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Philosophy of Journal of Applied Sport Management

For more information, please see Journal of Applied Sport Management Aims and Scope page.

Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in Journal of Applied Sport Management provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. Further, by submitting material to Journal of Applied Sport Management, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Journal of Applied Sport Management. If you have concerns about the submission terms for Journal of Applied Sport Management, please contact the editors.

Additionally, to meet the applied focus of the journal, manuscripts must provide readers a medium to digest a large amount of material in a usable form. The following are important aspects of this concise, updated format:

  • Manuscripts must be kept to approximately 3,500 words (equivalent to approximately 16-18 pages, double spaced, 12pt, Times New Roman font) including references, tables, and figures.
  • Abstracts should not exceed 150 words and 3-5 keywords should be included after the abstract to guide the reader
  • Review of literature sections should be brief and perhaps even included in the manuscript preamble (1-1.5 page maximum). Authors should only cite the most relevant works guiding/supporting the submitted manuscript (e.g., “see X, Y, and Z for a complete review” is a highly encouraged manner to present this material). Authors should offer succinct objectives of the work and adequate background that avoids a detailed literature survey or a summary of prior results.
  • Authors should try, when possible, to avoid lengthy statistical dialogue, but instead (as above) cite works that readers can reference for a complete review of the analytic technique employed. We encourage robust statistical analyses but results presentations should be granular, explanatory, digestible, and practically focused.
  • Implications for the research should be presented in a manner consistent with the practical scope of JASM. All submitted manuscripts must contain an implications section for initial review consideration.

Reference pages should adhere to the guidelines included in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: 7th Edition. Authors are responsible for precise execution of this requirement. Please note that periods after authors’ initials require ONE space before the next initial (Ex: Walker, M. B.), and that ONE space is to be used after each period (EX: Andrew, D. P. S. (2012). The study of…).

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Formatting Requirements

Journal of Applied Sport Management has general rules about the formatting of articles upon initial submission. Please refer to General Submission Rules as well as Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a high-quality PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) file, or a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or RTF file that can be converted to a PDF file.

It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.

Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

To meet the applied focus of the journal, manuscripts must provide readers a medium to digest a large amount of material in a usable form. The following are important aspects of this concise, updated format:

  • Manuscripts must be kept to approximately 3,500 words (equivalent to approximately 16-18 pages, double spaced, 12pt, Times New Roman font) including references.
  • Abstracts should not exceed 150 words and 3-5 keywords should be included after the abstract to guide the reader.
  • Review of literature sections should be brief and perhaps even included in the manuscript preamble (1-1.5 page maximum). Authors should only cite the most relevant works guiding/supporting the submitted manuscript (e.g., “see X, Y, and Z for a complete review” is a highly encouraged manner to present this material). Authors should offer succinct objectives of the work and adequate background that avoids a detailed literature survey or a summary of prior results.
  • Authors should try, when possible, to avoid lengthy statistical dialogue, but instead (as above) cite works that readers can reference for a complete review of the analytic technique employed. We encourage robust statistical analyses but results presentations should be granular, explanatory, digestible, and practically focused.
  • Implications for the research should be presented in a manner consistent with the practical scope of JASM.

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    Peer Review Process

    The goal of JASM is to have manuscripts reviewed within one month of reviewer assignment. Upon receipt, manuscripts are reviewed by the journal editors. Manuscripts deemed suitable for consideration in JASM are then sent to two reviewers. The reviewer board is staffed with leading academicians from the fields of sport management, business, education, and philosophy. Each reviewer will assess (1) the soundness of the research design, analysis, and findings and (2) the practicality and applicability of the research to the sport industry.

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    VOL Journals: General Terms and Conditions of Use

    The publisher of this journal is in a partnership with UT VOL Journals, the Volunteer Open-Access, Library-hosted Journals of the University of Tennessee Libraries. Users of the website, services, and/or software(s) affiliated with VOL Journals agree not to misuse the website, services, or software(s) in any way. Users also agree to abide by The University of Tennessee System Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources policy.

    To seek an exception to the above terms, or if you have questions on rights or re-use, please contact the journal editors.

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