Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT

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Authors are requested to submit their manuscript electronically to the journal’s editorial management system: https://www.editorialmanager.com/ies. The manuscript should be uploaded as one file with tables and figures included at the end. Authors are required to submit a word processor file of the manuscript, such as Word or LateX (if using LaTeX, please use the standard article.sty as a style file and also send a PDF version of the LaTeX file). When submitting a revised paper, please include a tracked and a clean version.

Please be sure to read carefully the section “Preparation of manuscripts” below.

Publication Fee
When an article is accepted for publication, authors are required to pay a publication fee of €400 / US$400.

PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Organization of the paper and style of presentation
Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advice of a native English speaker, if possible, before submitting their manuscripts.

Manuscripts should be prepared with wide margins and double spacing throughout, including the abstract, footnotes and references. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc., should be numbered. However, in the text no reference should be made to page numbers; if necessary, one may refer to sections. Try to avoid the excessive use of italics and bold face.

Manuscripts should adhere to the EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines relevant to the research design, and be organized in the following order:
- Title page
- Body of text (divided by subheadings)
- Acknowledgements
- Author Contributions
- Ethical Considerations
- Conflict of Interest
- Funding
- References
- Tables
- Figure captions
- Figures

Headings and subheadings should be numbered and typed on a separate line, without indentation.

Numbers should appear with decimal point, not comma: 12.3, not 12,3

SI units should be used, i.e., the units based on the metre, kilogramme, second, etc.

The main outcome measure in angular isokinetic dynamometry is the Moment (not torque) from which the peak moment, expressed in Nm, is derived. Likewise, the main outcome measure in linear or quasi-linear isokinetic dynamometry is the Force, from which the peak force, expressed in N, is derived.

When referring to 'time' please use e.g. 5-s, not 5 seconds, 3-min, not 3 minutes, 1-h, not 1 hour and 2-d, not 2 days. Weight should be quoted in kgf, while mass, in kg.

Please note:

1. While the journal welcomes papers dealing with the reproducibility of measurements derived from novel devices or test protocols, the number of participants should not be less than 30. Several reproducibility parameters such as the SEM, the SRD and CV% should be used in order to provide as comprehensive a picture as possible.
2. Where relevant, Effect Size should be quoted
3. In muscle performance studies, especially where strength is the main outcome factor, pooling of genders is strictly unacceptable. When strength ratios are quoted, pooling may be allowed as long as it is physiologically and statistically valid    

Title page
The title page should provide the following information:
- Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
- Name(s) of author(s) without abbreviation; please indicate who is the corresponding author
- Full affiliation(s)
- Present address of author(s), if different from affiliation
- Complete address of corresponding author, including telephone number and e-mail address
- Abstract
- Keywords

Abstract
The abstract should be clear, descriptive, self-explanatory and not longer than 200 words, it should also be suitable for publication in abstracting services.
The abstract for research papers should follow the “structured abstract” format. Section labels should be in bold uppercase letters followed by a colon, and each section will begin on a new line.
BACKGROUND:
OBJECTIVE:
METHODS:
RESULTS:
CONCLUSIONS:

Materials and Methods

Experimental subjects
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Figures
Number figures as Fig. 1, Fig 2, etc. and refer to all of them in the text.

Each figure should be provided on a separate sheet. Figures should not be included in the text.

Color figures can be included in the print version, provided the cost of their reproduction is paid for by the author. The online version has no extra charges for color figures.

For the file formats of the figures please take the following into account:
- line art should be have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi, save as EPS or TIFF
- grayscales (including photos) should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (no lettering), or 500 dpi (when there is lettering); save as tiff
- do not save figures as JPEG, this format may lose information in the process
- do not use figures taken from the Internet, the resolution will be too low for printing
- do not use color in your figures if they are to be printed in black & white, as this will reduce the print quality (note that in software often the default is color, you should change the settings)
- for figures that should be printed in color, please send a CMYK encoded EPS or TIFF
Figures should be designed with the format of the page of the journal in mind. They should be of such a size as to allow a reduction of 50%.

On maps and other figures where a scale is needed, use bar scales rather than numerical ones, i.e., do not use scales of the type 1:10,000. This avoids problems if the figures need to be reduced.

Each figure should have a self-explanatory caption. The captions to all figures should be typed on a separate sheet of the manuscript.

Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity.

Acknowledgments
If there are none, do still include this section and insert "The authors have no acknowledgments".

Author contributions
For every author, his or her contribution to the manuscript needs to be provided using the following categories:
CONCEPTION:
PERFORMANCE OF WORK:
INTERPRETATION OR ANALYSIS OF DATA:
PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT:
REVISION FOR IMPORTANT INTELLECTUAL CONTENT:
SUPERVISION:

Please read the IOS Press authorship policy for further information.

Ethical considerations
IOS Press has adopted Sage’s Publication ethics policies.  Please go to:  
Publication ethics and research integrity: policy guidelines for authors | SAGE Publications Ltd for details.

Conflict of interest
Statement of all financial and material support for this research and any potential conflicts should also be clearly identified. From October 2021, (co-)authors who are members of the Editorial Board should disclose this information in this section.
If there is no Conflict of interest then still state that “The authors have no conflicts of interest to report”.

Funding
Specify sources of funding.
If there are none, do still include this section and insert "The authors report no funding".

Supplementary data
If there is an online dataset associated with the paper, you are welcome to provide information about where the data supporting the results or analyses presented in the paper can be found. Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI, or other identifier associated with the dataset(s).

References
Authors are requested to use the Vancouver citation style.

Place citations as numbers in square brackets in the text. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references at the end of the manuscript. List the references in the order in which they appear in the text. Only articles published or accepted for publication should be listed in the reference list. Submitted articles can be listed as (author(s), unpublished data). If an article has a DOI, this should be provided after the page number details. The number is added after the letters 'doi'. Manuscripts will not be considered if they do not conform to the Vancouver citation guidelines.

References must be listed in Vancouver style:

[1] Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002; 935(12): 406. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02471-X
[2] Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
[3] Berkow R, Fletcher AJ, editors. The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. 16th ed. Rahway (NJ): Merck Research Laboratories; 1992.
[4] Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGrawHill; 2002. p. 93113.
[5] Canadian Cancer Society [homepage on the Internet]. Toronto: The Society; 2006 [updated 2006 May 12; cited 2006 Oct 17]. Available from: www.cancer.ca/.

Footnotes
Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. In most cases it is possible to incorporate the information in the text.
If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript numbers and kept as short as possible.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright of your article
Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that they have read and agreed to the terms of the IOS Press Author Copyright Agreement.

Article sharing
IOS Press adopted Sage’s Article Sharing Policy from 8^th of July 2024. 
Please go to:  Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines | SAGE Publications Ltd for details. If your manuscript was submitted prior to 8^th of July 2024, please contact editorial@iospress.nl with details of your enquiry.

PROOFS AND PRE-PRESS

The corresponding author will receive a PDF proof and is asked to check this proof carefully (the publisher will execute a cursory check only). Corrections other than printer's errors, however, should be avoided. Costs arising from such corrections will be charged to the authors.

The corrected proof is published online in the journal’s pre-press module shortly after the proof is created and author corrections are implemented. This is not the final version. As soon as the article is assigned to an issue, the final bibliographic information will be added and the pre-press file will be replaced by the updated, final version. Pre-press articles are fully citable by using their DOI number.

PURCHASES

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