Best Paper Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Sports 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Sports from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. One review and one research article will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Sports from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

The Prize:
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a free paper in Sports in 2024 after peer review;
– One research article award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a free paper in Sports in 2024 after peer review.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.

Kind regards,
Sports Editorial Office

 
Sports 2022 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Sports will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

12 pages, 1034 KiB  
Article
Changes in Body Composition and Strength after 12 Weeks of High-Intensity Functional Training with Two Different Loads in Physically Active Men and Women: A Randomized Controlled Study
by Daniel P. Kapsis, Athanasios Tsoukos, Maria P. Psarraki, Helen T. Douda, Ilias Smilios and Gregory C. Bogdanis
Sports 2022, 10(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10010007 - 04 Jan 2022
15 pages, 568 KiB  
Review
Training Monitoring in Sports: It Is Time to Embrace Cognitive Demand
by Stéphane Perrey
Sports 2022, 10(4), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10040056 - 08 Apr 2022

Winner

Antonio Tessitore
Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome ‘Foro Italico’, 00135 Rome, Italy
Brad J. Schoenfeld
Department of Health Sciences, CUNY Lehman College, Bronx, NY 10468, USA

Winner

Michael D. Roberts
1. School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA 2. Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine-Auburn Campus, Auburn, AL 36832, USA
Monika Haga
Department of Teacher Education, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Magnus K. Karlsson
Department of Physiology and Clinical Sciences, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, SE-205 02 Malmo, Sweden

Award Committee

Ms. Elsa Qiu Chairman
MPDI Haidian

Winner

Angeliki-Nikoletta Stasinaki
Sports Performance Laboratory, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Daphne, Athens 17237, Greece
Daniel J. Cleather
Research conducted at School of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St. Mary’s University, Twickenham TW1 4SX, UK
Eleftherios Kellis
Laboratory of Neuromechanics, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 62100 Thessaloniki, Greece

Winner

Michael D. Roberts
1. School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA 2. Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn, AL 36830, USA
Yuri Feito
Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA
Peter Hofmann
Institute of Sports Sciences, Exercise Physiology, Training & Training Therapy Research Group, University of Graz, Max Mell Allee 11, Graz 8010, Austria
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