About this journal

Science and Medicine in Football is a quarterly international, peer-reviewed journal. The mission of the publication is to advance the theoretical knowledge, methodological approaches and the professional practice associated with the sport of football. The journal aims to publish meaningful articles on various aspects of sports medicine and science related to all codes of football.

In addition to original research, review articles, clinical case studies, short communications/technical reports are considered. The Journal will be of interest to the growing numbers of academic researchers and students, as well as clinicians and applied practitioners in football-related organisations across the world.

Topic areas include sports medicine, epidemiology, prevention, rehabilitation, physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, training and testing, performance analysis, sport psychology and coaching. Manuscripts from social sciences are only considered when they deal with aspects very close to these named fields.

Authors are particularly invited to submit work covering the following areas which are considered to be underrepresented in the scientific literature of football:

• Intervention studies
• Replication studies (i.e. studies reproducing previous investigations but with improved methodology, sample size, control of confounders, etc.).
• Studies with negative outcome will be saved from getting a minus point during review.
• Methodological studies (particularly those addressing real football or football research issues).
• Registered Reports

Science and Medicine in Football supports research transparency initiatives and good practice. Authors are invited to follow international guidelines for quality of reporting (https://equator-network.org/)

All research and review articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized (double-anonymized) refereeing by at least two referees.

Metabolism, Nutrition and Recovery
Sabrina Forster (Skorski), PhD, Senior Researcher  (Saarland University, Germany)
D. Enette Larson-Meyer, Associate Professor  (Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Excercise at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, United States)
Morten Randers, PhD, Associate Professor  (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)

Psychology
Andreas Ivarsson, PhD, Associate Professor  (School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Sweden)

Skills Acquisition, Talent ID and Sport Biomechanics
Susan J Brown, PhD  (Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom)
Job Fransen, Senior Lecturer  (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
Matthias Kempe, PhD, Assistant Professor  (University of Groningen, UMCG, Netherlands)

Sports Medicine and Health
Anne Hecksteden, MD, PhD  (Saarland University, Germany; University of Innsbruck, Austria)
Werner Krutsch, MD, PhD, Assoc. Professor  (University Medical Centre Regensburg, Germany)
Christian Schmied, MD  (University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland)
Nicola Sewry, PhD  (Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Training and Testing
Michel Brink, PhD, Lecturer  (University of Groningen, UMCG, Netherlands)
Katrine Okholm Kryger, PhD, Associate Professor  (Faculty of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary’s University, UK)
Lorenzo Lolli, PhD, Research Fellow  (Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, Aspire Academy, Qatar)
Alan McCall, PhD, Research Fellow  (Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom; Arsenal Football Club, United Kingdom
Shaun McLaren, PhD  (Durham University, United Kingdom)
Fabio Nakamura, PhD, Professor ( University Institute of Maia, Portugal)
Del Wong, PhD, Professor  (Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Editorial Board

Thor Einar Andersen, MD, PhD (Aspetar Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital, Qatar)
Amelia Arundale, PhD (University of Delaware)
Kyle Bennett, PhD, Lecturer (Southern Cross University, Australia)
Naomi Datson, PhD  (University of Chichester, UK)
Anne Delextrat, PhD, Senior Lecturer (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom)
Gregory Dupont, PhD, Associate Professor  (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom)
Jiri Dvorak, MD, PD, PhD, Professor  (University of Zurich; Schulthess Klinik and Swiss Concussion Center, Switzerland)
Anne-Marie Elbe, PhD, Professor (University of Leipzig, Germany)
Jan Ekstrand, MD, PhD, Visiting Professor (Linköping University, Sweden)
Oliver Faude, PhD, Senior Researcher  (University of Basel, Switzerland)
Dr. Nina Feddermann-Démont, MD  (Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
Lauren Fortington, PhD, Senior Research Fellow  (School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia)
Martino Franchi, PhD (Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy)
Warren Gregson, PhD (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom; Football Performance & Science Department, Aspire Academy, Qatar)
Donald T. Kirkendall, PhD (Duke University Medical Center, United States)
Vanessa Martinez Lagunas, PhD, Senior Instructor (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Franziska Lautenbach (Institute for Sport Psychology and Sport Pedagogy, Leipzig University)
Allistair McRobert, Reader (School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom)
Paul Larkin, PhD, Research Fellow (Institute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Australia)
George Nassis, PhD, Adjunct Professor ( University of Southern Denmark)
Donna O’Connor, PhD, Professor  (Sydney School of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney, Australia)
Martin Schwellnus, MD, Professor  (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Liis Uiga, PhD, Senior Lecturer  (Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom)
Roel Vaeyens, PhD, Guest Professor (Ghent University, Belgium; Club Brugge KV, Belgium)