ISBS 2011 // June 27th

Letter of the ISBS2011 Chairmen to the Authors

CALL FOR PAPERS

Scientific papers are to be submitted for review for all oral, poster, symposia, or applied sessions presentations. All papers are submitted to the ISBS Conference host and are subject to peer review by the conference Scientific Committee.

Please notice that according to the new ISBS guidelines there are no different abstract and full paper submissions. One to four pages full paper need to be submitted till the first deadline for peer-reviewing process. This paper includes an up to 10 lines abstract that will be used for the ISBS 2011 Abstracts Book edition. After the peer-reviewing process, the suitable papers will be resubmitted by the authors after corrections till the second deadline.

Each paper will be reviewed by at least two members of the scientific committee. Reviewers will be assessing its suitability for presentation at the congress and for publication in the proceedings. On the basis of the review your paper will be categorised as one of the following:

	Reject: Not suitable for publication in the Proceedings.
	Reject and resubmit: The paper is rejected unless the authors can make satisfactory responses to the reviewers' concerns. The paper will then be accepted only if all the concerns are addressed to the satisfaction of the reviewers.
	Accept with minor changes: The authors must respond to the reviewers' concerns to the satisfaction of the editor of the proceedings.
	Accept: The paper is accepted with only minor editing required at the discretion of the editor of the proceedings.

The deadline for paper submission is January 31, 2011. The notice of acceptance is February 15, 2011. The deadline for final version of paper submission is March 08, 2011.

Selected papers will be published in the ISBS 2011 Proceedings Book.

Electronic submission facilities will be provided in the congress website.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Guidelines for the preparation of a paper to be submitted for publication at the ISBS 2011 Proceedings are in accordance to the guidelines publised at the ISBS website. You can also download a sample paper of the ISBS format: Sample ISBS Paper.doc here.

The paper must be written in English and electronically submitted as a Microsoft WORD file. The paper can be up to four A4 pages in length, single spaced, in Arial size 11 font with normal character spacing. Set your page to A4 portrait (30cm high by 21cm wide). The printing area should be 25cm by 16cm. Set the left and right margins at 2.5cm and the top and bottom margins at 2.5cm. The printing (other than formulas and tables) should be right and left justified. Do NOT indent the first line of paragraphs or sections.
Use one or two lines to write the TITLE in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS. Skip one line and type the author(s) first name and surname in bold lower case. On the next line give the author(s) affiliation(s), city, state, and country in bold lower case. The title, authors and affiliations should be centered. Skip another line.
Right and left justify all the following text (except formulas and tables). Write an abstract of no more than 10 lines indented 1cm from both the right and left margins in Ariel size 10 font. Do NOT use a heading for the abstract and write the abstract as an unbroken single paragraph. Skip one line and list up to six keywords not used in the title (unbolded) describing your paper alongside the sub-heading KEYWORDS: in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS.
Skip another line and return to full width and Arial size 11 font. Your paper should have the following structure: An INTRODUCTION indicating the significance and purpose of the research and citing the primary literature sources. A description of the METHODS of data collection, data analysis, and research design. A RESULTS and DISCUSSION section. These sections may be combined if desired in the interests of saving space. A CONCLUSION should include reference to implications and applications of the work to sport and exercise. A major goal of the ISBS is to bridge the gap between sports biomechanics and practitioners in teaching, coaching, training, and rehabilitation of participants in sports. Your conclusion should highlight potential benefits of the study for practitioners. If your study is an advancement of methods of analysis or the development of new equipment, then the conclusion should indicate how this could lead to assisting practitioners. An alphabetical list of REFERENCES should conform to the guidelines of the Journal of Applied Biomechanics.
Skip a line after each of the above major sections. Each of the major headings listed above should be left justified (NOT indented or centered), in BOLD CAPITALS, and followed by a colon. The text then continues on the same line. Lower level headings should follow the same format and should be in lower case (NOT capitals). Do NOT skip lines between paragraphs or before lower level headings. Formulas, figures, and tables should be formatted in the style adopted by the Journal of Applied Biomechanics.

POSTER PRESENTATION

Posters should be printed out in A0 size, in portrait format (width of 841mm and height of 1189mm).

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