Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The main goal is the international exchange of scientific contributions and promotion of knowledge exchange and research in the field of sport and health. Topics are related to the upbringing of preschool children, modern physical school education in the function of proper growth, development and health of youth, university sport as a factor of healthy living, recreational activities as a way of fighting stress, lifestyle changes, corrective gymnastics, disabled sports, top-quality sport and health.

Authenticity of the papers is verified by the Turnitin online service - a plagiarism detection software.

Peer Review Process

Submissions to the journal will initially be evaluated by the Editorial Board using several criteria: the appropriateness of the topic and content for the journal; the editing (preparation of the manuscript) and format; and “general” merit. If these criteria are met, the submission will undergo a double-blind review process by at least two acknowledged and independent reviewers, with the review process taking up to 8 weeks. All the papers that pass the first editorial control are subject to the so-called double-blind review process which does not reveal the identity of the authors or reviewers. Only the papers that receive positive reviews will be accepted. One of the crucial reasons for the review is to provide quotations and references of relevant literature. The Editorial Board has the right to comment on the form of the paper before it is accepted for publication. The Editorial Board is not obliged to publish papers in chronological sequence of their receipt or in the sequence in which they have been accepted for publication. No substantial part of the submission should have been published elsewhere. The adducing of the results in extracts, summaries, abstracts, dissertations and Master’s theses, reviews and conference papers (up to three pages, containing abstracts, graphical presentations and references) are not considered as publishing. If the manuscript contains the results that have already been published, the author(s) must get the consent of the first publisher and quote the source clearly. The category of the paper is suggested by the Editorial Board in accordance with the suggestions of reviewers.

Publication Frequency

Journal will be published twice a year (July and December) in languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and abstracts in English.

Open Access Policy

This journal Sports Science and Health provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge, associated with the increased readership and increased citation of an author's work.

In accordance with definition of open access, all content is freely available without charge to the user. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

The journal Sports Science and Health applies the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms (excerpt):

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0

International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are allowed to deposit the final, published version of the work on personal, professional and institutional websites, and institutional repositories.

Open Access: DOISrpska and DOAJ.