IJSHS Instructions to Authors
1. Submission
1.1. All submissions and reviews are done online in "IJSHS". Access thefollowing website and submit your manuscript by the step-by-step
instruction.
http://www.editorialmanager.com/ijshs/
1.2. For submission, refer to the "IJSHS Submission Guidelines".
1.3. When revisions are requested by the journal's editorial board,
authors must resubmit the revised manuscript within 60 days. If
resubmission takes more than 60 days, the manuscript will be treated asa new submission.
1.4. If errors are found after "advance publication" and before"conventional publication", authors can correct the errors under theapproval of the Editor-in-Chief and publish the corrected version in aconventional publication.
1.4.1. If errors are found after "conventional publication", authors cancorrect the errors in a "Correction" with the approval of the Editor-inChief.

2. Manuscript format
2.1. Manuscript, Figures and Tables should be submitted in Word,
WordPerfect, RTF, TXT, LaTeX2e, AMSTex, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, EPS,Postscript, PICT, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint which can be uploaded inAuto-PDF Build Function of Editorial Manager, and the file size shouldnot be limited.

2.2. For movies, file formats and file size should not be limited. Toupload movies, select invariably “Video” in Auto-PDF Build Function ofEditorial Manager. Note that personal information specifying theauthor(s) should not be included in the file names, file properties and soon, to assure a fair review.

3. Corresponding author
Designate one author who is responsible for the manuscript as it moves
through the journal's submission process.

4. Manuscript guidelines
4.1. Manuscripts should consist of title, abstract, running title, keywords, text, reference list, figures and tables, and legends of individualillustrations.
4.2. Manuscripts should not contain the authors' names, affiliations oraddresses, to assure a fair review.
4.3. Acknowledgements and appendices should be added after"acceptance" of the manuscript and should not be included in themanuscript when it is submitted.
4.4. Manuscripts are not allowed to change authors after "acceptance".

5. Manuscript preparation
5.1. Title page
5.1.1. The title should be concise and should appropriately describe thecontents of the paper. Note that words such as "observation on", "specific(some)" and "study" may be deleted by the editor.

5.1.2. If there is a subtitle, use a colon between the title and the subtitle.
5.1.3. Capitalize the first letters of all words in the title and the running
title except for prepositions, articles and conjunctions.
5.1.4 The running title should be within 50–60 letters including spaces.
5.2. Abstract and Key words
5.2.1. The abstract should be a concise and factual description of thecontents and should be approximately 400 words in length.
5.2.2. Key words should appropriately represent the contents andfeatures of the paper and should be useful when conducting a literaturesearch. The number of key words should be between 3 and 5.
5.3. Text guidelines
5.3.1. Top, bottom and side margins should be at least 25 mm, and thefont should be 12 point.
5.3.2. All papers in the text should be numbered consecutively, and line
numbers should be added in each page.
5.3.3. Papers should not be of an advertising nature. Use generic rather
than trade names.
5.3.4. For particular manufactured goods, manufacturing processes andequipment that are not generally well known, an explanation as detailed
as possible, the machine type number, manufacturer and address should
be provided in footnotes.
5.3.5. Use the following classification, in principle, for section,subsection, heading and subheading.
Section: 1. 2. 3.
Subsection: 1.1., 1.2., 1.3.
Heading: 1.1.1., 1.1.2., 1.1.3.
Subheading: (1), (2), (3)5.3.6. Do not use abbreviations for uncommon technical terms.
5.3.7. Chemical names or chemical formulae can be used to express thenames of elements, alloys and compounds.
5.3.8. Fractional expressions should be as follows, in principle. However,
simpler expressions may be on a single line, as follows.

5.3.9. Define all mathematical symbols, subscripts and superscripts
clearly.
5.3.10. Use the Christian Era for year numbers.
5.4. Citation
5.4.1. When citing references in the paper, carefully select those that are
essential, and be sure to cite them correctly. References in the text
should be indicated by the authors' names and year of publication, inprinciple.
5.4.2. When quoting from other publications in the text, the quoted
words or sentences should be enclosed in " ".
5.4.3. For two authors, give both names using "and", and for more than
two authors, use "et al.".
"…" (Park and Harris, 1998)"…" (Harris et al., 1998)
5.4.4. When specifying the papers referred to in the text, write theauthors' names and year of publication as follows. If citing multiple
publications by the same authors, years of publication are separated bycommas (,) in parentheses. If citing multiple publications by the sameauthors in the same year, distinguish them with a, b, c, … added to theyear of publication.

According to Harris (1996), …
According to Park and Harris (1996, 1998), …
According to Harris (1995, 1997a, 1997b), …
5.5. References
All references listed should be cited in the text.
5.5.1. Bibliographic data should include authors’ names, year ofpublication, article title, journal title, volume number, and first and last
page numbers, in this order. No serial number should be given before
authors’ names. For authors’ names, family name and initials of firstand middle names should be given in this order, and the year ofpublication in parentheses should immediately follow authors’ names(author-date method). Journal titles should be given in roman (upright)
letters, using the designated abbreviation for each journal title or widelyand conventionally used abbreviation. No issue number should be given.
The list of references should be in alphabetical order according to the family nameof the first author.
5.5.2. Accessed date should be specified in referring to website.
5.5.3. In bibliographic data, delimiters should be used correctly
according to the following examples.
Andre, T. (1986). Problem solving and education. In G. D. Phye & T. Andre(eds.), Cognitive classroom learning: Understanding, thinking, and problem
solving (pp. 169-204). New York: Academic Press.
Endo, T., Tauchi, K., and Ogata, M. (2008). Development of running andfootwork abilities from a viewpoint of jumping ability characteristics. Int. J.
Sport Health Sci., 6: 120-127.
MEXT (2009). The New Course of Study in higher school.
http://www.mext.go.jp/a _ menu/shotou/new-cs/youryou/1282000.htm.
(accessed 2008-08-25).

5.5.4. For articles written in languages other than English, titles shouldbe translated into English and given in bracket. If possible, the title in
the original language should be given before the title translated into
English. The language of the original article should be shown inparentheses at the end.
Nakamura, T. (2010). 学生野球憲章とはなにか 自治から見る日本野球史 [What isthe Japan Student Baseball Charter ? : Japan baseball history in the light ofautonomy]. Tokyo: Seikyusha. (in Japanese)
5.5.5. Books translated from another language should include details ofthe translator.
Armstrong, A. (2012). スポーツと体育科教育 (G.Onigawara Trans.). Tokyo:
Gakumon Press. (Original work "Sports and physical education" published2010)
When citing the above reference in the text, write the author’s name andyear of publication as follows: (Armstrong, 2010/2012).
5.5.6. If advance online version of articles or publications in electronic
form are listed in References, Digital Object Identifier (DOI) should begiven by reference to the following example.
Endo, T., Tauchi, K., and Ogata, M. (2008). Development of running andfootwork abilities from a viewpoint of jumping ability characteristics. Int. J.
Sport Health Sci., doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6781.2008.00116.x.
5.6. Footnotes
5.6.1. Footnotes should be used sparingly and kept to a minimum innumber.
5.6.2. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively throughout the text
with superscript Arabic numerals (e.g. *1, *2) and appear in a section
before References as “Note”.
5.7. Figures, tables and photographs

5.7.1. Photographs are classified in the same category as figures.
5.7.2. Figures and tables should be numbered separately andconsecutively (For example, Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, Table 2).
5.7.3. Capitalize only the first word of the caption.
5.7.4. Each figure and table should have a concise caption that will be
intelligible to the reader without reference to the text.
6.

Resubmission

6.1. Revisions should be in red letters. While the revised manuscript is being
reviewed, all reviewers’ comments and author’s answers will be released to eachreviewers.

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