SPORTPSYC Unpublished

SPORTPSYC Unpublished ©Stephen Burke, Ph.D. and ©Attila Szabo, Ph.D. Editors Welcome to FED-UP (Fast Electronic Dissemination of Unpublished Papers) in Sport & Exercise Psychology

Consult Volume 1 (2000)

SPORTPSYC Unpublished is electronic research data-base freely available on the Internet. It represents a collection of undergraduate dissertation projects and unpublished research reports in the area of Sport and Exercise Psychology. SPORTPSYC Unpublished is jointly edited and maintained by Dr. Attila Szabo, The Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom and Dr. Stephen Burke, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia.

Welcome to FED-UP (Fast Electronic Dissemination of Unpublished Papers) in Sport & Exercise Psychology What is SPORTPSYC Unpublished?

SPORTPSYC Unpublished is a new-ideology based electronic form of information dissemination. It is primarily designed for students who are studying Sport and Exercise Psychology units, modules, courses or degrees that wish for a simple and efficient method of sharing with others the 'fruits' of their hard work. These include the results of empirical investigations and 'first attempts' at constructing research papers.

Its scope is five-fold:

to share novel results or information immediately in a fast, easily accessible, and inexpensive way with the interested students and scholars in the field
to ensure continuous access to all articles posted on SPORTPSYC Unpublished by maintaining indexed electronic (yearly) volumes
to accept and disseminate all articles submitted to SPORTPSYC Unpublished in a conforming format
to subject (at a later stage) the posted articles to a "voluntary" method of peer evaluation, whereby expert readers' opinion will be compiled to attribute a symbolic rating to articles with sufficient feedback. Accordingly:

          ***** = excellent article, major contribution 
          **** = good article, important contribution 
          *** = fair article, some contribution 
          ** = poor article, little or no contribution 
          * = very poor article, no contribution at all 
          UR = unrated article

to reduce the cost, delay, paper waste, and postal correspondence involved in asking and distributing reprints

SPORTPSYC Unpublished is Endorsed by the Australian Catholic University, School of Human Movement and by The Nottingham Trent University, Department of Life Sciences

Is there a need for SPORTPSYC Unpublished?

FED-UP in Sport and Exercise Psychology will be running under the name SPORTPSYC Unpublished and should be considered as a serious, but new ideology based, scientific information outlet. In appraising the need for such an outlet, please consider the following:

Would you like to present your article in the way you have written it (in a given format of course, but with YOUR own words)?
Would you like to make a statement or share some exciting results immediately?
Would you like to reduce the time, hassle and financial costs involved in publishing a manuscript?
Would you like to eliminate the waste of paper currently associated with the dissemination of information?
Would you like to possibly acquire feedback from knowledgeable readers and/or other students on your work?
Would you like to improve your chances for collaboration with fellow students and specialists?
Would you like that your statement or results be shared in a "dynamic" (interactive) rather than "static" (shelved) way with the interested students and professionals?
Would you like to have access to a "preliminary" publication medium that grants you the right for later publication in another source as well?
If you have answered "yes" to one or more of the above questions, you are probably realizing the need for a new concept and possibly endorsing the move toward a new method in the dissemination of scientific information in the discipline area of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Submission Format and Conditions
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FORMAT:

All articles must be written in APA format in English.
All articles should contain an Abstract (50-150 words maximum!) that answers the following questions in ONLY one or two sentence(s):

What did you do?
How did you do it?
What did you find?
What is the conclusion?

Abstracts should be followed by a list of five to ten key-words, in order of pertinence.
Tables (preferred over figures) should be concise, clear, and easily readable in Word or ASCII (text) format.
Figures or images should be used sparingly (tables are preferred) and they must be saved in .gif or .jpg format.
Articles should be sent as a Word (Microsoft office) or standard ASCII or DOS text attachment file accompanying a covering e-mail (request for posting the article) to one of the founding editors Dr. A. Szabo (Africa, Asia, Europe) or Dr. S. Burke (Australia, North and South America).
All articles should contain a "cover page" consisting of:

the corresponding author's name and an e-mail address
the title of the article in English
all authors' full name, affiliation, postal and electronic address, and telephone and fax number
acknowledgements or special notes (if applicable)
date of electronic submission

All articles must be concise, down to the point and written in sections (below) by respecting the maximum limit of words (in brackets below):

ABSTRACT / Summary (max 150 words)
INTRODUCTION (Rationale & hypothesis) (max 250 words)
MATERIALS AND METHOD (max 300 words)
RESULTS (max 250 words)
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS (max 350 words)
REFERENCES (in APA format)

CONDITIONS:

An article in proper format will be posted to SPORTPSYC Unpublished within three (3) days or seventy-two (72) hours following its reception.
Due to possible e-mail breakdown, there is no guarantee that all articles are received by the editors. If the authors do not receive an e-mail acknowledgement within one week following their submission, they should inquire about their submission either via e-mail or via telephone from the concerned editor.
After a submitted article has been posted on SPORTPSYC Unpublished, it is the authors' responsibility to advice the editors of any error, including, but not limited to, errors in the format of the article, table or figure position, or errors incurred during the electronic posting of the article spelling, typing, or conceptual errors - after the posting of the article and ONLY if minimal - can be corrected not more than ONCE by contacting the editor via e-mail and specifying clearly the needed corrections
The authors should send the article as an attachment file to a "cover e-mail" that CLEARLY STATES (they may be 'copy-pasted into the cover letter and modified accordingly):

The submitted article is a result of the authors' original work.
The article was already submitted (and rejected) or will be submitted at a later stage for consideration for publication in another information outlet.
All local and international standards and ethical guidelines for research with human participants were followed and respected during the course of the study.
The collected data are available, without delay and in both raw and tabulated (ASCII or spreadsheet) form, upon request by SPORTPSYC Unpublished.
The authors assume all responsibilities associated with the dissemination of their results, statements, and/or conclusions.
The information disseminated in the article is original and, to the best of the authors' judgement, they contribute to the advancement of the knowledge in the area of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
The authors understand and agree to the fact that SPORTPSYC Unpublished cannot be held responsible for any direct or consequential negative consequences resulting from the posting, refusal of posting, or removal from posting of the authors' article.
The authors request the posting (and therefore grant permission for) of their article on SPORTPSYC Unpublished that regardless of previous or future publication status of the article (in other information outlets), SPORTPSYC Unpublished retains the right to keep the article posted indefinitely within its collection on the Internet.
The authors will inform SPORTPSYC Unpublished immediately when (if) the article has been submitted for consideration for publication and when (if) the article has been accepted for publication in another information dissemination outlet.
The authors transfer the copyright to SPORTPSYC Unpublished (in cases where publication in another medium is likely, the transfer of the copyright may be negotiated).

SPORTPSYC Unpublished may be requested to remove an article from its site after that article has been accepted for publication in another information outlet. However, the final decision will be rendered by SPORTPSYC Unpublished. The abstracts of the removed articles will remain posted and a reference citation indicating the new publication source of the full-text article will be added.

Editors of SPORTPSYC Unpublished reserve the right to add a comment or cite/quote the comments and/or criticisms received in response to the posting of the authors' article as well as to add, change, or remove a symbol or a sign of "scientific" quality-rating to the article.

Until not published elsewhere, the articles posted on the SPORTPSYC Unpublished should be referred to in the following format:

Authors name (year of posting). Title of the article. SPORTPSYC Unpublished, Vol. #, (http://www.oocities.org/CollegePark/5686/p#.htm)

where p#.htm is editor's number assigned to the article.

SPORTPSYC Unpublished reserves the right to:

refuse the posting of an article without giving motives
modify or discontinue its service, conditions of service, or to move its Internet site without prior notice to users, readers, and/or visitors
request, obtain, and disclose raw or tabulated research data to third parties when that is deemed appropriate (in such cases the authors will be notified in time)
to disclose any factual or suspected conflict of interest, plagiarism, and dishonest activities to the parties involved
to distribute the articles - for which the authors' have voluntarily transferred the copyright to SPORTPSYC Unpublished - to other information mediums

Removal of Articles from SPORTPSYC Unpublished

Articles may be removed without notice if there is evidence or suspicion of conflict of interest, plagiarism, commercial instead of scientific intent, lack of adherence to general and ethical research regulations, or other hereby not mentioned controversies.

Articles may also be removed upon the demand of the authors if: 1) the article has been accepted for publication in another information dissemination outlet, or 2) the authors realise - and clearly document - that their method, result, and/or conclusion was erroneous (in this case an explanatory note will replace the full-text article). In both of these cases the original abstract will be retained and a note justifying the removal of the article will be added. The final decision with regard to the removal of a posted article will remain always with SPORTPSYC Unpublished.

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