1. Journal of Sport for All and Recreation (E-ISSN: 2687-6027), which started its publication life in 2019, is a double-blind (confidential) journal, scanned in other national/international field indexes and published electronically at least twice a year (March, June, September-December). It is an academic, international and peer-reviewed scientific journal that carries out the refereeing process.
2. Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR) aims to contribute to the knowledge of sports and recreation science by publishing national and international scientific studies in the field of sports sciences and recreation.
3. Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR) publishes studies related to sports science such as sports management, recreation, training information, sports nutrition, physical education and sports, sports tourism and athlete health.
4. Articles submitted to the journal should not be published elsewhere or sent for publication.
5. In publications derived from graduate theses, the thesis must have been defended in the last 3 years to be calculated from the acceptance date of the thesis to the submission date of the article. In addition, as a footnote to this situation, “This study was carried out by Prof. Dr./Assoc. Dr./Dr. Under the supervision of a faculty member …………. It is derived from the master's/doctorate thesis titled "….." and the thesis number 123456, completed on …….. (Thesis number will be taken from YÖK thesis center).
6. Studies that have previously been presented as abstract and extended abstract papers are accepted, and the articles derived from the papers must be submitted within the last 3 years, to be calculated from the submission date. In addition, as a footnote to this situation, “This article was presented as an oral presentation at the congress/conference/symposium named ……………… held in Ankara between 3-5 April 2020 and was published in the congress/conference/symposium proceedings book “……..” It is an expanded version of the statement titled. should be specified as.
7. Articles can be written in English. Sentences should be written in accordance with grammar and spelling rules. For English articles, the resources of Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary can be used.
8. The title of the articles submitted to the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR) should not exceed 18 words. If the submitted articles are in English title, abstract and keywords should be added. If it is in English, title, abstract and keywords should be added. In the article writing template, this order is presented to the author(s) ready. It will be sufficient for the author(s) to add their articles in accordance with the order in the article writing template.
9. In articles submitted to the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR), the author(s) should provide appropriate and short keywords that cover the main topics of the article. The number of keywords should be at least 3 and at most 5.
10. Writing rules are specified on the "Article Writing Template" prepared for the articles sent to the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR). In addition, the author(s) must comply with the study content titles (eg introduction, theoretical framework/literature review, method, findings, conclusion and suggestion) on the article writing template. When uploading the article to the system, the author(s) must adapt their article to the article writing template and send it. Articles submitted to the journal should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.
11. The summary of articles submitted to the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR) should not exceed 300 words. Articles that do not comply with this rule are sent back to the author(s) at the pre-control stage. If the necessary correction is not made by the author(s), the article will be rejected.
12. Along with the articles sent to the journal for publication, the author(s) contact information such as name and surname, title, institution and e-mail address should be entered into the web-based system. Since there is double-blind (confidential) refereeing practice in the journal, there should be no information about the author(s) in the article and in the name of the word document.
13. In the articles published in the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR), the use of "Orcid Number" is mandatory for all authors in accordance with international acceptance.
14. In the articles sent to the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR), there is no author information and should be given separately under the name of "Title Page" when uploading the article to the system. On the title page; The English name of the study, the name and surname of the author(s), title, institution name, unit name, institutional e-mail address, orcid number should be included. In addition, if there is any detail about the article, it should be added to the title page.
15. Author(s) should follow APA 7 Rules (American Psychological Association) for in-text citation and bibliography of their articles. The bibliography should be given in alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author, in accordance with the bibliography rules. Examples for bibliography and in-text citation are given in the article writing template for the author(s). In addition, the same examples are given at the bottom of the spelling rules page. Articles that are incompatible in the bibliography are returned to the authors for correction during the pre-control process.
16. It is recommended that the articles be limited to not exceeding 8,000 words. For articles that exceed the limits, permission belongs to the editor.
17. In the studies submitted to the journal, the bibliography should be disabled in the similarity report and the total similarity amount should be at most 20% in order to prevent plagiarism and improper citations. Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria are directly rejected as a result of the Editorial review. The author(s) must take the complete plagiarism report from turnitin, ithenticate or one of the similar programs and upload it to the system as an additional file with the article. Legal responsibility for plagiarism rests entirely with the author(s).
18. Articles submitted to the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR) are primarily evaluated by the Editorial Board. Articles that do not comply with the purpose and scope of the journal, English language and expression rules, do not have originality value and do not comply with publication policies are rejected.
19. Articles that do not comply with the writing principles are sent back to the author during the pre-control process, indicating errors/deficiencies. The author is expected to send it by rearranging it within 7 days. Articles that exceed 7 days to be sent and articles that do not comply with the journal writing rules are rejected.
20. In articles with more than one author, one of the authors should be indicated as the corresponding author. In cases where a corresponding author is not specified, the first author is considered as the corresponding author.
21. In accordance with the publication policies of the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR), authors who want to withdraw their articles after the pre-control phase must submit their withdrawal requests to the editor via the system where they uploaded the article. The editor reviews the withdrawal notification and returns to the author(s) within 15 days at the latest. Since the author(s) have transferred the copyrights of the articles to the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR) at the time of submission of their work, they cannot submit their work for evaluation to another journal unless the withdrawal request is approved.
22. “Copyright Transfer Form” must be filled in by all authors/authors. After this form is signed, it should be uploaded to the system as an additional file in the form of a photo or scanned.
23. The author(s) are responsible for the opinions expressed in the articles. All scientific and legal responsibilities in terms of language, style, scientific ethics and content of the published article belong to the author(s) and do not bind the Journal Management. No royalties are paid to the author(s) whose articles are published.
24. All publication rights of the articles accepted and published in the journal in written and electronic media belong to the Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR). In case of citing the articles published in the journal, it is obligatory to indicate the source.
25. The Journal of Sports for All and Recreation (JSAR) does not charge the author(s) for publication at any stage. It also does not accept sponsorship and advertising offers.
26. For articles that use measurement tools (survey, test, scale, interview, observation, picture, drawing, video, film, sound recording, etc.) that require approval from the Ethics Committee, an ethics report must be obtained from the University Ethics Committee. This report should be uploaded to the system as a separate file from the place where the article was uploaded. Responsibility in this regard belongs to the responsible author of the article.
27. Privacy Statement: All data to be entered into the Sports for All and Recreation Journal system (personal information such as name, e-mail addresses) can only be used for the journal. This data is not used for any other purpose and is not shared with third parties.
28. The decision authority on matters not mentioned here belongs to the Editorial Board.
The article to be sent must be uploaded with the following files:
* Full text article with no author name (file name, author names should not be like "uzeyir-kement.doc", it can be like "JSARtammetin.doc" or "article-full.doc").
* Title Page (Article name (English), for each author; author's name, title, institution and unit information, e-mail address and Orcid number).
* Copyright transfer form (signed and completely filled out by all authors)
* Similarity report (must be reviewed with one of the similarity programs such as Turnitin or iThenticate, similarity rate should not exceed 20% excluding references).
* Ethics committee report (mandatory)
- Ethics committee approval is required within the framework of the article "For research conducted in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be specified and documented in the article") in the 2021 TR Index Journal Evaluation criteria.
- Ethics committee approval document should be uploaded as an additional file while uploading the study to the system. In addition, it should be stated that ethical rules are followed by specifying the information about the permission (name of the board, date and number) on the last page of the article and in the method section.
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