Turkish Journal of Kinesiology publishes Research Articles, Reviews, and Letters in all areas of
kinesiology. All manuscripts must be submitted electronically via the Internet
to Turk J Kinesiol through the
online system. Original materials that have not been published, in part or
entirely, in other journals are allowed for publication. Manuscripts are
accepted in English. The journal doesn’t demand any submission fee or page
charges.
Authors must transfer the copyright to the Publisher after an
article is accepted for publication. A signed Copyright Form must be enclosed by the author(s) during submission. All research articles submitted to the journal must have ethics committee approval. Scientific ethics and legal responsibility of
the studies belong to the author/authors. After a manuscript has been submitted, it
is not possible for authors to be added or removed or for the order of authors
to be changed. If authors do so, their submissions will be canceled.
All authors are required to provide their ORCID ID during the submission process so that the process of evaluation and publishing of the manuscripts can continue in accordance with our publishing policy. If you do not have an ORCID ID, you can visit https://orcid.org/ to get your unique 16-digit ORCID ID number.
All
manuscripts are subject to peer review and are expected to meet standards of
academic excellence. This
journal uses a double-blind review. If approved by the editor, submissions will be considered
by peer-reviewers, whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors. The evaluation period of a paper sent to the Turk J Kinesiol varies between 1 and 3 months.
Manuscripts
may be rejected without peer review by the editor-in-chief if they do not
comply with the instructions to authors or if they are beyond the scope of the
journal.
Preparation of Manuscript
The
study should be prepared in a Microsoft Word document. Manuscripts must be typed with 25-mm margins
and double line spaces on both sides using 12-point type in Times New Roman
font. A manuscript should not exceed 20 pages and be written in a single-column
format. The text should be divided into
captioned sections: INTRODUCTION, METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGE (If
it is necessary), and REFERENCES. All pages of the manuscript must be numbered
sequentially, facilitating the reviewing and editing of the manuscript. Manuscripts
should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main
text; acknowledgments; references; table(s) and figures with caption(s).
Title page (Download the title page template)
The
following information should be included: Paper title, full author names and
surnames, full institutional mailing addresses, e-mail addresses, Orcid IDs, corresponding
author’s name and e-mail address, and running head. The title page should be
submitted as a separate Word Document.
Main Text (Download the manuscript template)
The Main
text should include Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Methods, Results,
Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, and Figures. The main text should not include authors’ information and submitted as a separate Word
Document.
Abstract
The
abstract should have sentences (no headings) related to the purpose of the
study, brief methods, results, conclusions, and practical applications. The
abstract contains between 150-300 words.
Keywords
Please
provide 3-6 keywords in alphabetical order.
Introduction
This
section should focus on the careful development of the study's hypotheses leading to the investigation's purpose.
Methods
This
section should broadly explain the study’s subject, protocol, and data analyses. In
this section, the author(s) should state which ethics committee approved the
study. The methods section must be included a statement that the experiments were
undertaken with the understanding and written consent of each subject when
human subjects are used. The author (s) must be declared that the study was
conducted in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association
(Declaration of Helsinki). When experimental animals are used, the author(s) must
declare that the study was conducted in accordance with the European Communities
Council Directive.
Results
Findings
must be described without comment.
Discussion
This
section emphasizes new and important aspects generated from the study. In a separate
paragraph, the study’s main conclusions should be given with importance and
relevance.
Acknowledgments
Please
provide the names of persons or funding organizations who have contributed to the research.
Conflict of
Interest
Statement
of all financial and material support for this research and any potential
conflicts should also be clearly identified in the Conflict of Interest
sections. If there is no Conflict-of-Interest then still add this statement.
References
References
should be arranged in alphabetical order to authors' last names. In the text, citations should be identified by name and year in parentheses (e.g. Samarta
et al., 2005; Hinman, 2000; Arnold & Schmitz, 1998). Journal titles should
be abbreviated in style used in Index Medicus.
Journal Articles:
Costill, D. L., Dalsky, G. P., & Fink, W. J. (1978). Effects of caffeine ingestion on metabolism and
exercise performance. Med Sci Sports, 10(1), 155–158.
Journal article, article not in English:
Arazi, H., Dehlavinejad, N., & Gholizadeh, R. (2016). The acute effect of caffeine supplementation
on strength, repetition sustainability, and work volume of novice bodybuilders.
Turk J Kinesiol, 2(3), 43-48. (In Turkish: English abstract).
Books:
Dupaul, G. J., Power, T. J., Anastopoulos, A. D., & Reid, R. (1998). ADHD rating scale II: Checklists, norms, and clinical interpretation. 5th ed., New York, NY: Guilford.
Belsey, C. (2006). Poststructuralism. In S. Malpas & P. Wake (Eds.), The Routledge companion to critical theory (pp. 51–61). Routledge.
Thesis:
Ozer, O. (2001). The effect of muscle exercise to oxygen kinetics in chronic smokers.
Doctoral thesis, University of Uludag, Turkey.
Conference Proceedings:
Yucesoy, M., Erkmen, N., Aktas, S., Guven, F., & Durmaz, M. (2017). Physiological responses and technical
activities during continuous and interval small-sided games in soccer players. Proceedings
of the 15. International Sports Sciences Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 104.
Webpages:
National Institute of Mental Health. (2018, July). Anxiety disorders. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
Tables and Figures
All illustrations (photographs, drawings, graphs, etc.), not including tables, must be labeled “Figure”. Tables and figures should be typed on a separate sheet of paper also with double-spacing in the manuscript. All tables and figures must have a caption and be numbered. They must be shown where it is to be placed by noting this between paragraphs. The manuscript should be no more than 5 tables.
Standard
abbreviations of units of measurement should be added between parentheses. Vertical
lines should not be used to separate columns. If needed, explanations of tables
should be given in footnotes at the bottom of the table.
Publishing Fee
The
Turk J Kinesiol does not demand any publishing or submission fee. It publishes
all papers at no charge.