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Author Guidelines

General Information

  1. The regular issues of the journal are published quarterly, and special supplementary issues are published at the discretion of the Editorial Team.
  2. All papers submitted to the journal should comply with the journal’s Editorial Policy and contain original research not previously published (except in preliminary reports or conference materials). The material published in the journal should be new, true to fact and precise. The methods and procedures of the experiment should be identified in sufficient detail to allow other investigators to reproduce the results. It is desirable that the material to be published should have been discussed previously at conferences or seminars.
  3. Original articles (manuscripts) are up to 10 printed pages, review articles (manuscripts) – up to 20 printed pages. Authors who wish to submit a review article should correspond with the Editorial Board regarding the appropriateness of the proposed topic and submit a synopsis of their proposed review before undertaking the preparation of the manuscript. Conference abstracts must not exceed 1 printed page.
  4. Manuscripts should be submitted and will be published in English language. 
  5. At the initial stage an Executive Secretary will check the structure, spelling, and compliance of the manuscript with all submission guidelines. If the manuscript complies with the abovementioned, then the manuscript will be assessed by the Editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable then will be sent to at least two independent expert reviewers selected by the Editorial Board. The manuscripts may be immediately rejected if they are considered to be out of the journal’s scope or if they do not comply with the submission requirements. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscripts. The Editor's decision is final.
  6. This journal uses double-blind review, which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa. 

Requirements for the Submission of Manuscripts

All article and doctoral thesis manuscripts must be submitted online at https://journals.lsu.lt/baltic-journal-of-sport-health.

  • Log in or create a new user account (by inserting a unique email address and password) and enter personal details.
  • Enter the manuscript details, title, authors, abstract, and other necessary material.
  • The corresponding author must fill out and submit the following Supplements:
    • Supplement 1. Authors’ copyright statement for submitted manuscripts proving that the submitted work is original and not previously published.
    • Supplement 2. Cover Letter with the title of the manuscript, the authors’ names and surnames, affiliations and e-mails, research interests, scientific degrees and titles, ORCID iDs.
  • Respond to reviewers if resubmitting.
  • Upload manuscript file(s).
  • Check submission details and send.

All conference manuscripts must be submitted according to the conference organisers’ instructions provided in the information about the conference (e.g. https://www.lsu.lt/en/research/conferences/).

Requirements for the Preparation of Manuscripts

  • Manuscripts should be prepared using an appropriate Word (MS Office) template provided by the journal (see Templates for the preparation of manuscripts below) and saved as “.doc” or “.docx” files.
  • The format of the template (i.e. layout, page numbering, line numbering, headers and footers) must remain unchanged.
  • Manuscripts must be written in English.
  • Images should be submitted separately. 
  • Do not zip the files or use any file compressor software.
  • The guideline for the preparation of manuscripts is the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Templates for the Preparation Of Manuscripts

  • An article must be prepared using the Article Template and submitted in a single file.
  • A doctoral thesis abstract must be prepared using the Doctoral Thesis Abstract Template and submitted in a single file.
  • A conference abstract must be prepared using the journal’s Abstract Template.
  • Please note that the templates contain additional information for the preparation of manuscripts.

If assistance is needed, contact baltic.journal@lsu.lt.

Copyright Notice

By submitting the manuscript to Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, the author guarantees and warrants that:

  1. Each manuscript is an original contribution and not plagiarised/copied from any source/individual. It does not contravene on the rights of others and does not contain any libellous or unlawful statements and all references have been duly acknowledged at the appropriate places.
  2. Significant contribution must have been made by each and every researcher included in the list of the authors in preparing the manuscript; authors share collective responsibility and accountability for the results. Anyone who has made a significant contribution must be included in the list of the authors. After acceptance of a manuscript, changes of authorship or the order of the authors are no longer possible.
  3. The manuscript is submitted only to Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences and has not been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere (e.g. another journal) in a copyrighted publication.
  4. The author hereby authorises the journal to edit, modify, and make changes in the manuscript to make it suitable for publication in Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences.
  5. The author has not assigned any kind of rights to the above said manuscript to any other person/institute/publication.
  6. The author agrees to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License(CC BY 4.0) agreement under which the paper in the journal is licensed, and grants Lithuanian Sports University permission to publish the unpublished and original manuscript and all associated supplemental material. The author keeps all copyright rights.
  7. The author agrees to indemnify Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences against any claim or action, legal and/or otherwise, alleging facts which, if true, constitute a breach of any of the foregoing warranties.
  8. The journal accepts the submission of manuscripts that have previously been uploaded to a non-profit preprint repository. When submitting the manuscript or at any other time while it is being considered by the journal, the author(s) should provide information about any related preprint, including DOI and licensing terms. A preprint archive is not seen as overlap between publications when the version of record is recognisable. Once the preprint is published, it is the author’s responsibility to ensure that the preprint record is updated with a publication reference, including the DOI and a URL link to the published version of the work on the journal website.

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