About the Journal
The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) is a peer-review open-access biannual journal devoted to the fields of sports technologies, and sports medicine, published by the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences affiliated to the Kharazmi University. The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) is dedicated to maintain high academic standards, integrity, research ethics, and excellence by publishing scholarly work of the highest quality in sports medicine and kinesiology disciplines; sports biomechanics, sports injury, corrective exercise and adapted physical activity and sports rehabilitation, physiology, technology and more. It is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the publication of original articles, review articles, case reports, short reports, and editorial articles with a distinguished and expert editorial board, considering the research ethics and academic rules and regulations. 
All papers are subject to a double-blind reviewing process. The submitted manuscripts will be published after a thorough review and the editorial board's approval. Researchers are highly appreciated if they visit this website, register, submit and set up their papers based on the Instructions to Authors. Therefore, visiting in person or calling the journal office is not recommended, so all connections with authors and reviewers are made through the website.
E-mail: jsmtkhu.ac.ir
 

Bibliographic Information
English Title	Research in Sport Medicine and Technology
Persian Title	Pizhūhish dar ṭibb-i varzishī va fanāvarī
Journal Abbreviated Title	Res. in Sports Med. Tech.
Journal Title Acronym	RSMT
ISSN	Print    ISSN:  2252-0708 Online ISSN:  2588-3925
Subject Area and Categories	Subject Area and Categories based on Scopus:       Health Professions             -- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation             -- Sports Science       Medicine             -- Medicine (miscellaneous)             -- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine    Subject Area and Categories based on Web of Science:      Sport Sciences | Orthopedics  | Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine | Clinical Medicine    Current Contents Index:      Clinical Medicine               - Orthopedics, Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine    Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)                   - Orthopedics | Sport Sciences
Coverage	- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - injury & reconstruction.  - Arthroscopic techniques.  - Athletic injuries  - Basic science relevant to clinical sports medicine, including the subjects of anatomy, biomechanics, and cell biology.  - Children and adolescents.  - Degenerative joint disease.  - Epidemiology of sports injuries.  - Imaging studies.  - Injury prevention and treatment.  - Male and female athletes.  - Orthopaedic issues in sports.  - Physiotherapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation.  - Protective devices  - Rehabilitation, health and training.  - Specific injuries including shoulder, knee and meniscus subjects.  - Sport and exercise medicine (SEM).  - Sports medicine technologies.  - Sport specific subjects such as soccer, football, and baseball issues.  - Sports medicine and sports science, including performance research.  - Surgical techniques for the shoulder, elbow, knee, and ankle.  - The application of physiological and biomechanical principles to specific sports.  - The medical syndromes associated with sport and exercise.  - Treatment techniques.
Language	Persian; including English abstracts and bibliographies.
Start Year	2003 - Vol. 1, No. 1 -
Frequency	Biannual
Editor-in-Chief	Heydar Sadeghi, Ph.D.
Place of Publication	Iran, Tehran
Publisher	Kharazmi University
Status	Active
Refereed	Yes; Double-blind peer-review.
Acceptance and Publication Time	24 Weeks
Manuscript acceptance rate	20%
LC No.	GV557  RC1200
DDC No.	617.1027
MeSH Subject Headings	- Athletic Injuries. - Exercise. - Sports Medicine.
NLM Class No.	W1
DDC No.	617.1027
URL	https://jsmt.khu.ac.ir/
Type of Access	Open Access (OA)
OA Policies	SHERPA/RoMEO
Type of License	Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Open Access Statement	The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) is a fully open-access journal, which means that all articles are available on the Web to all users immediately upon publication. All content of the Journal is published with open access under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).  Benefits of open access for authors include:    - Authors retain copyright to their work.    - Free access for all users worldwide.    - Increased visibility and readership.    - No spatial constraints.    - Rapid publication.
The Policy of Screening for Plagiarism	All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. Manuscripts submitted to the journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) will be screened for plagiarism using similarity check and plagiarism detection tools. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to check the similarity before submitting their manuscript to the journal. Editors check the plagiarism detection of manuscripts in the journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) using the Grammarly detection software (www.grammarly.com), and iThenticate (www.ithenticate.com) for English abstracts and use Iranian plagiarism detection software such as IranDOC (https://tik.irandoc.ac.ir) and Samimonour (www.samimnoor.ir) for the Persian text. The journal will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Whenever it is determined that the manuscript has not complied with the plagiarism rules, it will be REJECTED (before acceptance for publication), and if it was published, it will be RETRACTED for plagiarism issues.
Retraction Policy	An article may be retracted when its findings are no longer considered trustworthy due to scientific misconduct or error, it plagiarizes previously published work, or it is found to violate ethical guidelines. An article may be retracted when the integrity of the published work is substantially undermined owing to errors in the conduct, analysis, and/or reporting of the research. Violation of publication or research ethics may also result in a study’s retraction. The original paper will be marked as RETRACTED but a PDF version remains available to readers, and the RETRACTION statement is bi-directionally linked to the original published paper. Retraction statements will typically include a statement of assent or dissent from the authors.
Type of Publication (Processing Charges and Publication Charges)	Publication charges for Iranian authors are 1,000,000 Iranian Rials for peer review, and 3,000,000 Iranian Rials for publication.  Full-text access: Open Access
Revenue Sources	Organizational and institutional support, Donations
Type of Material	Serial (Periodical)
Description	The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) is a peer-review open-access biannual journal devoted to the field of sport medicine and technology, published by the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences affiliated to Kharazmi University. The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) is dedicated to maintain high academic standards, integrity, research ethics, and excellence by publishing scholarly work of the highest quality in sports medicine and kinesiology disciplines; sports biomechanics, sports injury, corrective exercise and adapted physical activity and sports rehabilitation, physiology, technology and more. It is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the publication of original articles, review articles, case reports, short reports, and editorial articles with a distinguished and expert editorial board, considering the research ethics and academic rules and regulations.
Copyright owner / Copyright holder	Authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights. The author has complete control over the work (e.g. retains the right to reuse, distribute, republish, etc.).
Copyright Notice	Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: 1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. 2. Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal. 3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See: The Effect of Open Access).
Authorship	The consent of all authors, as well as related authorities/institutions, has been received prior to the submission of the manuscript. The order of the authors (as to be reflected in the published article) has been established. The adding or deleting of authors once the manuscript has been accepted for publication would have to be accompanied by a signed statement of consent from all authors. All authors have contributed significantly to the research. Authors are obligated to participate in the peer-review process, providing retractions/corrections/amendments when necessary. All conflicts of interest/financial support have been declared. Any changes or corrections to a published work require the consent of all authors.
COPE	The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) follows the policies and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides by its Code of Conduct in dealing with potential cases of misconduct.
Digital Archiving Policy	The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) works with some organizations such as the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC), The Iran National Library and Archives, and its server of Kharazmi University for maintaining our digital archive. This makes possible the permanent availability and preservation of scholarly research and ensures accessibility by converting and upgrading digital file formats to comply with new technology standards.
Data Citation	Data should be cited in the same way as article, book, and web citations, and authors are required to include data citations as part of their reference list. Data citation is appropriate for data held within institutional, subject-focused, or more general data repositories. It is not intended to take the place of community standards such as in-line citation of GenBank accession codes. When citing or making claims based on data, authors must refer to the data at the relevant place in the manuscript text and in addition provide a formal citation in the reference list. The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) follows the format proposed by the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles: Authors; Year; Dataset title; Data repository or archive; Version (if any); Persistent identifier (e.g. DOI)”.
Data Sharing Policy	The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) uses the Basic Data Sharing Policy. The journal is committed to a more open research landscape, facilitating faster and more effective research discovery by enabling reproducibility and verification of data, methodology, and reporting standards. The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) encourages authors to cite and share their research data including, but not limited to: raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, and materials. Authors are encouraged to share or make open the data supporting the results or analyses presented in their article where this does not violate the protection of human subjects or other valid privacy or security concerns.  The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) encourages authors to share the data and other artifacts supporting the results in the article by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a Data Accessibility Statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper. The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) requires authors of Original Investigation, and Special Paper articles to (1) place the de-identified data associated with the manuscript in a repository, and (2) include a Data Availability Statement in the manuscript describing where and how the data can be accessed. The journal of Research in Sport Medicine and Technology (RSMT) defines data as the digital materials underlying the results described in the manuscript, including but not limited to spreadsheets, text files, interview recordings or transcripts, images, videos, output from statistical software, and computer code or scripts. Authors are expected to deposit at least the minimum amount of data needed to reproduce the results described in the manuscript. Data can be placed in any repository that makes data publicly available and provides a unique persistent identifier, including institutional repositories, general repositories (e.g., Figshare, Open Science Framework, Zenodo, Dryad, Harvard Dataverse, OpenICPSR), or discipline-specific repositories. The Data Availability Statement should be placed in the manuscript at the end of the main text before the references. This statement must include (1) an indication of the location of the data; (2) a unique identifier, such as a digital object identifier (DOI), accession number, or persistent uniform resource locator (URL); and (3) any instructions for accessing the data, if applicable. At the point of submission, you will be asked if there is a data set associated with the paper. 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Data Availability Statement: 1. Data associated with this article are available in the Open Science Framework at . 2. The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at http://doi.org/[doi], reference number [reference number]. 3. The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at [URL], reference number [reference number]. 4. The data that support the findings of this study are available in [repository name] at [URL/DOI], reference number [reference number]. These data were derived from the following resources available in the public domain: [list resources and URLs]
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