Writing Rules

Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise (Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi) publishes original papers, reviews, short communications and letters to the Editors. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must contain novel data on theoretical or experimental research or on practical applications in the field of sport sciences.

Publishing Rules:

Papers sent for the Journal can be written in English. Ones which are not prepared to spelling rules are not evaluated. Unaccepted declarations are not returned. Scientific ethic and legal responsibility of these studies belong to author/authors.

Spelling Rules:

The study should be prepared in Microsoft Word document. The text should be written on standard broadsheet (A4), having 1.5 line spaces, leaving 2.5 cm space from the right and left side of each page. The first rows of paragraphs should be 1.5 cm inside. The full text should be written with Times New Roman typeface and 12 points, and also should not exceed over 16 pages.

Title should be added on the page as align left and bold, only the first letters of words should be capitalized. Following this, author(s)’s names and surnames, information about author(s) (institution, department, city, and country) should be given. Also author responsible for correspondence should clearly state his/her postal address and e-mail address.

Study should include abstract, keywords, heading, introduction, material & method, results, discussion, acknowledgment (if necessary), references. All headings should be flush left; the first letters of words should be capitalized.

Abstract should contain the least 200 words, the most 300 words. Key words should include 3-5 words; here the words “keywords” should be written as align left and bold. English heading should be aligning left and bold, too.

 Shape, graphic, photograph, etc. should be showed as “Form” and numeric values as “Table”. Names of shapes should be written under related graphic, names of tables on related numeric value. References should be arranged in an alphabetical order to authors’ last names. Number of reference should be mentioned in parenthesis to refer in text “(…increase in isokinetic muscle strength is informed (5,9). This situation…)”. But if reference to other resources is also necessary to mention as an extra-item in the text, the only author as “Ergun (8)…….. of athletes”, two authors as “Ostojic & Mazic (11)…. the effect of exercises”, more authors than two persons as “Casa et al.(7)….the effect of tiredness” should express. All references should be indicated at last.

References:

In case article;

1. Casa DJ, Armstrong LE, Hillman SK, Montain SJ, Reiff RV, Rich BSE, Roberts WO, Stone JA. National athletic trainers’ association position statement: fluid replacement for athletes. Journal of Athletic Training, 2000; 35(2): 212-224.

In case journal written by institution;

8. American College of Sports Medicine. Joint position stand: Nutrition and athletic performance. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2000; 32(12): 2130-2145.

In case book;

2. Cohen J. Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. 2nd ed. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc, 1988: 274-275.

In case chapter of book;

5. Bangsbo J. Physiology of Training. In: Science and Soccer, Relly, T and Williams, AM, eds. New York: Roudledge, 2003.


Publication Ethics

Turkish Sports and Exercise Journal is based on the ethical principles of the following organizations:

1. Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

2. Higher Education Council Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive

Please refer to the following link (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines) for the responsibilities and obligations of authors, referees and editors on ethical principles.

Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).