Performance Analysis in Sport and Exercise

The Performance in Sport and Exercise aims to provide its readers with the highest quality and effective articles through a careful peer review and editorial work process. The articles to be published include both detailed scientific methods and guided results for sports professionals, providing the opportunity for immediate application in the field. In this sense, it will contribute to the field of sports sciences by fulfilling the requirements and observing ethical principles.

The Performance in Sport and Exerciseis the official journal of Ankara University Performance Analysis in Sports Application and Research Center (ASPAM). The ASPAM is a center established to combine theoretical knowledge and experience in all sports-related subjects and to contribute to the field of sports sciences.
The Performance in Sport and Exerciseis published biannually (June and December) in English. The Journal publishes scientific papers in the scope of sport, exercise, physical activity, exercise and health, sports medicine, biomechanics, sport and exercise physiology, sport and exercise psychology, performance in sport, training, and technology in sport.

The Performance in Sport and Exercise is comprised of the following sections related to human movement sciences:
• Physical Activity, Health and Exercise
• Physiology and Nutrition
• Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Sports Medicine and Biomechanics
• Performance in Sport
• Technology in Sport

Online manuscript submision and review process:

Performance and Exercise in Sports (PASE) is the official publication of Ankara University Sports Application and Research Center (ASPAM). PASE is published twice a year in English. PASE publishes original research, systematic and narrative reviews and meta-analyses, symposia, research notes, technical and methodological reports that contribute to knowledge about sports science. All decisions made by editors about publications are final. The publications are published according to the quality, importance, clarity, style and order of the publication sent according to the objectives and purposes of ASPAM and the Journal.

PASE editors will directly reject an article before review if it is considered low impact in the field, outside the scope of the journal, incorrect or poor design, and/or poorly written. In addition, even if it has been submitted to the referee and has gone through any revisions, it may still be rejected if the requests of the referees, field editors or editor-in-chief are not adequately met. The format of the article is of great importance, the articles that do not comply with the journal writing format will be directly rejected.

- Editorial mission statement:
The most important feature of PASE is the inclusion of recommendations for application in published research. This journal wishes to encourage research that can be directly applied to the field of exercise and sports science. Exercise and sports science includes a very large and diverse population, from children to adults, the elderly, youth and professional athletes. It is of great importance for practitioners to know and understand how many applications such as nutrition, technology, exercise techniques, conditioning and biomechanics are related to this field.

- Original research:
PASE, besides the biological basis of exercise performance, disciplines that examine the field of exercise such as the need for sports, sport profiles, conditioning and biomechanics, as well as the effects of exercise programs on metabolism and performance-oriented functions, exercise physiology, motor learning, nutrition and psychology. publishes research in the field. The main purpose of PASE is to provide scientific research to increase performance in sports. PASE will currently only consider original articles from other journals that have not been evaluated. PASE will not consider articles previously published on preprint servers or rejected by PASE but resubmitted.

- Artical types:
PASE publishes original research, systematic and narrative reviews, meta-analyses, research notes, symposia, technical reports in line with the journal's mission. Symposiums are articles by different authors who deal with a subject from different aspects. Reviews and meta-analyses should provide a critical review of the literature, be educational about the fundamental and applied aspects of the subject, and make a judgment by integrating previous research on the subject. There is no word limit for reviews. However, the appropriate length will be determined by the relevant field editors and referees in order to convey the subject in a tidy manner. PASE is particularly interested in the applied aspects of literature. In addition, the author(s)' ability to claim expertise in the field of study they wish to publish and their credibility depend on their experience and research background in the subject area they publish. Authors who are experts in their fields will be preferred in the publication of such articles. A research note is a simple research design consisting of a few dependent variables, not exceeding 1500-2000 words. In these studies, as in other articles, there are Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and References, but the tables, figures and references are given in a limited way.
PASE encourages the development of all techniques and methods that help the development of the field of sports science.

- Manuscript clarifications:
Articles submitted to the journal will be published on-line if accepted. The eligibility of each submitted article for publication will be reviewed by a specific editorial subcommittee. If the relevant committee deems it appropriate, the article will be subject to review in order to make the necessary revisions. The article will be reviewed by the sub-committee before publication and revisions will be requested if necessary.

Manuscript Submission Guidelines:
All manuscripts should be submitted on-line at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/pase, taking into account the guidelines below. Articles sent via e-mail will not be considered.
1. The following text should be added to the article in a separate form. “This article is an original article and has in no way been previously published (including preprint) anywhere. In addition, it will not be sent to another journal until the PASE editorial review board makes the final decision about the article.” Under this text, the full address, e-mail address and telephone number of the corresponding author should be added. After this stage, the responsible author undertakes the entire communication process for the article.
2. All authors must reply to the e-mail sent to them by PASE and fill out the copyright form during the submission process. The article will not be evaluated until all authors fill out the forms. At this point, it is recommended that the responsible author take steps to speed up the process.
3. All authors whose names are mentioned as authors in the article should be actively involved in the article, should be able to defend the article when necessary, take full responsibility for the content and sign the final version of the article. All authors claiming authorship must have contributed significantly to the article. In addition, which author contributed to which section should be stated in the information section of the article. Author naming must have been accepted by all authors prior to first submission to PASE.
4. ASPAM and the PASE Editorial Board have approved the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) policies regarding animal and human experimentation. Instructions for this can be found at http://www.editorialmanager.com/msse/. These policies should be read carefully. It should be documented that the submitted articles have been approved in accordance with the law. The approval received should be stated in the method section of the article. Otherwise, the article will not be considered by the Editorial Board. Exempt studies involving human subjects (i.e., retrospective data analysis studies, analysis of publicly available data, educational research, survey, and interviews) must include an institutional review board statement.
5. All texts should be double-spaced and 2.5 line spacing between paragraphs. There should be a margin of 2.5 cm in the upper right corner of the paper, and the page number should be in the upper right corner. All articles should contain terminology based on the International System of Units (SI). A full list of units of the International System of Units can be found at "http://physics.nist.gov/".
6. The PASE Editorial Board adopts the same policies as the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM). English-speaking authors are encouraged to seek help from more experienced colleagues to write articles in English. Authors should use non-sexist language in their articles and be sensitive to individuals with a chronic illness or disability. Only standardized abbreviations and symbols should be used in articles. If unknown abbreviations are mentioned in the article, these abbreviations should be defined in the first place. Authors should seek help from Webster's Tenth Collegiate Dictionary for word segmentation and spelling.
7. There is no standard word limit for original works. However, if deemed necessary, it may be suggested to change the length by the editor and/or referees.
8. Scientific abuses (fake data production, plagiarism, ethical violations, duplicate publications, human and animal research violations, etc.) will not be allowed. Proven abuses may include the author(s) being completely banned from PASE publication in the future. For detailed information on scientific misconduct, refer to the address “http://www.icmje.org/”. Inadvertent errors that do not change the findings of an article can be tolerated with proper explanation of the process.
Please Note:
Be sure to indicate in the method section that the study was approved by the ethics committee and that the subjects were informed about the study through a consent form. It should also be stated that a consent form for participation in the study and a written consent of a parent or guardian for those under the age of 18 were obtained. It is also important for Authors to include the IRB protocol or approval number.
Make sure that all tables and figures in the article are included, indicating which table or figure points where in the article. In addition, all tables should not be copied from different formats to word, they should be drawn in Word or copied from Word to Word.

Manuscript Preparation:

- Title page:
The title page should include the title of the article, the laboratory(s) where the research was conducted, if any, the full name(s) of the authors, the institutions where the authors work, and the e-mail addresses of the authors. In addition, if funding has been received from any institution for the study, this should also be indicated on the title page. The authors whose names are mentioned in the article must have contributed to at least two of the following fields. These areas are research outline, literature review, data collection, data analysis, article writing and review.

- Blind title page:
In addition, a second title page should be added, containing only the title of the article, without the names of the authors. This page will be used to be sent to the referees during the double-blind review process.

- Abstract and key words:
A separate page should contain a summary of the article, not exceeding 250 words, and 3-5 keywords that are not included in the article title. The abstract should contain brief information about the purpose, importance, method, findings and results of the study, and therefore should consist of the sub-headings of purpose, method, findings and conclusion.

- Text:
In the text, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Results and References should be in capital letters, in this order.
A. Introduction. This section should clearly state the purpose of the research. The questions and hypotheses that form the basis of the study should be included in this section. An extra subtitle should not be placed in this section, and this section should consist of at most 7 paragraphs reflecting the content of the study.
B. Methods. In the Methods section, there should be a “study design” section, in which how the hypotheses set forth in the study will be tested and how the choices regarding the dependent and independent variables are structured. The text containing the approval of the ethics committee should be included in this section. Descriptive information about the study (age, education status, body mass index, sport branch) should be included in this section. All tests and statistical methods used should be written in detail in this section. It is important to include the alpha level at the significance level (eg ρ ≤ 0.05). The universe-sample and the formulas according to which their numbers are determined should be stated in this section.
C. Findings. The findings of the study should be given in this section. It is recommended to present the findings that are important for the study in figures or tables. It is more appropriate to include other findings in paragraphs. The findings previously given in this section should not be repeated.
D. Discussion. In this section, the findings obtained in the study should be related to the literature. The testing of the hypotheses given in the introduction should be done in this section. New findings that emerged in the study and contributed to the literature should be emphasized in this section.
E. Conclusion. This section should contain answers to the questions in the introduction. How the obtained data will be applied to the field and how this information can be used in the field should be explained in this section. This section should be written with a maximum of 400 words.

- References:
All references should be listed alphabetically and numbered according to the surname of the first author. References are cited in the text by numbers [eg. (2,6)] should be specified. The number of references for original research should not exceed 50. If there are more than 50 references, the reason for this should be explained. When necessary, the Editorial Office may request that the number of references in the article be reduced or increased. When citing articles with 10 or more co-authors, only the first name followed by "et al." should be added in the reference section. When citing a multi-author (edited) book, the cited author and the page ranges of the relevant section should be cited.

Below are several examples of references:

Journal Article:
Hawling, SF, Stone, RL, Lally, DA, Krock, LP. Estimation of aerobic capacity from submaximal cycle ergometry in women. Med Sci Sports Exerc 27: 452–457, 1995.
Kraemer, WJ et al. Influence of HMB supplementation and resistance training on cytokines responses to resistance exercise. J Am Coll Nutr 33: 247-255, 2014.

Book:
Lohman, TG. Advances in Body Composition Assessment. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1992.
Chapter in an edited book:
Yahara, ML. The shoulder. In: Clinical Orthopedic Physical Therapy. J.K. Richardson and Z.A. Iglarsh, eds. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1994. pp. 159–199.

Software:
Howard, A. Moments ½software_. University of Queensland, 1992.

Proceedings:
Viru, A, Viru, M, Harris, R, Oopik, V, Nurmekivi, A, Medinen, L, Timpmann, S. Performance capacity in middle-distance runners after enrichment of diet by creatine and creatine action on protein synthesis rate. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Maccabiah-Wingate International Congress of Sport and Coaching Sciences. G. Tenenbaum and T. Raz-Liebermann, eds. Netanya, Israel, Wingate Institute, 1993. pp. 22–30.

Dissertation/Thesis:
Bartholmew, SA. Plyometric and vertical jump training. Master’s thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1985.

- Acknowledgments:
In this section, it is necessary to specify the persons or institutions that provided financial resources for the conduct of the study. In addition, acknowledgments to those involved in conducting the study should also be included in this section. This part of the article should also include information about the conflict of interest. The authors should: 1) Explain their professional relationships with companies or institutions that will benefit from the results of this study, 2) state whether a special grant has been received for the study, 3) It should be stated that the results of this study do not mean that the authors have approved the product. Hiding and distorting such information may result in rejection of the article. In addition, the contributions of the authors to the article can be given in this section.

- Figures:
Figure descriptions should be placed under each figure itself. If possible, the text should be designed as 1 figure on 1 page. Symbols and numbers used in the figures must be internationally accepted expressions.
Electronic photos added as copy-paste from Word or PowerPoint will not be accepted. Photos should be scanned to a minimum of 300 pixels per inch (ppi) and placed in text. Formats that can only be opened on Macintosh and PC are preferred for images. In addition, the following file formats are accepted:
- QuarkXPress (.qxd)
- Adobe Photoshop (.psd)
- Illustrator (.ai)
- PowerPoint (.ppt)
Placement: It should be ensured that every table or figure in the article is cited. In addition, if there is a place in the text that is expressed with a table or figure, the table or figure mentioned in the sentence or at the end should be given in parentheses.
Color figures: Color figures can be included in the text if they are thought to better express what is wanted to be explained in the article.

- Tables:
Tables should be placed so that there is a maximum of 1 table per page. The title of each table should be clear and understandable. As much as possible, the information given in the text should not be given in the tables. All figures and tables should include standard deviation or standard errors. A figure or table should be prepared on one page only, a table should not extend to the next page. Each table or figure must have 10 type sizes, with 1 line spacing.
The template for the journal writing format can be downloaded from the information page for authors at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/pase

Ethical Principles and Publication Policies:

Publication Ethics &Malpractice Statement:
Publication Ethics:
Performance in Sport and Exercise is based on the production, development and sharing of unbiased knowledge using scientific methods.
The publication processes of Performance in Sport and Exercise are based on impartial, peer-reviewed articles using scientific methods. All stakeholders of this publication process must comply with ethical principles. Accordingly, the publication ethics and open access policy of the Performance in Sport and Exercise, within the framework of the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (For example, "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal) Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors") requires that all components of the publishing process comply with ethical principles.
If the data used in the articles are manipulated, falsified, and fake data are used and similar situations are detected, the article will be rejected and the institution where the author works will be officially reported. Performance in Sport and Exercise reserves the right to request analysis results, raw data or output files from the authors, upon the request of the editor and/or referees.

Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities:
Performance in Sport and Exercise is a non-profit public educational institution working for the public good.
The Performance in Sport and Exercise’s Editorial Board is formed by the Ankara University Performance Analysis in Sports Application and Research Center Board of Directors. As the head of the Editorial Board, an editor and, depending on the situation, one or more assistant editors and field editors are determined. A new member is appointed to replace the leaving member. The term of the expired member can be extended.
Responsibilities of the Editorial Board of the Performance in Sport and Exercise:
• The Editorial Board of the Performance in Sport and Exerciseis responsible for every article submitted to the Journal and even all processes after its publication, the Editorial Board knows this responsibility. This responsibility is based solely on the public interest in decisions on journal-related matters; it requires making decisions independently without considering personal benefits. The relationship between the Publisher and the Editorial Board is based on the principle of independence, and all decisions made by the editors are independent of the publisher and other persons and organizations.
• Editorial Board is strives to continuously improve the journal and increase its publication quality.
• Editorial Board ensures that journal policies such as publication, blind review, evaluation process and ethical principles are determined and implemented.
• The Editorial Board protects the copyright of the authors of the articles published in the Performance in Sport and Exercise.
• The Editorial Board is responsible for taking measures regarding intellectual property rights, unscientific-unethical behaviors, plagiarism, citation forgery during the publishing process of articles and journals.
• The Editorial Board prepares an "Author's Guide" containing the information requirements of the author (s) and a "Review Guide" containing the information that the reviewer will need during the evaluation phase, and updates it when necessary.
• The Editorial Board determines policies to encourage the reviewers and the author(s), keeps records of each article and correspondence related to the Journal, electronically or in print.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editor, Assistant Editors and Field Editors:
• After an article is submitted to the journal, he editors return to the author(s) about the status of the article within 21 days at the latest.
• Editors endeavor to respond to the information needs of reviewers, author(s), researchers, practitioners and readers when necessary, to act according to the principles of clarity in matters that require correction and explanation during the publication process.
• When deciding on the publication of articles, editors take care that the articles are original and contribute to the scientific field, the reader, the researcher and the practitioners.
• When making positive or negative decisions about articles, editors consider the original value of the articles, their contribution to the field, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the expression, and the journal's purpose and scope.
• Editors take the submitted articles to the pre-evaluation stage unless the article has a significant problem, considers positive reviewer suggestions and does not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) unless there is a problem.
• Editors follow the policies of blind review and evaluation process, which are among the publishing policies of the journal, keep the identity information of the referees confidential, and ensure that each article is evaluated objectively and in time.
• Editors sends the articles by taking into account the field of expertise of the editors and reviewers, and they support the impartial and independent evaluation.
• Editors consider whether there is a conflict of interest between editors, reviewers and author(s) for unbiased evaluation of the article.
• Editors seek to ensure that the reviewer pool consists of a wide variety and is constantly updated.
• Editors avoid unscientific reviews that do not follow academic etiquette.
• Editors ensure that the journal publishing processes are operated under publishing policies and guidelines, inform their field of duty in the process about the developments in publication policies, and prepare training programs when necessary.
• Editors communicate effectively with everyone involved in the publishing process and hold meetings at regular periods.
• Editors ensure the protection of personal data in reviewed articles; protect individual data of authors, reviewers and readers.
• Editors; They pay attention to the protection of human and animal rights in their articles, they care about documenting the express consent of the participants of the article. When the ethics committee approval of the participants of the article does not have permission for experimental research, they reject the article.
• Editors; they take precautions against misconduct. When there are complaints about misconduct, they make an objective investigation and share their findings.
• Editors ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misdirections in the articles are corrected.
• Editors protect the intellectual property rights of the published articles and defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of violation. Besides, they take necessary measures to ensure that the content of published articles does not infringe the intellectual property rights of other publications; They do the authenticity-similarity check.
• Editors take into account the consistent criticism of the articles published in the Journal and give the author(s) the right to reply to the criticized articles.
• Editors also consider studies with negative results.
• Editors examine the complaints submitted to the Journal and make the necessary explanations.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers:
• In the process of evaluating the articles of the Performance in Sport and Exercise, the double-blind review principle is applied. Referees cannot communicate directly with authors; The article evaluation forms and the notes stated on the text and the correction requests are forwarded to the author(s) by the editors through the journal management system. Reviewers ho will evaluate the articles should carry the following ethical responsibilities:
• Reviewers should only agree to evaluate articles related to their field of expertise.
• Reviewers should assess in neutral and confidentiality. Under this principle, they should destroy the articles they have reviewed after the evaluation process, but use them after they are published. Nationality, gender, religious belief, political belief and commercial concerns should not distort the neutrality of the evaluation.
• When the reviewers understand that there is a conflict of interest, they should refuse to evaluate the article and inform the editors.
• Reviewers should assess constructive language in accordance with academic etiquette; Avoid personal comments containing insults and hostility.
• Reviewers should evaluate the article they have accepted to evaluate, within the time limit.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors:
• Ethical responsibilities of the author(s) who apply for an article to the Performance in Sport and Exercise:
• The author(s) should not submit an article that they have published elsewhere or submitted for publication, or more than one article at the same time.
• Author(s) should submit an original article to the Performance in Sport and Exercise.
• The author(s) must correctly refer (cite) to the sources they use during the writing of the article in line with ethical principles.
• The names of persons who do not contribute to the article should not be written as authors, changing the order of authors, removing authors, adding authors should not be requested for an article submitted for publication.
• Individuals who have a conflict of interest and a common interest related to the article for publication must be notified to the editors.
• If information or raw data is requested from the author(s) during the evaluation process, they should submit the expected information to the Editors.
• The author(s) must document that the rights to use the data they use in their articles, permission for research-analysis, or the consent of the participants on which they have researched.
• The author(s) should contact the editor to inform, correct or retract when they notice an error in the evaluation and early viewing or electronically published article.
• The author (s) must confirm that they have received ethics committee approval for research that requires data collection through quantitative or qualitative methods, such as experiments, questionnaires, scales, interviews, observations, focus groups, etc. The name, date and number of the ethics committee should be stated on the first-last page of the candidate article and in the method section, and the document showing the ethics committee decision should be uploaded to the system along with the application of the article. Also, case reports should include information about obtaining informed consent / obtaining consent form in the article.
• The author (s) should present in the article the evidence that they adhere to ethical principles in the data collection process (such as obtaining permission from others to use documents such as scale, questionnaire, photograph). It should be stated in the articles that research and publication ethics and copyright regulations for intellectual and artistic works are followed. If the research was carried out on human and animal subjects, it should be reported that the research was carried out in accordance with international reports, guidelines, etc.
• Ethics committee approval is not required from the author (s) for review articles. However, it should be stated in the first-last page and method section of the article that an ethics committee decision is not required for articles that do not require an ethics committee decision.

Notifying the Editor of Non-Compliance with Ethical Principles:
In case of encountering an unethical situation with an article in an early view or an article in the process of non-ethical behavior or an evaluation process regarding editors, reviewers and authors it should be reported to aspam@ankara.edu.tre-mail address.

Author fees:
PASE does not charge authors a manuscript submission fee or page charges. However, once a manuscript is accepted for publication and sent in for typesetting, it is expected to be in its final form.

Permissions:
For permission and/or rights to use content for which the copyright holder is the Ankara University Performance Analysis in Sports Application and Research Center, please go to the journal's website and after clicking on the relevant article, click on the ‘‘Request Permissions’’ link under the article. Alternatively, send an e-mail to aspam@ankara.edu.tr

Reprints:
Authors will receive an email notification with a link to the order form soon after their article publishes in the journal (https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/pase). Reprints are normally shipped 6 to 8 weeks after publication of the issue in which the item appears. Contact the Reprint Department, Ankara Universitesi 50. Yil Yerleskesi, Spor Bilimleri Fakultesi, 06830, Golbasi, Ankara/TURKEY; E-mail: aspam@ankara.edu.tr with any questions.

Contact:
E-mail:aspam@ankara.edu.tr

PASE does not charge authors a manuscript submission fee or page charges. However, once a manuscript is accepted for publication and sent in for typesetting, it is expected to be in its final form.