CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TRADITIONAL KINESIOLOGY AND SPORT JOURNALS
Journal Title: Medicina Sportiva - Year 2014, Vol 18, Issue 4
Abstract
Objective: To document the English language Open Access (OA) journals in Kinesiology and Sports Science, their major editorial characteristics, and compare them to similar traditional, subscription-supported journals.Methods: A search of the Directory of Open Access Journals and the internet found 51 English-language OA gold journals in Kinesiology meeting inclusion criteria. Four common editorial parameters were sought by email survey of journal editors/editorial offices and 51 matched subscription-support Kinesiology Journals.Results: Twenty-three OA and twenty-eight traditional journals provided data. Traditional journals had significantly lower (d = 1.3) acceptance rates than OA journals. There were no significant differences in mean review times and numbers of databases indexing articles. Small percentages (4 to 35%) of journals had publication charges and could not be compared across journal category. There was considerable variation in the journals that responded so that there was overlap of the distributions of these common editorial characteristics.Conclusions: These data indicate a majority of English-language OA and traditional journal publication opportunities in Kinesiology without publication charges, many with similar editorial characteristics. Traditional Kinesiology journals may have lower mean acceptance rates, however the size of this difference is not as large as the vast difference (100 fold) in journals based on many citation metrics.
Authors and Affiliations
Duane Knudson
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP74252
- DOI 10.5604/17342260.1133109
- Views 118
- Downloads 0
REGULATION OF IRON METABOLISM AND EXERCISE
Iron is an essential element for all living cells. More in detail, iron is a key component for oxygen transport and storage, and is part of mitochondrial enzymes and cytochromes involved in the electron transport system....
HYPOXIA AND HEARING – WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW?
Due to the fact, that the hearing process is an energy-depended and consumptive process, some changes happen, when going to high altitude where the oxygen partial pressure decreases. The oxygen is provided to the inner...
THE EFFECT OF COURSE LENGTH ON BUTTERFLY SWIMMING PERFORMANCE IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SWIMMERS
Introduction: Effects of course length and recent advances on performance in butterfly swimming have not been previ¬ously investigated. Objective: The aims to this study were (i) to compare the butterfly swim performance...
EFFECTS OF CHROMIUM PICOLINATE SUPPLEMENTATION ON BODY COMPOSITION IN IN-SEASON DIVISION I INTERCOLLEGIATE FEMALE SWIMMERS
Introduction: Chromium (Cr) supplementation has received anecdotal support for enhancing body composition. With this in mind, few studies have reported the effects of Cr supplementation in female athletes during a full c...
PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF HEALTHY MEN EXPOSED TO LONG EXERCISE AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION
Introduction: There are only few data on influence of combined effects of long lasting exercise and sleep deprivation on physical performance. Objective: To evaluate the influence of 36 hours of sleep deprivation combin...