Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

Editor-in-Chief
Monika Piątkowska – Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland

Deputy Editor
Joanna Bańbuła – Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland

Founding Editor-in-Chief
Jerzy Kosiewicz – International Society for the Social Sciences of Sport

Assistant Editor
Martyna Sitek – Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland

Social media specialist
Paulina Kaftanowicz – Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland

Language Editor
Lauren Michelle Moseley

Editors
Andrew Edgar – Cardiff University, UK
R. Scott Kretchmar – The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Salomé Marivoet – ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
Mike McNamee – University of Wales, Swansea, England
William J. Morgan – University of Southern California, USA
Mark Stephen Nesti – Liverpool John Moores University, UK
John S. Russell – Langara College, Vancouver, Canada
Cesar R. Torres – State University of New York, USA
Otmar Weiss – Institut für Sportwissenschaft der Universität Wien, Austria

Editorial Advisory Board
Irina Bykhovskaja – Institute of Natural Sciences and Sports Technologies of the Moscow City University, Russia
Jay Coakley – University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA
Miguel Cornejo Améstica – Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
Philippe Crisp - University of Chichester, United Kingdom
Yoav Dubinsky – University of Oregon, USA
Iulian-Marius Dumitru – Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iași, Romania
Samuel Duncan – Holmesglen Institute and Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Zbigniew Dziubiński – Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland
Gyongyi Földesi – University of Physical Education in Budapest, Hungary
Krister Hertting – Halmstad University, Sweden
Jesus Ilundain Agurruza – Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Steve Jackson – University of Otago, New Zealand
Ivo Jirásek – University of Olomouc, Czech Republic
Ferman Konukman – Sport Science Program, Quatar University, Qatar
Michał Lenartowicz – Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland
Wanderley Marchi Junior – Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil
Louis Moustakas – German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Ana Lúcia Padrão dos Santos – University of São Paulo, Brazil
Sajjad Pashaie – University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Nuria Puig – Former Full Professor for the Sociology at the Institut Nacional d'Educacio Fisica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Ingrid Ružbarská – University of Prešov, Slovakia
Robert Schneider – State University of New York, USA
Daniel Seabra – Fernando Pessoa University, Portugal
Petr Vajda – Masaryk Universoty, Czech Republic
Maria Zowisło – University School of Physical Education in Cracow, Poland

Contact
Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
Josef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
34 Marymoncka Street, 00-968 Warszawa, Poland
e-mail: pcssr@awf.edu.pl

Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
Bogumiła Zuga 32A Str.
01-811 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15

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REVIEW

All manuscripts submitted to the Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research are subject to a double anonymized review process. All contributions are initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to evaluate the scientific quality of the paper based on its originality, soundness of methodology, impact to design research, and relevance to design practices. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. Reviewers’ scoring and assessment criteria may be found at for authors.

A revised manuscript file shall include highlights where changes have been made. There should be no tracked changes. Please ensure you submit a separate response to reviewer’s file.

After acceptance of the paper, we kindly ask authors to provide us with their proof corrections within five days to ensure a fast publication process of the article.

PROOFREADING

As a high-quality journal Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) authors of the manuscripts which are accepted for publication are requested to have their papers proofread and edited by the native editor indicated by the Editorial of the Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research. The cost of the proofreading is covered by the authors themselves. We do not accept certificates of language editing provided by other native speakers or national translators.

PUBLICATION CHARGES

The journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor article submission charges.

EDITORIAL STATEMENT

Please read the terms of listed documents and email a scanned copy of the signed original to the Editor-in-Chief of the journal:

• Open Access License
• Publication Ethics Statement

GUIDE FOR AUTHOR’S MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

All submissions to the Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research (PCSSR) should be made electronically at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pcssr. Any paper submitted should not be under consideration for publication at another journal. All submitted papers must also represent original work, and should fully reference and describe all prior work on the same subject and compare the submitted paper to that work.

For general questions about PCSSR please write at pcssr@awf.edu.pl

The title page and main manuscript files must be submitted in an editable format.

Title page should contain:

• Concise and informative title. In title case, major words are capitalized, and most minor words are lowercase (Title Case Capitalization – APA Style).
• Author names and affiliations.
• Statement of responsibility in the manuscript that specifies the contribution of every author according to the following code: A) conception and design of the study, B) acquisition of data, C) analysis and interpretation of data, D) manuscript preparation, E) obtaining funding.
• Corresponding author with their e-mail address and full postal address.
• Linked ORCID of each author.

Main manuscript

A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, methods, principal results and major conclusions.

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords. The keywords should not overlap with the title.

Article structure shall include sections:

• Introduction presenting purposes of the study and providing background for the paper. A pertinent literature review with explicit international connections for relevant ideas shall be provided. The theoretical underpinnings and key concepts of your paper shall be explained, outlining connections to relevant scholarly work in the field of research.
• Methods presenting sufficient detail to allow the context of the work to be thoroughly understood and/or for the work to be reproduced.
• Results should be clear and concise.
• Discussion exploring the significance of the results of the work, not repeating them. It is crucial to connect the results with relevant literature.
• The conclusion section must succintly tell the reader how and why it is that what's been presented is significant for practice, policy or further research.

References

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