About the Journal

ISSN: 3108-4974

Focus and Scope

The Nortis Journal of Sports Sciences (NJSS) is an international peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge in the field of sports sciences through the publication of original research articles, review papers, and interdisciplinary studies.

The journal adopts a holistic and multidisciplinary perspective and welcomes submissions from a wide range of areas related to sports sciences, health sciences, and physical activity.

NJSS particularly publishes manuscripts in the following broad areas:

1. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

This section publishes manuscripts related to educational and pedagogical aspects of sport and physical activity, including but not limited to:

• Physical education
• Sport pedagogy
• Motor learning and control
• Play and movement education
• Physical literacy
• Curriculum and teaching methods
• Inclusive physical education
• Adapted physical activity

2. Exercise, Health and Performance Sciences

This section focuses on the scientific study of exercise, human performance, and health-related outcomes, including:

• Exercise physiology
• Sport nutrition
• Physical activity and public health
• Exercise medicine
• Preventive and rehabilitative exercise
• Physical fitness
• Kinanthropometry
• Human performance sciences

3. Sport Psychology and Social Sciences

This section publishes studies examining psychological, sociological, and behavioral aspects of sport and physical activity, such as:

• Sport psychology
• Exercise psychology
• Motivation and well-being
• Mental health in sport
• Sociology of sport
• Philosophy of sport
• Psychosocial aspects of physical activity
• History of sport

4. Management, Recreation and Sport Industry

This section includes manuscripts related to organizational and managerial aspects of sport, including:

• Sport management
• Recreation studies
• Sport tourism
• Sport marketing
• Consumer behavior in sport
• Event and facility management
• Governance in sport
• Leadership and organizational behavior

5. Coaching, Training and Biomechanics

This section publishes research on training sciences and sport performance, including:

• Coaching science
• Training methodologies
• Sports biomechanics
• Performance analysis
• Neuromuscular adaptations
• Skill acquisition
• Applied sport science

6. Interdisciplinary and Emerging Topics

NJSS also encourages interdisciplinary studies connected to sports sciences and related fields, including:

• Sports technologies
• Digital sport and recreation
• Artificial intelligence in sports sciences
• Wearable technologies
• Disability and adapted sport
• Innovative and multidisciplinary approaches in sport sciences

The journal welcomes manuscripts in Turkish and English and publishes four issues per year (January, April, July, October).

Double-Blind Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to NJSS undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process in which the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed throughout the evaluation process.

The review process follows these stages:

Phase 1. Initial Editorial Screening

Submitted manuscripts are first evaluated by the editorial office in terms of:

• Compliance with journal formatting requirements
• Scope suitability
• Ethical documentation
• Plagiarism screening using similarity detection software
• Technical completeness of submission files

Manuscripts failing to meet formal requirements may be returned to the authors before peer review.

Phase 2. Peer Review Evaluation

Manuscripts passing the initial screening are sent to at least two independent expert reviewers.

Reviewers evaluate manuscripts according to:

• Scientific originality
• Methodological rigor
• Relevance to the field
• Quality of analysis
• Academic contribution
• Clarity of writing and interpretation

Editorial Decisions

Based on reviewer reports, one of the following decisions may be made:

a) Accepted without revisions
b) Accepted with minor revisions
c) Major revisions required
d) Rejected

If reviewer opinions conflict, the manuscript may be sent to an additional reviewer.

A minimum of two positive reviewer reports is required for acceptance. The final publication decision belongs to the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board.

Review Timeline

• Initial editorial screening: approximately 1–3 weeks
• First decision: generally within 25–45 days
• Full editorial process: targeted within 60 days (may vary depending on revisions and reviewer availability)

Authors are expected to submit revision responses within the time specified by the editorial office.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

NJSS adheres to internationally accepted publication ethics standards and follows the principles of:

• Committee on Publication Ethics
• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
• World Association of Medical Editors

The journal does not tolerate:

• Plagiarism
• Data fabrication
• Data falsification
• Duplicate publication
• Improper authorship
• Undisclosed conflicts of interest
• Ethical misconduct in research

All submitted manuscripts may be checked using plagiarism detection software before peer review.

If ethical misconduct is suspected, the journal reserves the right to investigate and take actions according to COPE recommendations, including rejection, correction, or retraction of published work.

Licensing Policy

All articles published in Nortis Journal of Sports Sciences are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

This is the only license used in the journal.

This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Authors retain copyright of their work.

Open Access Policy

NJSS is a fully open-access journal.

All published articles are made freely available immediately upon publication to support the unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Readers may access, download, read, and cite all content without subscription or access fees.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

No submission fee, review fee, or publication fee is charged.

NJSS does not apply any Article Processing Charges (APC).

Authors are not required to pay any fee at any stage of the editorial or publication process.

Copyright Notice

Authors publishing in NJSS retain academic responsibility for their work while granting publication rights to the journal for dissemination and archiving.

Published articles are distributed under the journal’s stated open-access policy and may be archived in institutional repositories in accordance with journal self-archiving rules.

Authors are encouraged to share:

• Pre-print versions
• Accepted manuscripts (post-print)
• Published links in academic repositories and personal academic profiles

provided that proper citation to the original journal publication is included.