Launched in 2009, Sport&EU Review continues the tradition of its predecessor, the Sport&EU Newsletter. In its seven editions, the Sport&EU Newsletter established an international reputation as a source of current, high-quality information. Sport&EU Review seeks to build on this tradition and offer the Sport&EU community opportunities to publish longer, peer-reviewed articles in addition to maintaining the regular features of the Newsletter.
Call for Papers
Sport&EU Review invites submissions for forum contributions as well as peer-reviewed articles and proposals for themed special issues for publication. Contributions should reflect the general interests of the Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union.
- Forum contributions are between 500 and 600 words including any references. They are not peer-reviewed, but are intended as short items of general interest to the readership of Sport&EU Review. These include but are not limited to conference reports, calls for papers, brief updates on key developments in the field, and reviews of publications.
- Papers intended for peer-review should be between 3000 and 7000 words in length. They may represent research in progress, discussion of research methodologies, or other scholarly work that is of interest to the readership. Contributions from postgraduate research students are particularly welcome. Papers intended for peer review will be reviewed by anonymous referees within eight weeks of submission. Accepted papers will be published immediately after any corrections on the Sport&EU Review website, and in a subsequent issue of Sport&EU Review.
Sport&EU Review anticipates that a considerable proportion of papers first presented in Sport&EU Review will subsequently be developed for publication elsewhere, and that its review process will be used as a step towards publication of a final working paper elsewhere. This is to be encouraged. Whilst Sport&EU Review will retain the right to publish contributions in their original form, authors remain free to develop their contributions further in other fori, provided Sport&EU Review is acknowledged. - A new Book Reviews section will be launched in the 2/2011 issue, as well. The editors thus welcome both submissions of books for review, as well as invites scholars that would be interested in serving as book reviewers.
- Sport&EU Review also invites proposals for themed special issues. Such issues may consider a particular policy document, event, or other coherent theme agreed with the editors. These may be guest edited by proposers, who are also invited to propose reviewers in addition to those provided by Sport&EU Review.
Contributors are invited to consult the submission guidelines above, and to send submissions and questions to the editors at review[à]sportandeu.com.
Editorial policy
Forum contributions
Sport&EU Review continues to offer an open forum for contributions from the Sport&EU community. These contributions should be no more than 500 words, or 600 words including references. References are encouraged where required to follow good academic practice, but forum contributions are generally not expected to provide detailed comment and therefore should not include many references. Past forum contributions have included summaries of Sport&EU activity, abstracts of recently published or soon to be published papers, book reviews or details of forthcoming books, executive summaries of recently completed research projects, reflections on recent and forthcoming developments in the field that will be of interest to readers such as the Euroepan Commission White Paper on Sport, courses and opportunities in sports science, policy, politics, law, sociology etc. and anything else that the editors consider to be of wider interest.
Peer-reviewed papers
Sport&EU Review also introduces the possibility of publishing longer, peer-reviewed articles. There are a wide range of discipline-specific journals that publish academic comment. The Review may provide an alternative venue for such comments, particularly where it is interdisciplinary and of wider interest to the Sport&EU community. However, its primary purpose is to offer both academics and graduate students an opportunity to discuss methodologies, open research questions, and other ideas related to research in progress. Such contributions could include methodology or other chapters from graduate research projects, reviews of particular open questions in a field of study, or draft papers regarding work at early stages of development. It will initially carry up to one anonymously peer-reviewed paper in each issue. Such articles will ordinarily be original contributions and should be between 3000 and 6000 words including references. Authors are asked to state, where relevant, if their paper has been presented elsewhere or if it is part of a more substantial research project, for example a PhD thesis.Prospective authors are invited to contact the editors (Review[à]sportandeu.com) to discuss their proposals, and to visit www.sportandeu.com/Review for further guidance. Sport&EU Review will offer authors access to expert peer review and online publication of their papers as soon as they are accepted for publication. Both review and forum contributions will also be edited for language. Sport&EU Review endeavours to complete the refereeing and editing process within three months of initial submission. It will retain the right to publish contributions on its website and in the review. It does not require copyright or an exclusive licence. Authors therefore remain free to subsequently develop their work for publication elsewhere so long as publication in Sport&EU Review is acknowledged. It is envisaged many contributions initially published in the Review will subsequently be revised or developed for publication elsewhere.
Guidelines for authors
- Forum contributions up to 500 words without references, max. 600 with references.
- Use language likely to be accessible to the whole range of disciplines represented in Sport&EU .
- Peer-reviewed papers between 3000 and 7000 words including references.
- No set house style, authors are encouraged to consistently use the style most appropriate for their discipline. If in doubt, please ask the editors.
- Submitting a contribution to the Sport&EU Review requires acceptance of the editorial policy of the Review.
- Authors must confirm that they are entitled to submit the work as their own.
- Please send submissions and queries to Review[à]sportandeu.com .
Call for Reviewers
Sport&EU Review aims to provide coverage of the full range of issues relevant to the study of sport and the European Union. These will include, but are not limited to governance, social and policy studies, communication, economy, and management issues in European sport. Sport&EU Review also welcomes work with comparative or international perspectives.
The primary purpose of Sport&EU Review is to offer a forum for persons with an interest in the field of study. It will continue to publish short articles of general interest to members of the association just as its predecessor, Sport&EU Newsletter. However, Sport&EU Review also aims to offer researchers, including both established academics and graduate students, an opportunity to discuss methodologies, open research questions, and other ideas related to research in progress. Such contributions will be peer-reviewed and could include methodology or other chapters from graduate research projects, reviews of particular open questions in a field of study, or draft papers regarding work at early stages of development. The Review is particularly interested in publishing work that fits within the discipline but which does not have a natural outlet elsewhere, or which represents work in progress towards publication elsewhere.
Following the stated aims and target groups the Sport&EU Review recognizes a special value and importance of the peer reviewer in the overall publication process in shaping the individual manuscript and in the credibility and reputation of a Review. Therefore we seek scholars interested in serving as peer reviewers for proposed research papers, both on an ad hoc basis or as members of the editorial board of Sport&EU Review. Reviewers are expected to write reviews in a timely, collegial, and constructive manner. Reviewers will be provided with a detailed review questionnaire to assist with this process. Reviewers will remain anonymous to authors. Wherever possible, the anonymity of work undergoing review will also be ensured.
Persons interested in joining the Editorial Board of the Sport&EU Review are asked to complete and submit the form available by clicking here as soon as possible to review[à]sportandeu.com. Volunteers are sought from both within and beyond the membership of the Association. The editorial board is not limited to members of academic institutions. Please send the form along with a current CV, to the Editors of the Sport&EU Review at review[à]sportandeu.com. Informal queries can be sent to the same address.
Simona Kustec-Lipicer and Simon Ličen
Editors – Sport&EU Review
