The International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences (IJOBSMS) welcomes the submission of original, high-quality, and unpublished scholarly work that contributes to the advancement of behavioral sciences, social sciences, education, physical education, sports sciences, movement sciences, and related interdisciplinary fields.
Authors are encouraged to carefully review these guidelines before submitting their manuscripts to ensure compliance with the journal’s editorial, ethical, and publication requirements.
The journal considers the following categories of submissions:
Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English. The recommended structure includes:
The title page should include:
Authors should provide a structured and informative abstract summarizing the objectives, methodology, principal findings, and conclusions of the study.
A minimum of four (4) and a maximum of six (6) keywords should be provided below the abstract.
Authors should ensure that manuscripts are prepared in a clear and consistent format. Tables, figures, illustrations, and charts should be of high quality and appropriately numbered. All tables and figures must be cited within the text and accompanied by descriptive captions.
References should be accurate, complete, and formatted consistently according to the journal’s citation style. Authors are encouraged to include Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for cited references whenever available.
Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy of all references before submission.
The journal strongly recommends that authors provide their ORCID iD to support accurate researcher identification and improve the discoverability of scholarly work.
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis, or interpretation of the study. All listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript prior to submission.
Authors who use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools during manuscript preparation must disclose such use within the manuscript.
AI tools may assist with language editing or content organization; however, AI systems cannot be listed as authors and authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and content of their work.
Submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal.
Research involving human participants or animals must have received approval from the appropriate ethics committee or institutional review board where required.
All manuscripts are screened using plagiarism detection software. Manuscripts containing plagiarism, duplicate publication, or unacceptable levels of similarity may be rejected.
Authors must disclose any financial, institutional, personal, or professional relationships that could influence the interpretation of their research.
If no conflicts exist, authors should state:
"The authors declare no conflict of interest."
Authors should disclose all sources of financial support associated with the research, including funding agencies, grant numbers, and project identifiers where applicable.
Authors are encouraged to provide a Data Availability Statement describing the availability of data supporting the findings of the study and the conditions under which such data may be accessed.
All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. The identities of both authors and reviewers remain confidential throughout the review process.
Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, originality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal’s scope.
IJOBSMS operates under a full Open Access publishing model. All published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits use, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and source.
Authors retain copyright of their published work.
Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s official submission system or designated editorial communication channel. Authors will receive confirmation of receipt and will be informed of the progress of their manuscript throughout the editorial and peer review process.