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Call for papers - Promoting gender equality in sports science

Guest Editors:
Alliance Kubayi: Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez: University of León, Spain

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 23 July 2024

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is calling for submissions to our Collection on Promoting Gender Equality in Sports Science.

Despite advances in gender equality, disparities in sports participation, performance, and opportunities still exist. This collection aims to explore and promote research on gender equality in sports science and medicine, with a focus on understanding and addressing gender disparities in sports participation, injury risk and recovery, performance, and career advancement.

New Content ItemThis collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 5: Gender Equality.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Alliance Kubayi: Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Dr. Alliance Kubayi is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sport, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences at Tshwane University of Technology. His research interests include sports coaching, talent identification and development, performance analysis and match analysis in football. Dr Kubayi has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a research committee member of the International Council for Coaching Excellence and a Southern Africa universities coordinator for the Africa Student Football Union. 

Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez: University of León, Spain

Dr. Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez is an Associate Professor of ​​Physiotherapy at the University of León. She teaches on theoretical and practical topics on issues intrinsic to the practice of physiotherapy in the clinical field.

Her research interests include the development of new clinical assessment instruments, the evaluation of physiotherapy treatment techniques and methods and the impact of lifestyle on health.

She serves as an Editorial Board Member for BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation.

About the collection

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is calling for submissions to our Collection on Promoting Gender Equality in Sports Science.

Despite advances in gender equality, disparities in sports participation, performance, and opportunities still exist. This collection aims to explore and promote research on gender equality in sports science and medicine, with a focus on understanding and addressing gender disparities in sports participation, injury risk and recovery, performance, and career advancement.

We welcome original research that include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • The effects of gender bias and stereotypes on sports participation, performance, and evaluation.
  • The physiological and cultural role of gender in sports training, injury risk, and recovery.
  • Gender gaps in sports participation and strategies for increasing access to sports for women and girls.
  • The experiences and challenges faced by transgender and intersex athletes.
  • The impacts of pregnancy and motherhood on women athletes
  • The impacts of gender on career opportunities and advancement in sports sciences, such as discrimination in coach selection, resource allocation, and leadership opportunities.
  • Innovative strategies for promoting gender equality in sports science, such as mentorship and empowerment programs.

Submissions should provide novel insights into the intersection of gender and sports science with clear implications for promoting gender equality in sports.

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  1. Ice hockey is played by women and men but the arena they play in may differ substantially. Potential differences in general conditions to play the sport may be associated to perceived stress, which has shown t...

    Authors: Tobias Wörner, Stefan Kauppinen and Frida Eek
    Citation: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2024 16:69
    Content type: Research Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Promoting Gender Equality in Sports Science" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.