kozume & Hinata, 2012)

 

Three to five authors 

• (Sugawara, Sawamura, Oikawa, Iwaizumi & Aone, 1989)

            or

• Consequent citations: (Sugawara et al., 1989)

 

More than six authors 

• Akaashi et al. (1981) focused on-

            or

• (Akaashi et al., 2001)

 

If the author is unknown: Use the title instead of the name (first word or two words: books and reports have to be in italics; articles, chapters and web pages in quotation marks).

 

• The findings brought up two important questions as a possible basis for another research (“Tree Hill,” 2000) or (Lost, 2004). 

 

 Other

• More authors: (Ellis, 1995; Harloff, 1996)
• Authors with the same name: (H. Weasley 2003; R. Weasley, 2000)
• More works by the same author and same year: Findings by Kageyama (2016a) show-

 

Secondary source (locate primary source whenever possible) 

• Murrell argued- (as cited in Cornell, 2017, p.15).

 

2 REFERENCES

Tables examples can be found here

 

Figures examples can be found here

 

 

Practical information for APA with regular updates can be found here (citations, references, use of  abbreviations, APA sample paper and many more. 

(credits: Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) - under the terms and conditions of fair use)