Journal Guide

The Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education is the Journal of the by the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER). The Journal has a particular focus on social science research-based articles (approximately 7000 words) that make reference to other critical work in the field and/or discuss particular issues of practice-focused research within the specific professional fields of health, sport and physical education. Editorial will privilege those articles that explore and provide a depth of understanding of the complex inter-relationship between developing/improving practice through the production of knowledge. The Journal will focus on the forms, contents and contexts of health education, sport and physical education as they relate to schools, universities and other forms of educational provision. While the Journal will give primacy to articles from, or focused on, the Asia-Pacific region, manuscripts from beyond this region are welcome - providing they have relevance to the readership.

The Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education encourages submissions from social science researchers, academics and other commentators seeking to make contributions to the educational development of health, sport and physical education.

All manuscripts are read by the Editor and by two expert peer reviewers through a blind review process.

The Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education will be published three times per year, March, July & November.

The Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology (AP-SMART) is the official peer-reviewed, open access journal of the Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society (APKASS) and the Japanese Orthopaedic Society of Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine (JOSKAS). It is published quarterly, in January, April, July and October, by Elsevier.

The mission of AP-SMART is to inspire clinicians, practitioners, scientists and engineers to work towards a common goal to improve quality of life in the international community. The Journal publishes original research, reviews, editorials, perspectives, and letters to the Editor.

Multidisciplinary research with collaboration amongst clinicians and scientists from different disciplines will be the trend in the coming decades. AP-SMART provides a platform for the exchange of new clinical and scientific information in the most precise and expeditious way to achieve timely dissemination of information and cross-fertilization of ideas.

The information presented aims to provide a scientific yet practical approach to these five areas:

• Sports medicine—itself a field with cross-disciplinary dimensions, including sports traumatology, cardiology, endocrinology, accident and emergency medicine, physiology, biochemistry and biomechanics. Whilst each of these fields serves a specific domain, they all contribute importantly to the overall care of athletes.
• Arthroscopy—recent advances in skills and technology have driven arthroscopy to the forefront of surgical development in minimally invasive interventions for sports traumatology.
• Rehabilitation—an integral part of the overall management of sports trauma, comprising a comprehensive program of treatment with allied health professionals, performance optimization, preventive measures and outcome evaluation
• Sports technology—of vital importance to biomechanical and biological research in arthroplasty and sports medicine, allowing new ideas to be tested, developed and applied in the field. We aim to establish strong links between engineers, scientists, biomechanists and administrators involved with sports and sports technology.
• Reconstructive surgery of the knee, shoulder and ankle—including osteotomy, total joint replacement, minimally invasive and computer-assisted surgery. The Journal's section on upper limb is devoted to the advancement of the science and management of upper limb disorders, with particular relevance to sport-related conditions.

Indexed in: Embase, ScienceDirect

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is an open access, peer reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of sports medicine and the exercise sciences, including rehabilitation, traumatology, cardiology, physiology, and nutrition.It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

sport medicine, exercise medicine

BIOLOGY OF SPORT publishes reports of methodological and experimental work on science of sport, natural sciences, medicine and pharmacology, technical siences, biocybernetics and application of statistics and psychology, with priority for inter-discyplinary papers. Brief reviews of monographic papers on problems of sport, information on recent developments in research equipment and training aids, are also published. Papers are invided from researchers, coaches and all authors engaged in problems of trining effects, selection in sport as well as biological and social effects of athletic activity durning various periods of man's ontogenetic development.

A new online only, open access, peer reviewed journal.

Bone Reports is an interdisciplinary forum for the rapid publication of Original Research Articles and Case Reports across basic, translational and clinical aspects of bone and mineral metabolism. The journal publishes papers that are scientifically sound, with the peer review process focused principally on verifying sound methodologies, and correct data analysis and interpretation. We welcome studies either replicating or failing to replicate a previous study, and null findings. We fulfil a critical and current need to enhance research by publishing reproducibility studies and null findings.

BJPT is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers original research articles on topics related to the professional activity of physical therapy and rehabilitation, including clinical, basic or applied studies on the assessment, prevention, and treatment of movement disorders.

British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is a multi-media information portal that provides original research, reviews and debate relating to clinically-relevant aspects of sport and exercise medicine. We contribute to innovation (research), education (teaching and learning) and knowledge translation (implementing research into practice and policy). We use web, print, video and audio material to serve the international sport and exercise medicine community.

Calcified Tissue International was founded in 1967 under the name Calcified Tissue Research. Vols. 1-19 were edited by B.E.C. Nordin, F.G.E. Pautard, D. B. Scott, B.A. Friedman; Vols. 20-22 by B.E.C. Nordin, F.G.E. Pautard, B.A. Friedman, L. Klein; Vols. 23-24 by W.D. Armstrong. Beginning with Vol. 27 in 1979, the journal was renamed Calcified Tissue International and was edited by L. V. Avioli until 1999. Vols. 66-75, were then co-edited by Drs. R. Civitelli, K.A. Hruska, and S. Ralston. Vols. 76-92, were co-edited by Drs. R. Civitelli and S.H. Ralston. Since Vol. 93 the journal, which was renamed Calcified Tissue International and Musculoskeletal Research has been co-edited by Drs. S.H. Ralston and R. Rizzoli.The Journal serves as a forum to explore the biochemical, biophysical, molecular, and genetic determinants of the structure, function, and metabolism of bone, and other musculoskeletal  tissues in living organisms. It publishes preclinical and translational research on these topics as well as clinical

Revista de la Sociedad Chilena de Ortopedia y Traumatología has been the official publication of the Chilean Society for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology since 1953. The contents of the journal give priority to original articles in Spanish on the specialization, which are subject to a rigorous review procedure. It also publishes one or two case histories in each issue which are of special interest to its readers, as they usually contain exceptional cases with difficult diagnoses or therapy. The sections on Updates, Reviews and Basic Research works are of great interest to specialists, thanks to a careful selection of subjects. All articles are open access and include a summary in English.

Revista Chilena de Ortopedia y Traumatología es el Órgano Oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología desde 1953. En el contenido de la revista se da prioridad a la publicación de artículos originales en español sobre la especialidad que pasan por un estricto proceso de revisión. Se publican además uno o dos casos clínicos por número que son de gran interés para los lectores, ya que suelen exponer casos excepcionales, de dificultad diagnóstica o terapéutica. Las secciones de Actualización, Revisiones y Trabajos de Investigación básica tienen gran interés para los especialistas, gracias a una cuidadosa selección de los temas. Todos los artículos son de acceso abierto y cuentan con un resumen en inglés.

Chinese Journal of Traumatology is sponsored and published by the Traumatology branch of Chinese Medical Association. Being a peer-reviewed medical journal, it began publishing in 1998 and is the sole English-language journal concerning wounds and injuries in China. With emphasis on the latest achievements and progress made in China, featured in the combination of Chinese traditional and Western medicine, the Journal focuses on all aspects of trauma care and accident surgery among all sources and countries. The scope of the journal covers actually all aspects of wounds and injuries, including brain injuries, chest and abdomen injuries, bone fractures, fire-arm injuries, burns, traffic accident injuries, wound ballistics, impact injuries, etc. The Journal functions as a window into China's traumatic medicine, and serves as a bridge for international academic exchanges. The goal of the Journal is to gear its contents for the reference of the medical workers of the traumatological field and engage in the academic exchanges between the colleagues at home and abroad of the latest achievements, techniques and experience both on basic research and clinical application in traumatology. The sources of the articles are abundant and the contributors are from China and abroad as well. CJT was included by Chemical Abstracts (USA), by Medline (USA) in 2001, by Excerpta Medica (Holland) in 2003, by Journal Abstracts (Russia) in 2005. The subscribers are nearly from every province of China as well as some foreign countries.The editor in chief, also member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, chairman of Chinese Society of Traumatology, Prof. Zheng-guo Wang has been engaged in trauma for over 40 years and is acknowledged as the preeminent specialist with outstanding academic achievements on trauma and accident surgery in China. The Editorial Board covers more than 40 professors from China and some foreign countries or areas.

Official organ of the French, Belgian and Swiss Societies for Surgery of the Hand, indexed in the main international databases, “Chirurgie de la main” publishes original articles, reviews of the literature, technical notes, clinical cases in French and in English. Initially platform of French-speaking hand surgeons, it turns more and more to English for a better circulation of the ideas of its authors. The journal also includes a biannual supplement, the monograph of the French Society for Surgery of the Hand, in which are presented the complete developments in the field of surgery of the hand, the peripheral nerves and the upper limb. Organe officiel de la Société française de chirurgie de la main, de la Société suisse de chirurgie de la main et du Belgian Hand Group, indexée dans les grandes bases de données internationales(Medline, Embase, Pascal, Scopis), Chirurgie de la main publie des articles originaux, des revues de la litt érature, des notes techniques, des cas cliniques. Initialement plate-forme d'expression francophone de la spécialitéla revue s’oriente désormais principalement vers l’anglais pour devenir une référence scientifique et de formation de la spécialité en France et en Europe. Avec 6 publications par an, la revue comprend également un supplément biannuel, la monographie du GEM, oú sont présentées des mises au point complètes dans les domaines de la chirurgie de la main, des nerfs périphériques et du membre supérieur.