Focus and scope

The International Journal Sportis aims to publish and disseminate research articles related to Physical Education, Sport and Psychomotor Skills in children, young people and adults. Authors may submit works developed in the field of analytical research (theoretical, history or synthesis reviews), quantitative research, experimental research and/or qualitative research.

Sportis is a quarterly publication, publishing a total of 4 issues per year. The publication dates of the issues are as follows: January 1, April 1 and July 1 and October 1 of each year.

The journal is published by Campus EDUCA SPORTIS in collaboration with the University of A Coruña.

The 3 main thematic areas of the journal cover the following sub-areas:

THEMATIC SUB-AREAS

AREA NO. 1.  SPORT

1.1. Pedagogy of sport

1.2. Management and Technical Direction of Sports Schools

1.3. Organisation of a sports school and sporting events

1.4. Bases of physical capacity training

1.5. Physical exercise and health

1.6. New sports trends in the field of sport

1.7. Inclusion and Integration through Sport

1.8. Evaluation and quality of sports programmes

1.10. The agents involved in sport

1.11. Sports policy. Socio-sports programs

1.12. Prevention of injuries in sport

1.13. First aid in sport

1.14. Women in sport

1.15. Physical exercise for the prevention and rehabilitation of pathologies and diseases

1.16. Recreation and leisure in sport

1.17. Psychology, sociology and anthropology of sport

1.18. Sports medicine, physiotherapy and nutrition in sport

1.19. Sports competition

1.20. Arbitration and trial in sport. Sports Regulations

1.21.Research projects in sport

1.22. The training session in sport

1.23. Anatomy, Physiology and Kinesiology in Athletes

1.24. Sport and extracurricular activities.

1.25. Sports technique and tactics.

1.26. Planning and programming of sports training.

1.27. Physical Preparation in Athletes

1.28. Civil liability in sport

1.29.Olympic movement in the sports population

 

AREA Nº 2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

2.1. Basic skills through Physical Education

2.2. Curricular adaptations for students with functional diversity

2.3. Physical Education and Educational Curriculum

2.4. Healthy habits and Physical Education

2.5. The Physical Education and Didactic Units session

2.6. Evaluation in Physical Education

2.7. New trends in the field of Physical Education. Didactic proposals

2.8. Games and recreational and sports activities

2.9. Innovation and Research in Physical Education

2.10. Popular and traditional games and sports

2.11. Sports and socio-cultural animation

2.12. Nature Activities

2.13. Didactics and Pedagogy of Physical Education

2.14. Body Expression and Artistic Techniques in Physical Education

2.15. Civil liability in the Physical Education classroom

2.16. Violence prevention through Physical Education

2.17. Physical Education and Values

2.18. Prevention of accidents at school

 

AREA Nº 3 PSYCHOMOTRICITY

3.1. Infant motor skills from 0 to 2 years old

3.2. Children's motor skills from 3 to 6 years old

3.3. Learning, development, and motor control through physical activity

3.4. Early stimulation in children

3.5. Bases of the development of psychomotor factors

3.6. Motor skills

3.7. Sensory stimulation in children

3.8. Motor games

3.9. Motor Songs and Motor Stories

3.10. Relaxation and cool-down games

3.11. Motor intervention programmes in early childhood education

3.12. Research on psychomotor practices

3.13. Psychomotor assessment

 

Peer review process

All manuscripts received will be reviewed in the first instance by the editor-in-chief or section editors, who will decide if the article follows the editorial line of the journal and if it meets the formal requirements established in the regulations for authors.

Manuscripts that do not meet these formal characteristics will be returned to their authors so that they can adapt the manuscript to current regulations, and those that do not follow the editorial line will be rejected for publication in the journal.

Papers that are correctly adapted to current regulations and that follow the journal's editorial line will be submitted anonymously to a minimum of two members of the Scientific Committee and/or external reviewers of the journal for review. The review is carried out using a double-blind system and peer review. Articles may be rejected, accepted with modifications or accepted without modifications.

The average review time will be between 15 and 45 days. The editor undertakes, once this period has expired, to send a resolution to the author of the article.

Statistics and acceptance rate (Report year 26/02/2024-25/02/2025)

Posting Frequency

Accepted articles will be scheduled for publication in an issue of the journal as soon as possible. The journal publishes a total of 3 issues a year. The publication dates are January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research helps to increase global knowledge exchange.

The journal does not charge any type of fee to readers for accessing the content of scientific articles nor any subscription fee. As it does not have external economic financing from any public or private administration, the management of the journal is forced to charge a small fee to the authors, given the expenses caused by the editorial process, including hosting, web maintenance, design, layout, production, spelling and typographic review, revision process, issuance of certificates, secretarial and email attention, and other expenses caused by the registrations of the DOIs.  indexation, etc. This fee is 200 euros. The submission of papers and their peer review is free, the fee will only be paid if the article is accepted.

Good editorial practices in gender equality.

Use of Inclusive and Non-Sexist Language

Sportis Sci J follows an editorial policy that includes specific recommendations in favor of the use of inclusive language in scientific articles. Authors should use terms that allude to both sexes, some examples are: students, teachers, childhood, childhood, people, human beings, teachers, research staff, etc. Authors should always include the two surnames of all personnel who participated in the research.

In line with our editorial policy, we strongly encourage authors to use inclusive and non-sexist language in their scientific articles. These recommendations are designed to ensure that all work published in our journal respects and reflects the diversity of our scientific community, promoting equality and avoiding any form of discrimination.

Some guidelines to follow include:

• Use of Neutral Pronouns: Use inclusive pronouns or forms that encompass all genders when referring to individuals in a general way.
• Avoid Gender Stereotypes: Write in a way that avoids traditional gender stereotypes and roles.
• Neutral Language: Prefer gender-neutral terms such as "people" rather than "men" or "women," unless specific.
• Equitable Recognition: Ensure that the contributions of all people involved in research are recognized, regardless of gender.
• Forms of Reference: When referring to professionals, use the title and full name, and not just the last name, to avoid gender bias.

These recommendations are in line with our commitment to equity and diversity in science. We appreciate the cooperation of all authors in implementing these practices in their manuscripts.

We recommend that the authors of published works that have been carried out with research data, including the gender variable, report on whether the conclusions have taken into account possible differences between sexes

Plagiarism detection

SPORTIS magazine uses Crossref's Similarity Check plagiarism detection program. All articles before going to peer review are checked by the anti-plagiarism program. If the editor observes a percentage of plagiarism greater than 20% or an excessive percentage of self-citations without being justified, the article will be returned to the author without peer review. The anti-plagiarism detector is passed twice during the editorial process, when the article is received for the first time and the last version of the article before it is published.

Regulations for authors

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Sportis Revista Técnico-Científica is a quarterly publication and considers for publication original manuscripts related to the areas of sports, physical education and psychomotor skills in childhood, childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Once the author submits the article for review and publication, if applicable, Sportis acquires all exclusive rights to the publication of the selected works. The concepts, judgments and opinions expressed in the articles will be the responsibility of the authors.

Authors are recommended before submitting an article to watch the following explanatory video on how to submit an article and cover the metadata on the journal's website (CLICK HERE)

Those interested in publishing in Sportis should carefully read and follow the following instructions here:

1.- General Rules

1.1 Papers submitted for publication must be unpublished and may not be presented simultaneously in another journal. Sportis holds all copyrights to published works, however, it allows for subsequent transcription by citing the source appropriately. The journal does not contemplate any type of remuneration for authors.

1.2 Sportis may receive for publication only works submitted in the following languages: Spanish and English, and the authors are responsible for the texts and their respective translations when necessary. The works must be of a precise and clear wording, avoiding ambiguities. Authors must submit the title, abstract and keywords of the article in English and Spanish, and may send the full text in any of these languages.

1.3 Sportis reserves the right to submit all original works to the Editorial and Scientific Committee and the external reviewers they designate. All reviews of the articles will be in pairs and double-blind. When necessary, the journal's management may request the review of the article from a third, fourth or fifth reviewer.

1.4 Accepted papers will be published on the journal's website and incorporated into the corresponding issue and volume.

1.5 The dates of reception, acceptance and online publication of the work will be, mandatorily, at the end of the author's data and before the abstract, on the first page of each article when it is published.

2.- Formats

Authors may submit works developed in the field of analytical research (theoretical, history or synthesis reviews), quantitative research, experimental research and/or qualitative research. All articles must be submitted in this template, available in two languages ​​(Spanish and English)  (CLICK HERE)

The journal's management establishes the following formats of articles:

2.1. Original articles: Includes quantitative, experimental, qualitative research or case studies in the field of sport, physical education or psychomotor skills in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. The maximum length of the body of the manuscript will be 6000 words, including a minimum of 30 updated bibliographic references (50% of the last five years) and abstracts in Spanish and English.  

2.2. Literature reviews: Including those of a systematic and narrative nature, corresponding to topics related to the focus of the journal, physical education, sports or psychomotor skills in childhood, childhood, adolescence or adulthood. Authors can consider the subareas in the journal's regulations.  The maximum length of the body of the manuscript is 8000 words, including up to 100 updated bibliographic references (50% of the last five years) and abstracts in Spanish and English. For those of a systematic nature, the use of the PRISMA Declaration (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) is required http://www.prisma-statement.org/PRISMA%20Spanish%20Sept%202010.pdf.

2.3. Due to editorial needs and/or agreements with the author, these formats may vary for the benefit of Sportis' mission.

3.- Continuous Evaluation Plan for the improvement of editorial quality

The journal has established a continuous evaluation plan for quality improvement. Within this plan, authors are asked to include the mandatory DOIs of all references that have this identification, as well as a search of articles published in the last 5 years carried out in the Web of Science and Scopus databases.

• Perform a search in Web of Science and Scopus for articles published in the last 5 years that can be cited in your work.
• Access this link https://apps.crossref.org/simpleTextQuery Copyand paste the bibliographic references of your article in the space indicated within the previous link. The platform will tell you which references have DOIs. Then copy and paste each completed DOI and add it to the end of each of your article references. It is very important that each bibliographic reference of your work has its corresponding DOI at the end of it, if you have one. This allows search engines to locate works cited by other authors more quickly and easily and is a quality requirement of our journal.

Example of how the DOI should go at the end of each bibliographic reference

Yanci, J., Arcos, A. L., Castillo, D. y Cámara, J. (2017). Sprinting, Change of Direction Ability and Horizontal Jump Performance in Youth Runners According to Gender. Journal of Human Kinetics, 60(1), 199–207. https://doi.org/10.1515/hukin-2017-0103 

 

4.- Presentation of the manuscript

4.1. General format of the manuscript

Manuscripts submitted to Sportis must be written at 1.5 line spacing (except for the abstract and keywords that will be single-spaced) and without spacing of the previous and/or subsequent paragraph, on dinA4 size sheet (21 x 29.7 centimeters), with margins of 3 centimeters on its upper and lower edge and 2.5 centimeters on its right and left edge,  in Time New Roman font with 12pt size characters, black ink and numbered pages in the middle of the footer and from the first page. The beginning of each paragraph during the text will be marked with a tab of 1.25 points, except in the abstract. The titles of the sections of the article will be in bold and lowercase (only the first letter in capital letters).

Authors will send only two word files . The first of them will contain the title of the article in Spanish and English, the data of the authors and their affiliations and the data of the corresponding author in Spanish and English. In addition to the data related to funding, informed consent, conflict of interest and participation of the authors in the text. The latter data will be covered as follows

Specific contribution of the authors: Mark each of the sections of the article and indicate in parentheses the initials of the authors who have participated in them.

Funding:  Indicate if the article is the result of funded research, if it does not have funding, indicate that there was no funding for this project.

Informed consent for study participants: Indicate if it was obtained and if it is not applicable, indicate Not applicable.

Conflict of interest Indicate if there is any conflict of interest, if there is no conflict of interest.

This file will be called AUTHOR DATA.

And in another word file, the full text of the article will be incorporated with the title, abstract and keywords in Spanish and English. This file will not carry the authors' data, it will be anonymous and will be the one that will be passed to peer review. This file will be called FULL TEXT.

 

4.2. AUTHOR DATA file (Includes author data, title, abstract and keywords).

- The title of the article must be informative and concise of the work being presented, with a maximum of 15 words, in Spanish and English. It will be bold, lowercase, and centered. 1.5 point line spacing.

- Authors must be clearly identified with their first name and two surnames. These will be located below the title, in lower case, without bold and centered. The name and surnames of each one will be placed with semicolon separation. Each author's name must exactly match the name that is incorporated into the platform's metadata. The journal will not accept changes of authors once the work has been submitted.

- The affiliation(s) of each author at the time of the work must be located below the authors, if they are all from the same institution, the name of the institution will be placed below the authors, if they are from different institutions, the affiliation of each one will be indicated by numbers and always placed below the authors (see model in articles already published).

- Contact email of the person responsible for the publication. It will be placed below the affiliation, without bold and centered.

- Source of financial support when applicable, with the identification of the project and the sponsoring institution.

- On a different page, the abstract will be placed, in Spanish followed by the keywords separated by semicolons and in lower case (maximum 5 words preferably using the Thesaurus Sportdiscus/UNESCO and making sure that those that appear in the manuscript are also correctly incorporated, in quantity and order, in the metadata on the website), and then the abstract in English with their respective keywords again separated by semicolons. The total length of the abstract should be no more than 250 words. The abstract should contain one or two lines on the basis of the work, one or two lines with the objective, one or two lines with the methodology, one or two lines with the results and one or two lines with the conclusions. Papers that do not contemplate this will be rejected. The summary and keywords will have single line spacing.

- The abstract must not contain the titles of the sections.  

 

4.3. FULL TEXT File

- In a different file, the title in Spanish and English, the abstract and the keywords separated by semicolons (maximum 5 words will be re-entered, preferably using the Tesaurus Sportdiscus and making sure that those that appear in the manuscript are also correctly incorporated, in quantity and order, in the metadata on the website) both also in Spanish and English. The total length of the abstract should be 250 words. For communications in the format of original articles and research protocols/advances, this should be structured under the IMRD format, including a brief introduction, the objective of the work, the methodology, the results and the main discussion/conclusion. The summary and keywords will have single line spacing.

- 3 to 5 keywords should be included in Spanish and English, favoring terms included in the Sport Discus Thesaurus. The titles of the sections will always be in bold and lowercase.

Subsequently, the full text will be incorporated and the entire file will be anonymized.

4.3.1 For original articles , the IMRD structure must be followed according to the Equator Network Reporting Guidelines of the design of the study presented, containing in each section:

- Introduction/Rationale: It must present a contextualization of the topic, referencing recent research and clearly establishing the importance or interest of having developed the study. End with the exposition of the objective of the research in a concrete way. Written in the present tense and third person.

- Material and method: Methods, equipment and procedures must be identified with sufficient detail to allow their reproduction by other researchers. Methods already published should be cited and those that are little known, modified or new should be described briefly. It should include an adequate description of: a) Study design; b) Population of interest; (c) Selection criteria; d) Variables; e) Measurement and/or monitoring; (f) Statistical analysis; and g) Bioethical considerations. Written in the third person past tense.

- Results: They should be presented in an orderly and coherent manner, without personal comments or explanations, highlighting those most relevant to the objective of the study. They can be accompanied by a maximum of 6 tables and/or graphs and/or figures when necessary for a better understanding. These will be inserted in their corresponding place in the text. The tables, figures and images will comply with the APA 6th or 7th edition regulations (choose only one style) and will have a legend at the foot of the same in the case of images, graphs and figures, and a legend at the top in the case of tables. All of them will be numbered with sequential Arabic numerals. E.g. Table No. 1. Strength levels of children aged 12-13 years.

- Discussion: Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study, interpreting the results obtained without repeating them. Relate existing knowledge, pointing out coincidences and discrepancies with other relevant studies on the subject.

- Conclusions: When the nature of the study and its results allow it. They must be in accordance with the proposed objectives and be supported by the results obtained, thus providing a response to the proposed working hypothesis. The author must specify in a few lines the contribution to the scientific community, the most outstanding, of his work. It is advisable to incorporate work limitations and proposals for improvement or future lines of research.

 4.3.2 For literature review, systematic or meta-analysis articles, the IMRD structure must be followed according to the Equator Network Reporting Guidelines of the design of the study presented and contemplating the recommendations of the PRISMA protocol (Click here).

- Introduction/Rationale: It must present a contextualization of the topic, referencing recent research and clearly establishing the importance or interest of having developed the study. End with the exposition of the objective of the research in a concrete way. Written in the present tense and third person.

- Material and method: Methods, equipment and procedures must be identified with sufficient detail to allow their reproduction by other researchers. Methods already published should be cited and those that are little known, modified or new should be described briefly. The review should include an adequate description of: a) Study design; b) Population of interest; (c) Selection criteria; d) Variables; e) Measurement and/or monitoring; (f) Data analysis; and g) Bioethical considerations. Written in the third person past tense.

- Results: They should be presented in an orderly and coherent manner, without personal comments or explanations, highlighting those most relevant to the objective of the study. They can be accompanied by a maximum of 6 tables and/or graphs and/or figures when necessary for a better understanding. These will be inserted in their corresponding place in the text. The tables, figures and images will comply with the APA 6th or 7th edition regulations (choose only one style) and will have a legend at the foot of the same in the case of images, graphs and figures, and a legend at the top in the case of tables. All of them will be numbered with sequential Arabic numerals. E.g. Table No. 1. Strength levels of children aged 12-13 years.

- Discussion: Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study, interpreting the results obtained without repeating them. Relate existing knowledge, pointing out coincidences and discrepancies with other relevant studies on the subject.

- Conclusions: When the nature of the study and its results allow it. They must be in accordance with the proposed objectives and be supported by the results obtained, thus providing a response to the proposed working hypothesis. The author must specify in a few lines the contribution to the scientific community, the most outstanding, of his work. It is advisable to incorporate work limitations and proposals for improvement or future lines of research.

4.4. Bibliographic references

They must be cited as they appear in the text using the APA 6th or 7th edition regulations, authors must choose one of them and comply with a single format/style throughout the manuscript. This regulation will also be used for the citation of authors, placement of tables, figures, images and graphs. Very important, authors must check in this application https://search.crossref.org/references the DOIs of the articles they have referenced. Once located, they will be incorporated into the bibliographic references. It is mandatory that all references incorporate their DOI, unless they do not have one. References will be placed without numbering. In the metadata, a blank line must be left separating the reference from the reference. Failure to comply with this may be grounds for rejection of the article.

4.5. Illustrations, tables and graphs

They must be built in programs appropriate for Word. Tables, tables, graphs, figures and photographs must be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals and be cited without exception in the text in parentheses. Tables will be numbered in this way (Table No. 1, Table No. 2, etc.) as well as illustrations, graphs, etc. (Figure No. 1, Figure No. 2, etc.). The legend for the tables will be at the top of the center, for the rest of the cases it will be in the lower center of the figure/image/graph without bold and in 10-point font and single line spacing. All of them will be inserted in their place in the text.

- Tables and graphs should have a title and uncommon abbreviations should be explained at the bottom of the title. The tables will have single line spacing, it is the author's responsibility to place the tables correctly in the place of the text where they should go.

- Photographs and illustrations must have an adequate size for their correct viewing and a resolution of 300dpi or dpi (dots or pixels per inch), an image of 10x7.5 centimeters should have an approximate resolution of 1200x900 pixels. Any legend in the illustrations must be at the bottom of the illustrations.

4.6. Scientific Terms

Scientific terms should not be written in abbreviated form. The units of measurement must be presented in accordance with the International System of Measurements in a rigorous manner.

 

5.- Evaluation

The maximum review time, from confirmation of receipt to first response, will be a maximum of 45 days. The average review time in the Sportis can be consulted on the journal's website, in the statistics section, as well as the percentage of articles accepted and rejected. Sometimes, due to special circumstances, the review time can be extended by 30 more days.

5.1 All manuscripts will be submitted to double-blind peer review.

5.2 Originals that do not comply with any of the rules published herein, in relation to their presentation, will be returned for correction before being evaluated.

5.3 Each work will be reviewed by at least 2 experts in the area addressed in the work and always anonymously.

5.4 Peer reviewers may suggest rejection, the need for minor changes, major changes, or acceptance of the manuscript. In all instances, the authors' assessments will be communicated to the reviewers, together with the editorial decision.

- In case minor changes are requested, the manuscript will be accepted once it includes the requested modifications, without the need for new reviewers.

- In the case of major changes, the manuscript with the modifications will be evaluated by only one of the initial reviewers, this in order to give the greatest coherence and fluidity to the process. This new review will take a maximum of 30 days.

- In the event of rejection, the possibility of resubmitting the modified manuscript or its definitive rejection will be at the editorial discretion.

5.5 Accepted papers will be assigned and published in the first issue of the journal that is available and according to the needs of the Journal. The authors will know at the time of acceptance these data and the date of publication

5.6 Sportis strictly complies with the publication dates of the issues of the magazine, which are as follows each year: 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October. 4 issues are published per year on a quarterly basis. All users registered in the journal will receive in their email each new issue that is published.

6.- Submission of manuscripts: Manuscripts must be sent only and directly to the editor of the journal, Dr. Víctor Arufe Giráldez, Editor-in-Chief of the Sportis Technical-Scientific Journal, for this the author must register as an author and reader on the journal's website to later upload the article and consult the process of the same by accessing with their passwords. In the submission process, authors are recommended to check the reviewer option, in order to collaborate with the journal in the review of other manuscripts.

  SHIPMENT PREPARATION CHECKLIST. CHECK LIST

Authors are provided with a list of aspects that they should check before submitting their article. This checklist contains the most important aspects of the regulations and aims to avoid the rejection of articles due to formatting errors.

• The article has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted to another journal (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the editor).
• The manuscript has been prepared in strict accordance with the instructions to the authors.
• At least 50% of the bibliographic references are from the last five years. The APA 6th or 7th edition format is used.
• The text has 1.5 line spacing; the Time New Roman font size is 12 points; and all illustrations, figures and tables are correctly identified in the text (the tables with the legend at the top centred and without bold, and the images and figures with the legend at the bottom, centred and without bold.
• The margins of the page are 3 centimeters on its top and bottom edge and 2.5 centimeters on its right and left edge.
• The summary and keywords are laid out with single line spacing and no tabbing. The separation between the title and the text will be 1.5 points.
• The title of the article in both English and Spanish is bold, Time New Roman 12 points, 1.5 point line spacing, and centered. The name and surnames of the authors are incorporated under the title, the authors will be separated by semicolons. Below the authors will appear the work center and below it the contact email. All the latter will be written without bold.
• Each paragraph of the text begins with a 1.25-point tab in the first line of the paragraph.
• Tables and table legends feature 10-point Time New Roman font size, single line spacing, and the legend is located at the top and centered, with no bold font and numbering.
• The photographs, images, graphics and figures are in 10-point Time New Roman font, with a caption at the bottom, without bold, centered and numbered.
• References have their DOI incorporated after passing them through the DOI search engine https://search.crossref.org/references
• I confirm that the metadata corresponding to the title, abstract and keywords of the article are in both languages (Spanish and English). Articles that do not meet this premise will be rejected.
• I confirm that I am sending two separate Word files: AUTHOR DATA and FULL TEXT. The first file incorporates all the authors' data indicated in the shipping regulations; full name and surname of all authors and their order of appearance, affiliations, ORCID and contact email of the main author. The second file incorporates the title of the work, abstract and keywords in both languages; Spanish and English, followed by the full text of the work with the different sections or sections and finally the bibliographic references according to APA standards sixth edition and including the DOI of all the articles that have it.
• I am aware that this journal, as it does not have public or private funding, is forced to charge a small fee to the authors to maintain the minimum quality standards and the entire professional structure of the journal and to pay the fees of the workers who participate in it: computer scientists, secretary, layout designers, etc.  This fee of 200 euros (including taxes) will only be charged if the item is accepted. There is no cost for the submission of the article and its revision. This fee will be paid once it is accepted and is necessary to maintain the journal's quality standards.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

The copyright of all articles published on Sportis belongs to Sportis. The publication of the information present in the journal is authorized as long as it is correctly cited (Sportis).

PRIVACY STATEMENT

The names and e-mail addresses entered in this magazine will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by this magazine and will not be available for any other purpose or person.

 

Example of article submission for evaluation according to the Journal's standards

 

Previous knowledge and knowledge acquired after a day of training on first aid in future Physical Education teachers

Prior and acquired knowledge after a day of training on first aids in future teachers of Physical Education

Rubén Navarro Patón; Pablo García Marín; José Eugenio Rodríguez Fernández

Faculty of Teacher Training. Lugo Campus. University of Santiago de Compostela.

Contact: ruben.navarro.paton@usc.es

 

Authors' specific contribution: Introduction (RNP), Methodology (PGM, RNP), Results (JERF, RNP), Discussion and Conclusions (PGM)

Funding: There was no funding for this project.

Informed consent study participants: Informed consent was obtained.

Conflict of interest: The authors do not point out any conflict of interest.

 

Summary

The aim of this research was to investigate the knowledge about first aid, and especially CPR, that the students of the Primary Education Teacher Degree of the Faculty of Teacher Training of Lugo had, before and after receiving a 3-hour theoretical-practical training day in three phases (1- expository-demonstrative,  2- interactive with problem solving in small groups and 3- interactive with problem solving in large groups). The sample (N=23) was composed of 9 men (39.1%) and 14 women (60.9%) enrolled in the Physical Education major. To know the previous knowledge (CI) and acquired (CF) after the training day, an Ad Hoc questionnaire with 25 items was administered. The descriptive results of the IC revealed a lack of knowledge of future Physical Education teachers in relation to first aid. The data provided by the CF, reaching an average of 90% of questions correctly answered, endorse the effectiveness of the methodology and duration of the training proposed in the short term. Knowledge retention is presented as a limitation of the study and will be evaluated later. In conclusion, the importance of future Physical Education teachers being adequately trained in the subject of first aid is highlighted and it is proposed that it be part of the contents of the degree in Primary Education.

 

Keywords

Accidents; Emergency; protocols; initial evaluation; formation; final evaluation; teaching staff..

 

Abstract

This research was intended to investigate (test) the knowledge of the students of master degree in Elementary Education from the Faculty of Teacher Training Lugo about their knowledge on first aid and C.P.R, before and after receiving a theoretical day training practice of three hours in three different ways (First(1)-exhibition-demonstration, Second(2)- solving a practical situation of the problem in small groups and third(3)- solving a practical situation of the problem with a large group). The sample (N = 23) consisted of 9 men (39.1%) and 14 women (60.9%) studying the degree of P.E. To find out the previous knowledge about the topic and at the end of the training session we created a test that was giving to them previous the training First test(FT) and after training day Second test(ST) to see the progress of the students after the training , a questionnaire with 25 items Ad Hoc was given. The descriptive results of the FC revealed a lack of knowledge of future teachers in the P.E topic of first aid. These procedures have been identified to make an improvement of the new teachers with appropriated training sessions. In data obtained from the ST, we reach on average more than a 90% of correct answers proving the efficacy of the methodology and duration of training given in short period of time. The retention of knowledge about this topic was shown as a limitation of the study and will be evaluated later on. In conclusion, the importance of the knowledge on the topic first aid and C.P.R in future teachers of P.E is proved after doing the test and is proposed as part of the topics to be teach on the degree.

 

Key Words

Accidents; emergencies; protocols; initial assessment; training; final assesment.

Abstracting & indexing

Sportis Scientific Technical Journal has the following quality ratings:

FECYT Seal of Quality Spanish Scientific Journals 2023

JIF JCR 2022: 0.7

3º Quartile JCI of index JCR2022 Web of Science. Impact Factor 0.49 

1st Quartile Dialnet Metrics 2019. Impact factor 0.94 (Position 25/226 in EDUCATION and Position 10/43 in SPORTS).

1st Quartile Metric REDIB 2019. Global Qualifier 23.01 (Position 155/1160) EDUCATION.

ICDS of MIAR 7.3 in 2020

And it's indexed in:

SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE, EBSCO, SPORTDISCUS DOAJ,REDIB, ERIHPLUS, CARHUS PLUS+, LATINDEX, CSIC-ISOC, DIALNET, SCIENCE OPEN, QUALITY OPEN ACCESS MARKET, CROSS REF, ALTMETRIC, GOOGLE SCHOLAR, BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MIAR, DULCINEA, SHERPA/ROMEO, RESEARCHGATE, CNEN-Livre, BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY USA, WORLD WIDE SCIENCE    IBECS BIBLIOTECA VIRTUAL DE SALUD REGIONAL  OPENALEX.ORG

English translation service for authors

The journal has an English translation service for those authors who want to use it. Those interested should send an email to sportis@sportis.es requesting a budget about the text they want to translate. The cost per translated word is 0.10 cents

Publication frequenty

Sportis. Scientific Technical Journal of School Sport, Physical Education and Psychomotricity has a fourth-monthly periodicity, publishing a total of 3 numbers a year. The dates of publication of each number are the following: 1^st January, 1^st May and 1^st September. Sportis guarantees the strict compliance of these dates, accomplishing in this way with the quality criteria established by many assessment platforms of scientific journals.

Use of artificial intelligence

SPORTIS. Scientific Technical Journal of School Sport, Physical Education and Psychomotricity formally states its full adherence to the principles established in the Heredia Declaration: Principles on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Publishing. (Click here)

As a journal committed to quality, ethics, and academic integrity, we adopt the guidelines of this Declaration to ensure a responsible, transparent, and safe use of artificial intelligence tools throughout all editorial processes. This commitment entails that:

• Responsibility for all content rests exclusively with human authors, and artificial intelligence cannot be listed as an author nor assume responsibility for manuscripts, reviews, or editorial decisions.

• Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose the use of AI tools, specifying the type and extent of such use.

• Confidential content, such as manuscripts under review or sensitive data, must not be entered into AI systems unless explicit guarantees of security and protection are ensured.

• Content generated by AI that compromises originality, accuracy, or scientific integrity will not be accepted, including fabricated data, invented references, or manipulated results.

• Images, tables, or figures generated using AI must be clearly identified and cannot replace real data in scientific research.

• The editorial team will promote ongoing training on the ethical use of AI within the context of scientific publishing.

Digital file storage policy

Sportis journal has the computer support of a company dedicated to digital data processing. In order to guarantee the preservation of digital files, the following tasks are carried out periodically: Backup copies.

- Updating and maintenance of servers.

- Monitoring of the technological environment to prevent possible migrations of obsolete formats or software.

- Metadata of digital fact.

-Use of DOI.

In addition, the correct operation of the hardware used in high-performance professional servers and the software is ensured by updating the OJS versions and verifying their full operation.

The files published on this website are available in easily reproducible formats such as the PDF format.

 

Organizational structure and functions of the human team of the journal

The journal SPORTIS. Scientific Technical Journal of School Sport, Physical Education and Psychomotricity establishes a transparent procedure based on academic merit for the appointment of the individual who serves as Editor-in-Chief, in accordance with international best practices in editorial management and the principles established by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).

The person appointed as Editor-in-Chief must meet the following criteria:

• Demonstrated research experience in the fields of Physical Education, Sport, Psychomotricity, or related areas.

• A strong record of high-quality scientific publications in indexed journals and recognized international academic standing.

• Previous experience in editorial management, scientific reviewing, or coordination of research teams.

• Commitment to ethical principles and scientific integrity.

The appointment is carried out by the publishing entity, CAMPUS EDUCA SPORTIS S.L., which may propose a candidate or initiate an internal or external process to identify suitable profiles, during which the following aspects are evaluated:

Merit Assessment

The candidate’s academic, editorial, and managerial qualifications are examined.

Consultation with the Editorial Board

The Editorial Board is informed of the proposal and may issue a supporting statement or recommendations.

Formal Appointment

The publishing entity formally appoints the Editor-in-Chief and publishes the resolution on the journal’s website.

Term Duration

The position does not have a fixed duration, but suitability and performance are periodically reviewed in accordance with principles of continuous improvement.

 Once the Appointment Is Made

• The identity of the Editor-in-Chief is published on the journal’s website.

• All institutional documents referencing this position are updated.

• The appointment is communicated to indexing services and relevant repositories.

Termination of Appointment

The Editor-in-Chief may leave the position due to:

• Voluntary resignation.

• A supervening incompatibility.

• A justified decision by the publishing entity based on performance, ethical considerations, or editorial restructuring.

In the event of termination, the replacement process will follow the same criteria of transparency described above.

Appointment of Other Roles

For the appointment and selection of the remaining positions—including members of the editorial team, the scientific committee, and external reviewers—the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team will propose and approve all individuals participating in the journal, provided that they comply with the journal’s ethical standards and best editorial practices.

 

Guidelines for the author and reviewers

Information to reviewers and authors that want to send their articles
All articles sent to Sportis Sci J will follow a peer review process in an anonymous way. The reviewers will follow these guidelines to issue their decision. Each section of the article will be marked from 1 to 5 with the following scale of valuation:
1) Not at all suitable 2) Somewhat suitable 3) Suitable 4) Quite suitable 5) Very suitable
The following sections are established:

Title: It must be clear, concise and correctly detail the content of the work presented.

Summary: The summary should begin with a brief introduction or contextualization of the problem to be addressed and subsequently the objective of the work is defined. This should be followed by a brief review of the methodology used, then the authors will highlight the most important findings of their results and end with a brief conclusion. The abstract should not include abbreviations or bibliographic references.

Keywords: A maximum of 5 words will be incorporated that better define the content addressed, it is recommended to use the UNESCO or Sportdiscus thesaurus.

Rationale: The authors will present in one or two sheets the current state of the subject studied, the citation of relevant, current sources and a variety of studies related to the subject matter is prioritized. The rationale should introduce the reader to the context of the study and end with the hypothesis, research question or objectives of the same.

Methodology: The methodology must detail everything related to the research process, type of study, data analysis, ethical aspects, statistical treatment, etc.

Results: The results must be closely linked to the objective of the study. Information that is unrelated to the stated objective should not be exposed. They can be presented in multiple ways, through graphics, tables, text ... but always giving priority to their good readability and understanding by the scientific community.

Discussion: The discussion should present the findings for and against by other researchers of the results obtained in the study. A good discussion will be one that uses different authors, various national and international journals, and compares each of the results obtained.

Conclusion: The conclusions should not be very extensive, the authors should carry out a synthesis exercise and link their objective to the results, highlighting the most important of their work.

Limitations of the study: A reflection exercise should be carried out by the authors and describe the weaknesses of the work as well as the possible improvements that other researchers can make for future studies.

Bibliographic references: Only the references cited in the text should be cited. These will follow the APA sixth edition standards and will incorporate the corresponding DOI at the end of it.

General data: Work is given priority in its entirety, and its coherence between all sections, as well as its contribution to scientific advancement in a specific field of study.

Originality: The novel character of the research and the few studies in this field should prevail.

 

The maximum mark possible is 60 points, being necessary to achieve a mark of 35 points in order to make the decision of accepting it with or without modifications or assess it again.

Reviewers will take into account the following guidelines in each section:

Title
Something as important as the title has to be cared, it is probably the section that more people read when the article is published, so, it must follow these requirements:
 Be clear.
 Be concise.
 Have a suitable amount of pages, neither too long nor too short.
 Reflect in two lines what work is behind the manuscript.
 Do not use abbreviations or symbols.
 Use valid descriptors.

Abstract
The abstract, the title and keywords form the triad of the article. An abstract well composed must include a brief reference to all the important sections of the work, for this reason it will be assessed if the abstract has:
 One or two lines about the basis or the contextualization of the research.
 One or two lines about the objectives of the research.
 One or two lines with the methodology used.
 One or two lines with the most important results.
 One or two lines with the conclusions of the research.

The abstract should not:
 Include abbreviations, acronyms, symbols or formulas, unless their meaning is shown.
 Include results not presented in the article.
 Exceed the maximum number of words allowed.
 Incorporate citations or bibliographical references.

Keywords
Keywords must:

 Reflect well the main contents of the research.
 Have between 3 and 5 words.
 Try to coincide with the current THESAURUS.
 Be in Spanish and English.

Basis
The basis is an important foundation of the article, it must be well written using good bibliographical references and providing a context for the problem or objective of the research with a suitable theoretical framework.
The amount of pages of the basis will depend on the type of work, for instance, if the work is a theoretical review, the basis will have an important prominence and it will contain a high number of pages. However, if the work is a case study, the contextualization will not be so long and it will be mainly referred to the existing legal and normative framework, justifying the intervention through the design of the case study.
It will be valued the wealth of the bibliographical citations from scientific journals of different nature, country of publication, language of the journals, international database, citation of different authors, etc. It is required the citation of articles already published in Sportis, by which we recommend to the authors the revision of all the articles in order to check if the topic of their articles is the same as the topic of works already published in the journal.
Generally, it is checked the following:
 The basis has many and current bibliographical references.
 The basis has not an excess of personal opinion from the author without being based on a bibliographical resource.
 There is a balance with the other parts of the work, not too short neither too long, always depending on the type of work.
 At the end of the contextualization, it is presented the objective of the work.
 The contextualization contains the foundations of the work, the basis of sustenance of what will be studied afterwards and which will be analysed through the research carried out.
 The objectives are defined and they also are measurable and assessable.
 Literal quotations and paraphrased quotations are combined.
 The definition of the problem is clear, concise, observable and derived from the theory and researches reviewed.

Methodology
The methodology must have the instruments of collecting data, techniques, the sample used, methods, etc.
It begins with a description of the type of work presented: quantitative research, qualitative, descriptive, longitudinal, etc. Afterwards, the population or the sample of the work is presented, and how the procedure has been.
All precise details must be given in order to facilitate the repetition of the work to another researcher.
It is important to cite some works of authors that justify or guarantee the instruments and methods chosen or used by the author in the research.

Check if the methodology follows these requirements:
 It describes correctly the method and protocol used.
 It describes the sample and population of the research.
 It point out the work of investigation to which is concerned.
 Citation of previous researches that confirms the correct use of the instrument of collecting data chosen.
 Citation of previous researches that confirm and justify the type of research carried out: descriptive, qualitative, etc.
 Data processing, statistical programme, etc.

Results
In this section, the author must present the results obtained but without interpreting them, they must be only presented through tables, figures, images, graphics, etc. Without abusing of a model.
The author must choose what results the manuscript provides, they must be enough and avoid the excess of information.
Check the following aspects:
 If you use statistics, you must incorporate relevant statistical information, grade of significance, etc.
 Combine graphics, tables, etc. correctly. Without abusing of a model.
 Place the results visibly, value if it is better to use a bar graphic, sectors, etc.
 Do not interpret the results, only describe them.
 Check if the results present the problem in a defined way and if they are related with the objective of the work.
 Avoid redundancy in the information.
 The results must be relevant and original.
Discussion
It is a very important section, in which you discuss your results with other authors, being the moment of interpreting and discussing. A good discussion compares different results of similar researches to yours.
Verify if:

 The results are discussed with enough authors.
Conclusions
Here the author must provide briefly what was the most important part of his/her work and what provides to the scientific community.
Verify if:

 The most highlighted of the article is collected.
 If the author connects the results with the proposed objectives or hypothesis of the research, being achieved.
 Provides new knowledge to the scientific community.
 The extent is enough, neither too short nor too long.

Proposals of improvement and limitations of the research.
Check if the author points out in this section the lack he/she had and what he/she would improve when recommending it to other authors. This section can be included at the end of the conclusions.

Bibliographical references
There is a common error, which implies thinking that ‘‘Bibliographical references’’ and ‘‘Bibliography’’ is the same. The term that must be used is ‘‘Bibliographical references’’ because this term refers to the fact that the author used all the references in order to elaborate his/her work, and all of them are incorporated with citations in the text. In the case of ‘‘Bibliography’’, it is a term used in minor works such as works of students done for the classroom, and which does not implies the quotation but the student may consult a book, extract an idea and write this idea in the text, it is not a literal citation.

Depending on the type of work, the number of bibliographical sources will vary, it is not the same an empirical research or a literature review, this one must have a bigger number of sources.

Remember that in the references, only the sources available to the reader of the work must be included, which means that all of them must be publications, the works unpublished must not be cited.
Check if the manuscript follows these aspects:
 All the citations in the text are in the Bibliographical references.
 All the bibliographical references are in the text through citations.
 The current references are majority.
 Most of the references are from articles published in journals with high impact.
 If it is a topical issue, the sources of the work must be mainly from the last 5 years.
 If the topic is a literature review, the sources must be a minimum of 50.
 If the topic is different to a review, the minimum sources must be 30.
 Do not cite notes, practicum neither other materials that were not published.
 Include the DOI when it is possible.

General information
Verify:
 First page of the article following the normative.
 Total coherence of the article.
 Type and number of tables, figures and images.
 Tables, figures, with their numeration and legend, in the case of tables at the top and below in the rest.
 Correct margins and page breaks.

Originality
Check if the article:
 Presents a topical issue.
 The topic is not a current topic but the point of view that the author presents is original.
 The topic is not original but is a good literature review.

Ethics and Malpractice

1. Editorial Board

- Journals should have editorial boards or other governing bodies whose members are recognized experts in the field. The full names and affiliations of the members should be provided on the journal’s Web site.

- Journals shall provide contact information for the editorial office on the journal’s Web site.

 

2. Authors and Authors responsibilities

- Any fees or charges that are required for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in the journal shall be clearly stated in a place before authors begin preparing their manuscript for submission.

- Authors are obliged to participate in peer review process.

- All authors have significantly contributed to the research.

- All authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

- List of references, financial support.

- Forbidden to publish same research in more than one journal.

 

3. Peer-review process

- All of a journal’s content should be subjected to peer-review.

- Peer-review is defined as obtaining advice on individual manuscripts from reviewers’ expert in the fiel