Writing Rules

ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY

SPORTS AND PERFORMANCE RESEARCH JOURNAL PUBLICATION and WRITING RULES

All studies submitted to the Journal of Sports and Performance Researches (JSPR) will adhere to the following publication guidelines.

1. The publication language of the Journal of Sports and Performance Researches is Turkish and English.

2. In the Journal of Sports and Performance Researches, original and previously unpublished articles in the field of physical education and sports sciences are published.

3. The corresponding author should sign a form acknowledging that the manuscript submitted to the journal for publication has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere and that the author transfers all copyright to JSPR and sends it to the journal editorial office (Appendix: Copyright Transfer Agreement - CTA)

4. The studies are submitted to the Journal of Sports and Performance Researches (JSPR) via the "TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM DERGİPARK national article submission, tracking, and evaluation system." Accordingly, authors must register to the system and obtain a username and password.

5. Upon completion of the formatting control, each successfully evaluated work is forwarded to the section referees in accordance with its scientific content for further assessment. Manuscripts that do not comply with the journal's writing rules are returned to the author without proceeding to the peer review process.

6. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are reviewed and approved by the editor and at least two referees. Following this approval, the manuscripts are published, provided that the changes are made by the author(s) as requested. If the demanded changes about the study are not accepted by the author, the journal's editorial board is entitled to add another referee or to return the study to the author.

7. No editing can be made in the studies that are decided to be published, except for typos before publication.

8. After the manuscripts are submitted to the journal for publication, author names cannot be removed, new names cannot be added, and author orders cannot be changed without the written consent of all authors.

9. Authors are not paid royalty fees for their publication in JSPR.

10. The right to republication of the published article is subject to the journal's permission.

11. After the completion of the evaluation process, the manuscripts are published based on the date of submission received. However, this order may not be applied to some priority studies to keep them up-to-date. The authority to decide this belongs to the editor.

12. Interviews and reports of unpublished works (except Master's and Doctoral Theses) should not be used as references.

13. The author(s) are responsible for the reliability of the references.

14. Submitted manuscripts will not be returned to their authors, whether published or not. In case of non-publication, the author(s) will be informed.

15. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the “Journal of Sports and Performance Researches” (JSPR) will own the copyright of the manuscript.

16. The ethical and legal responsibility of the articles belongs to the author(s). Ethics committee approval must be obtained for human and animal subjects.

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED TO THE JOURNAL SHOULD FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING ORDER:

1. The first page (Authors' Colophon and the Turkish and English title of the study); the Turkish and English title of the study is written in 12 pt. in Times New Roman character, single-spaced, single-spaced, in capital letters, and immediately below it, the names and surnames, ORCID numbers, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of the author/authors are listed in the order of their contribution to the manuscript. The phrase "Corresponding author" is added in quotation marks next to the author who will be responsible for correspondence (Appendix: Author information template).

2. As the second file (the text of the study is given as a whole starting from the title), The TURKISH TITLE should be written in capital letters Times New Roman character, 12 pt, bold, and no abbreviation should be used, the name-surname of the author/authors should not be given in this section (Appendix: Article template).
Should not be given in this section (Appendix: Article template).

The title "ABSTRACT" should be written in Times New Roman, 10 Punto, 1 line spacing. It should be a single paragraph, at most 250 words. The abstract should start with a one-sentence introduction stating why you need to do the study. The abstract should include an introduction, purpose, subjects or research group, data collection tools, procedure, analysis of data, brief findings, and a brief conclusion, but should not be given in headings.

"ENGLISH TITLE" (Turkish abstract writing rules apply).

Keywords: Alphabetical order, comma separated between words, minimum three and maximum five words. Times New Roman, 10 Punto, 1 line spacing

Article sections: The article text consists of the following sections: "Introduction", "Method", "Results", "Discussion", "Conclusion and Recommendations", and "References". These headings will be left-justified, capitalised, 12-point font and bold).

If deemed necessary, the "acknowledgements" section is written before the references.

3. Author copyright transfer form: The form signed by the corresponding author.

4. Ethics committee certificate. The ethics committee certificate obtained by the author should be uploaded to the system together with the article and the institution from which it was obtained; the number and date should be specified in the method section of the article.

5. The similarity rate must be at least 12%, excluding references (reports from Turnitin or iThenticate similarity programs must be uploaded to the system).

WRITING LAYOUT

1) TITLE:

The study title should be in bold 12 Times New Roman characters with the first letter capitalised and centred.

2) ABSTRACT/ABSTRACT:

It should be written in Times New Roman, 10 Punto, 1 line spacing. It should be a single paragraph, at most 250 words. The abstract should start with a one-sentence introduction stating why you must do the study. The abstract should include an introduction, purpose, subjects or research group, data collection tools, procedure, analysis of data, brief findings, and a brief conclusion, but should not be given in headings.

For studies sent in English, the Turkish abstract should be added below the English abstract.

3) MAIN TEXT:

The subject of the study, the problem with its justifications and the theoretical or conceptual framework of the research should be presented, and an evaluation of the primary sources should be made. In the last paragraph of the introduction, the purpose and original value of the study should be stated. Definitions, abbreviations, assumptions, and limitations should be presented in this section along with their justifications.

The text of the article should be in Times New Roman 12 pt, the first line should be 1 cm from the inside, and the line spacing should be 1.5 pt. Page margins should be 2.5 cm on all sides (bottom, top, right, left). A 6nk space should be added between sections or after paragraphs.

Figures, graphs, photographs and charts to be included in the main text should be given and numbered where they are mentioned in the study. Figures, graphics, and photographs should be presented in JPG and TIFF format. The table number and title should be written above the tables. Tables can be written in 8, 9 or 10 font sizes according to the page layout. In articles written in Turkish, decimal notation should be indicated with a "comma" sign, and in studies sent in English, decimal notation should be indicated with a "dot" sign.

4) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Acknowledgements are not mandatory. However, the author/authors may write a few sentences of acknowledgement to people whose contribution to the research is not at the level of authorship.

It should be written at the end of the main text and before the References section.

5) REFERENCES:
The reference format is APA format. As much as possible, new sources that are directly related to the study should be included in the study. It is recommended that the number of references should not exceed 40.

When citing sources in the text, the surname of the author(s) and the date of the work are written in parentheses after the quoted statement and the parenthesis is closed. Example: If the cited text has a single author, it is shown as (Ağaoğlu, 2019). If the cited text has two authors, it is shown as (Atan & Küçük, 2009). If the cited text has more than two authors, it is shown as (Atan et al., 2020).
When citing, if more than one author has expressed the same idea, the author's work with the younger year is put first, and semicolons separate the authors (;). Example: Cited text (Atan, 2005; Ağaoğlu & Küçük, 2009; Erim et al., 2011).
If the source is stated at the beginning, the author's surname is written, and the citation year is indicated in parentheses. Example: Atan et al. (2020) should be in the form of the cited text.

References are listed alphabetically, not numbered.

CITATION OF SOURCE

References should be listed alphabetically; Times New Roman should be written in 10 font size; line spacing should be 1.0 cm, and six spaces should be added between references after the paragraph. The DOI number of the source, if any, should be indicated at the end of the bibliography.
The first letter of all words in the names of sources such as books, journals, edited books, congresses/symposiums, films, television programmes, documentaries or albums should be capitalised.
The list of references should be alphabetised and numbered according to the surname of the first author of each work.
In the References section, if there is more than one article by the same author, it is ordered according to the year of publication, starting from the oldest to the most recent.
If there is more than one publication of the same author published in the same year (or if the same group of authors are found in the same order), alphabetical order should be made according to the initials of the article names and a letter should be added next to each year.
In the References section, if the author's single-authored publications and publications with multiple authors are used, the single-authored publication should be placed at the beginning.
If the first author is the same and the second and third authors are different, the source whose name precedes the second author in alphabetical order should be placed at the beginning. If the names of the second authors are the same, the third authors should be listed according to the third authors.

To access the APA style;

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations

Sample Reference Citation

Citation from the article:

Kibler, W.B., Press, J., & Sciascia, A. (2006). The role of core stability in athletic function. Sports Medicine, 36(3), 189-198. DOI: xxxxxxx.xxxxxx

If the source is taken from the paper:
Hazır, T., Kazancı, A., Açıkada, C. (1992). "Methodological problems in anthropometric measurements". 2nd National Sports Sciences Congress, Ankara.

If the source is taken from the thesis:
Küçük, H. (2018). The effect of aerobic and anaerobic capacity on serum irisin, leptin, ghrelin levels. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Ondokuz Mayıs University Institute of Health Sciences, Samsun.

Citation from the book:

Agur, A.M., & Dalley, A.F. (2009). Grant's Atlas of Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Citation from an edited book:
Plath, S. (2000). The Unabridged Journals of KV Kukil. New York, NY: Anchor.

Translated Book:

Willardson, J.M. (2018). Core Development. (1st ed.). (Ç Bulgan, MA Başar, Transl.). Istanbul: Istanbul Medical Bookstores.

Web Document, Web Page or Report:
Author, A.A., Author, B.B. (Year of Publication). Title of Document. Month.day.year, http://web.

Last Update Time: 10/30/24, 10:55:00 AM