Submissions

Invited Articles

Invited papers are requested by the Editor-in-Chief. These are state-of-the-art reviews on specific topics, performed by outstanding exercise scientists. The main goal is to communicate first-rate information readily available in Spanish. These manuscripts will be rated by our reviewers using the following criteria: 

1. The topic is appropriate for the scope of the journal.

2. The manuscript makes a valuable contribution to the current knowledge in its area.

3. It has not been previously published in another journal.

4. Results are presented objectively.

5. Conclusions are well supported.

6. The manuscript has good order, coherence and writing.

7. It follows the guidelines for authors.

8. At least 50% of the references are 5 years old or less.

Evaluation Form For Invited Articles

Descriptive, Correlational and Qualitative studies

This section includes original manuscripts meeting the general guidelines for authors. They must include the following subtitles: abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion and references. As stated in the title, papers can be of a descriptive, correlational, or qualitative nature. These manuscripts will be rated by our reviewers using one of the following forms:

Detailed Evaluation Form

General evaluation Form (Whit recommendation))

Experimental Research and Metaanalysis

These are original research papers and metaanalyses which meet the following criteria: abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion and references. These manuscripts will be rated by our reviewers using one of the following forms:

Detailed Evaluation Form

General evaluation Form (Whit recommendation)

Systematic review

This section intends to publish analyses, syntheses and critiques of current scientific evidence on specific topics; these must be first rate and relevant for Human Movement Science and Health. Manuscripts for this section have a 7000 word limit; acceptance of texts exceding this limit will be the prerrogative of the Editor. These manuscripts will be peer-reviewed using the following form: 

 Detailed Form for systematic Review

Essays and reviews

This section publishes essays with wide and well-founded reflections about specific topics or hypotheses related to Human Movement and Health Sciences.

Manuscripts submitted to this section have a 7000-word limit and should include at least the following elements: introduction, main body, and conclusion. In addition, the author(s) must make sure that the article follows a clear train of thought, allowing the readers to understand the manuscript’s main topic or hypothesis.

Guidelines and Consensus Statements

The main goal of this section is to present the position of various professional organizations related to human movement science and health regarding current topics, such as competition for pre-pubertal children or the mandatory nature of physical education classes in school systems.

As is the case for the other sections of this journal, manuscripts must be original and unpublished. These manuscripts will be rated by our reviewers using one of the following forms:

Detailed Evaluation Form

General evaluation Form (Whit recommendation)

News in Motion

This is an opinion section. Therefore, manuscripts will not be peer-reviewed, although they will be subject to editorial review.

Contents must be well grounded; authors must avoid insulting or denigrating members of the exercise science professions.

Clinical Studies

We accept case studies and clinical research. The work must be authorized by the corresponding ethics committee (institutional review board). These manuscripts will be rated by our reviewers using one of the following forms:

Detailed Evaluation Form

General evaluation Form (Whit recommendation)

Science and Football

Articles in this section have association football (soccer) as their main subject, but they may include consolidated offspring sports such as beach soccer and indoor soccer or futsal. Studies may be experimental or descriptive, literature reviews and expert analyses on training, strategy or tactics. There may also be specialized discussions on sports management or tutorials (teaching recommendations for the improvement of skills or tactics). All papers submitted to this section must include a strong scientific background. When the author’s experience or academic production are the basis of a paper, it must be clearly stated in the body of the article that such material is original, to distinguish it from the work of other authors. These manuscripts will be rated by our reviewers using one of the following forms:

Detailed Evaluation Form

General evaluation Form (Whit recommendation)

Technical Note

Manuscripts in this section will clearly explain a relevantproblem in need of solution, together with the methods used and the proposed solution. These are very specific problems which would not warrant a full-length article, but are documented with the same rigor.

Methods should be clearly described, as well as the target population and the specific recommendations made according to the results.

An abstract should be included, with the same characteristics as those used in the experimental research section. There should be a list of key references with no less than three and no more than ten papers cited. The maximum length of the manuscript should be four pages. These manuscripts will be rated by our reviewers using one of the following forms:

Detailed Evaluation Form

General evaluation Form (Whit recommendation)

Databases, novel methods and other complementary files

Esta nueva sección fue creada en seguimiento a nuestro editorial del 2019 “Los cambios radicales de la ciencia abierta”. Su objetivo es publicar bases de datos crudos, metodologías novedosas y otros archivos complementarios, vinculados con manuscritos que se aceptaron para publicación en el mismo número. Se recomienda que las bases tengan formato *.csv o *.xlsx, para ser fácilmente utilizables por otros científicos. Dichas bases de datos deberán estar curadas y anotadas, de tal manera que sean inteligibles para los lectores. Los archivos deberán incluir información completa sobre los autores y demás metadatos, deberán referenciar el artículo al que corresponden en un pie de página, se publicarán bajo una licencia Creative Commons-Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional claramente estipulada y tendrán su propio DOI. Aunque no están sujetos a revisión por pares, son citables.