The Journal of Sports Science and Performance is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing knowledge in sports science, exercise, athletic performance, and related interdisciplinary fields. The journal provides a platform for researchers, clinicians, coaches, sports professionals, and practitioners to disseminate high-quality original research and evidence-based knowledge that contributes to understanding, improving, and maintaining human performance and health in sport and exercise.
The journal welcomes original research articles, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, review articles, short communications, case studies, methodological papers, and other scholarly contributions addressing theoretical, experimental, clinical, and applied aspects of sports science and performance.
Scope
Exercise Physiology: Physiological responses and adaptations to exercise and sports training.
Sports Biomechanics: Movement analysis, mechanical performance, and biomechanics related to sports and injury.
Kinesiology and Human Movement: Human movement, physical activity, motor function, and functional performance.
Strength and Conditioning: Training methods for improving strength, power, speed, endurance, and overall athletic performance.
Athletic Performance: Assessment, monitoring, and optimization of competitive and recreational sports performance.
Sports Medicine: Medical aspects of athlete health, exercise, performance, and sports participation.
Sports Injury Prevention: Risk factors, injury mechanisms, prevention strategies, and injury surveillance.
Sports Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation methods, recovery strategies, and safe return-to-sport practices.
Exercise and Sports Nutrition: Nutrition, hydration, supplementation, dietary strategies, and nutritional requirements for exercise and performance.
Sports Psychology: Psychological factors influencing motivation, confidence, stress, concentration, behavior, and athletic performance.
Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition: Development, learning, control, and optimization of motor and sports skills.
Training Science: Training principles, workload management, periodization, adaptation, and training responses.
Recovery and Fatigue: Exercise-induced fatigue, recovery processes, overtraining, athlete readiness, and recovery interventions.
Talent Identification and Athlete Development: Identification, selection, development, and long-term progression of athletes.
Coaching Science: Coaching methodologies, practices, decision-making, leadership, and athlete development.
Sports Technology: Wearable devices, sensors, digital platforms, monitoring systems, and emerging technologies in sports.
Sports Data Science and Analytics: Statistical analysis, performance modelling, data interpretation, and data-driven approaches in sports.
Artificial Intelligence in Sports: Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in performance analysis, training, injury prediction, and athlete monitoring.
Exercise and Public Health: Physical activity, exercise interventions, sedentary behavior, and health outcomes across populations.
Adapted and Inclusive Sports: Sports participation, training, performance, and health among individuals with disabilities and special needs.
Youth and Adolescent Sports: Physical development, training, health, injury prevention, and performance among young athletes.
Masters and Aging Athletes: Exercise, training, health, performance, and physiological adaptations associated with aging.
Women in Sport: Female athlete health, physiology, performance, training, injury, and participation.
Environmental Sports Physiology: Effects of heat, cold, altitude, humidity, and other environmental conditions on exercise and sports performance.
Doping and Anti-Doping: Performance-enhancing substances, anti-doping practices, detection, prevention, and related health concerns.
Sports Ethics and Integrity: Ethical conduct, fairness, integrity, safeguarding, and responsible practices in sports.
Sports Management and Governance: Sports administration, leadership, organizational management, governance, and policy.
Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy: Teaching, learning, curriculum development, and educational approaches in physical education and sports.
Community and Recreational Sports: Participation, engagement, physical activity, health, and performance in community and recreational sports.
Emerging Areas in Sports Science: Innovative methodologies, technologies, concepts, and interdisciplinary developments relevant to sports science and performance.