Authors'
Guideline
Journal
of Advanced Sports Technology
Introduction
Journal
of Advanced Sports Technology (JAST)
is a peer-reviewed journal strives to publish technical research papers and
bridging between academic and industry in favor of sport technology. Research
papers on technological aspects of sport biomechanics, sport injuries, medical
engineering, Sport
technology and
Engineering
can
be submitted on the understanding that the manuscript is not previously
published or under consideration for publication elsewhere. Gaining
technological information in the realm of sport is our utmost goal by
encompassing vast sport related engineering science, academic, coaches,
athletes, and sport industries.
JAST
accept five types of manuscript:
1.
Original
Research Articles
It
is the most popular manuscript in the scientific journals. It should not contain
more than 6000 words and must divide into the following sections: Abstract,
introduction, results, discussion, conclusions, and references.
2.
Technical
Research Articles
Technical
research articles are report development, design and innovations related to
sports engineering, innovative methods by using instruments, develop a software,
Big-Data technologies, cloud-base or web-based information, The Internet of Things (IoT),
Apps in the field of sport or exercise science, new instrumental method in
exercise analysis, instrumentation design in sport, technology evaluation in
design and manufacturing of sport equipment. Manuscripts should contain up to
45000 characters with sufficient technical details. JAST suggest following
order: abstract, introduction, technical and experimental information, results,
discussion, conclusions, conflict of interest, acknowledgment, references, and
appendix.
3.
Review
Articles
A
comprehensive and up to date review may considered for publication if the
contents comply with the JAST field of interest and provide a comprehensive
review on the sport technology, sport equipment, sport technical methods and
other themes stated for the technical research articles. It should contain
abstract, introduction, literature review with maximum 60
references.
4.
Sport
Technology News
This
is another type of manuscript accept by the JAST. It is a scientific report
regarding emerging sport related technologies, patents, products, software,
apps, and websites. It should contain an abstract followed by the news and
references. We encourage young researchers to start manuscript writing in this
category. Accepted manuscript should have permission to publish photos, charts,
etc. and provide color and attractive illustrations.
5.
The
Expert’s Note
The
Expert's Note is generally written by a leading researcher in sport technology
by invitation from the editor regarding the current trends in sports technology,
advanced technologies in sport and exercise science, and suggestion in the
equipment technology. However, letter of intent to the editor attached with the
abstract can be considered for invitation by the editor. Manuscripts should
contain up to 5000 words including short biography of the author, abstract,
introduction, conclusion, references.
Authorship
Papers
should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all
contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all
those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing
authors.
The
list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim authorship.
This is all those who:
Authors
should meet the conditions of all of the points above. Each author should have
participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for
appropriate portions of the content. When a large, multicenter group has
conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct
responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals should fully meet the
criteria for authorship.
Acquisition
of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group,
alone does not constitute authorship, although all contributors who do not meet
the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgments section.
Please refer to the International
Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship
guidelines for
more information on authorship.
Submission
of Manuscript
It
is recommended to submit manuscript with word 2007 format by e‐mail:
jast@uma.ac.ir
as an attachment for quick evaluation. The editorial office will send an
acknowledgement letter stated the receipt of your manuscript, category, and the
manuscript number.
All
manuscripts should be clearly written in a clear and concise grammatical correct
English manner. If English is not your first language, please ask an
English-speaking colleague to proofread your article prior to submission to
ensure it is of a high standard and conforms to a high level of scientific
writing. Arial font style with font size 12 should be used except for Tables
title and contents and Figure legends (size 10). The entire manuscript should be
typed double spaced, with margins of 1 inch each side and justified. All pages
should be numbered consecutively on the right side of the bottom starting with
the title page. Indent new paragraphs. The style of heading and subheading
should be defined by Microsoft heading style (e.g. Heading 1, heading 2, etc.)
with wide margins (2.5 cm from all sides). The beginning of each new paragraph
must be clearly indicated by indentation. Click here to download the Microsoft
Word original research manuscript template.
The
first line starts with manuscript title (bold, size 12). In the second line
write the name of all authors with their highest qualifications (marked with
asterisk) and the next line address(es) of the author(s), the name of the
corresponding author (marked with asterisk) along with phone, E-mail
address.
In
page 2, manuscripts should accompany with a structured abstract less than
300-350 words, but not less than 250 words. It should contain
introduction, objectives, material and methods,
results, discussion and conclusion followed by 3-5 keywords
separated by comma.
Abstract
must clearly reflect the content of the manuscript.
It
should contain a structured review of literatures and establish the purpose and
importance of the research.
It
should include exact material and methods of experiments ended with statistical
method. Using proper statistical and/or data analysis method with brief
justification for using it is important in this section. Instruments model and
manufacturer, software name and website, and methods used in the research should
clearly quoted.
It
must be presented in the form of text, table, graphs and illustrations. The
contents of the table should not be all repeated in the text. Instead, a
reference to the table number must be given. Figures and illustrations should
have high quality for the viewers.
It
should emphasize the main findings and the variations or similarities with other
researches. It is important to emphasis on the technological aspects between
your findings with others. The detailed results should not be repeated in the
discussion. Emphasize the new and important aspect of the study and the
conclusion that follow from them.
Bibliographic
citations
in the text should be identified by numbers in
the text appear like [1, 2, ...], using square
brackets.
References should be numbered consecutively in the text. We urge authors to use
the EndNote software for references. JAST
provided an example of EndNote library and output styles that support the
formatting of in-text citations and reference listed by EndNote software:
Download JAST EndNote reference style.
Examples:
Journal
article
1.
Meamarbashi, A., Quantification of exercise performance intensity during walking
and running by three-dimensional accelerometry. Sports Technology, 2013. 6(1):
p. 2-9.
Book
2.
Burke, E., High-tech cycling. 2nd ed. 2003, Champaign,
IL, USA: Human Kinetics. 325.
Book
chapter
3.
Senanayake, S. and T.K. Khoo, Intelligent musculosoccer simulator, in The impact
of Technology on Sport II, F.K. Fuss, A. Subic, and S. Ujihashi, Editors. 2007,
Taylor & Francis: London, UK. p. 409-414.
Online
document
4.
Ann, L. and v. Thron. This Bike Company Used 3D Printing To Make Performance
Bikes That Fold. 2016
[cited 2016 June 20]; Available from:
http://www.sporttechie.com/2016/06/13/this-bike-company-used-3d-printing-to-make-performance-bikes-that-fold/.
Dissertation
5.
Chadwick, S.G., The aerodynamic properties of tennis balls, in Department of
Mechanical Engineering. 2003, University of Sheffield: Sheffield, UK. p.
331.
Conference
proceeding
6.
Zulkifli, N.S.A., F.K.C. Harun, and N.S. Azahar. XBee wireless sensor networks
for Heart Rate Monitoring in sport training. In International Conference on
Biomedical Engineering (ICoBE), 2012.
This
is an optional section that should contain acknowledgements of personal but if
authors received any type of financial support to help in their research or
assist them to publish the article, or any significant financial or technical
assistance, it is compulsory to acknowledge accordingly.
It
is compulsory in case of any conflict of interest to state in this section,
otherwise ignore this section.
Tables
Tables
should be self-explanatory without reference to the text. Each table should be
inserted in the manuscript and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals with
short descriptive titles. Tables are to be typed single-spaced with font 10
including headings and footnotes. Columns are to be separated by horizontal
lines only. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in
parentheses. All abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. Use superscript
letters (not numbers) for footnotes and keep footnotes to a
minimum.
Figures
Figure
legends should be typed in numerical order and insert on the manuscript.
Graphics should be prepared using applications capable of generating high
resolution GIF, TIFF, BMP, JPEG before pasting in the Microsoft Word manuscript
file. Use Arabic numerals to designate figures and upper case letters for their
parts (Figure 1). Begin each legend with a title and include sufficient
description so that the figure is understandable without reading the text of the
manuscript. Information given in legends should not be repeated in the text.
Line figures should be supplied as sharp, black and white or color diagrams,
drawn with a computer graphics package. Photographs should be sharp and
magnifications should be indicated on photographs using a scale bar. Graphics
should be supplied as high resolution (at least 300 dpi.) electronic files.
Digital images supplied as low-resolution cannot be used. The legend should
incorporate definitions of any symbols used and all abbreviations and units of
measurement should be explained so that the figure can be understood without
reference to the text.
Language
Either
British or American English can be used, but be consistent within your
manuscript.
Check
for consistent spelling of names, terms, and abbreviations, including tables and
figure captions.
Terminology,
Units and Abbreviations
Technical
terms and abbreviations should be defined the first time they appear in the
text.
·
Please
always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units, so-called SI
units.
·
Numerals
should follow the British/American method of decimal points to indicate decimals
and commas to separate thousands.