Journal of Sport Behavior
Overview
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The Journal of Sport Behavior publishes original, empirical, investigative, and theoretical papers dealing with the studies of behavior in the areas of game and sport. Unsolicited reviews of books will also be accepted for publication. Empirical studies or innovation which have practical application for the coach or athlete are also accepted. Essentially, the Journal of Sport Behavior is interested in sociological, psychological, anthropological, and related applications to the science of sport.
This journal is published quarterly (March, June, September, & December), and is listed in the Physical Education on Index, the Psychological Abstracts, PsychINFO, the SPORT database, and SPORT Discus. Subscriptions rates: $200 library rates/institutional subscriptions; $50 individual memberships.
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Directions for Authors
Authors should submit the following:
1. Cover Letter
Within your cover letter, please provide the names of at least 3 individuals (full
name AND email contact information) who might be willing to review your manuscript.
These individuals should be reliable reviewers, meaning they have the necessary skill
set to review and have completed reviews in this content area previously.
2. Title page containing affiliation information for all authors and the full contact information for the corresponding author
3. Manuscript
When submitting a manuscript, authors MUST use our journal template: Journal of Sport
Behavior Template. Please follow the instructions listed here when preparing your
manuscript for submission. When inputted into the template, manuscripts should be
BLINDED containing NO identifying information (i.e., please leave out the author(s)
name(s) and affiliation(s)). Our template follows the most recent guidelines set forth
by the American Psychological Association, so in-text and end of paper references
should follow APA guidelines.
***Manuscripts submitted without use of our template do not adhere to the approved submission process will not be reviewed.***
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