Submissions

Author Guidelines

EDITORIAL AND PEER-REVIEW PROCESS

Each submitted manuscript is initially evaluated for its relevance to the aims and scope of the journal, scientific and editorial quality, formatting, and compliance with the journal’s submission requirements. Manuscripts that meet these criteria are sent for blind peer review, with information identifying the authors removed, and are evaluated by independent anonymous reviewers.

Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscripts and for compliance with ethical standards. The journal may request a statement confirming the originality of the research and declaring that the manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Authors retain the rights to their work, while granting the journal the right to publish, reproduce, and distribute the article in accordance with the journal’s publishing policy. All other matters are governed by applicable laws and generally accepted standards of academic publishing.

The journal is published twice a year, in July and December.

ARTICLE PREPARATION

Language: Manuscripts must be submitted and published in English. The title, abstract, and keywords are published bilingually, in English and one of the official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian). Authors are responsible for providing both language versions of the title, abstract, and keywords.

Manuscripts should be submitted in DOC or DOCX format, using A4 page size (21 × 29.7 cm), 1.15 line spacing, 2.5 cm margins (left, right, top, and bottom), and 12-point Times New Roman font. All headings and subheadings should be in bold.

Original research articles should contain the following sections in the specified order: title page, abstract, introduction, material and methods, results and discussion, conclusion, and references.

Manuscripts should meet the following specifications:

• Original Article: Maximum 6,000 words, including an abstract of no more than 250 words. Up to 60 references are permitted.
• Review Article: Maximum 4,000 words, including an abstract of no more than 250 words. Up to 100 references are permitted.
• Editorial: Maximum 1,000 words, with an unstructured abstract of up to 150 words and 3–5 keywords. Up to 15 references are permitted.
• Brief Report: Maximum 1,500 words, including an abstract of no more than 150 words. Up to 30 references are permitted.
• Case Report: Maximum 1,500 words, including an abstract of no more than 150 words. Up to 30 references are permitted.
• Letter to the Editor: Maximum 800 words. No abstract is required. Up to 10 references are permitted.

THE FIRST PAGE

The first page should contain the title of the manuscript, the names of all authors, their institutional affiliations, and the abstract. The title should be written in 12-point Times New Roman, bold, uppercase letters, and should not contain abbreviations. Authors’ full names should appear below the title in 12-point Times New Roman, regular font. The institutional affiliation(s) of each author should be provided below the authors’ names, also in 12-point Times New Roman, regular font.

The corresponding author should be clearly identified, and their e-mail address should be provided together with the institutional affiliation.

ABSTRACT

The abstract should not exceed 250 words and should be typed using 1.15 line spacing. The abstract should be unstructured but should briefly present the background, aim of the study, methodology (including participant/sample selection, data collection, and data analysis), the most important results, and the main conclusion.

The abstract should be written in an objective academic style and should avoid first-person expressions such as “we” and “our.” References should not be included in the abstract.

Below the abstract, authors should provide 3–5 keywords.

INTRODUCTION

The Introduction should generally consist of three components. The first should provide the background and describe the research area. The second should present and critically summarize relevant findings from previous studies addressing the same or a related topic. The third should clearly state the aim and, where appropriate, the research questions or hypotheses of the study.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The Material and Methods section should contain the following mandatory subheadings: Participants, Design and Procedures, Measures, and Statistical Analysis.

The section should provide sufficient information to allow the study to be understood and, where appropriate, replicated. Figures and tables should not be included in the Material and Methods section.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The Results section should clearly present the main findings of the study, including relevant statistical results and levels of statistical significance where appropriate. Authors should refer to tables and figures in the text without unnecessarily repeating all data presented in them.

The Discussion should interpret the findings in relation to the study objectives and existing literature. Findings should be compared with those of previous studies, highlighting agreements, differences, and possible explanations. The scientific and practical implications of the findings should also be addressed where appropriate.

CONCLUSION

The Conclusion should provide a concise summary of the most important findings and the main conclusions arising from the study. It should be directly related to the study objectives and supported by the presented results.

Where appropriate, the Conclusion may also include recommendations for future research and acknowledge relevant limitations of the study.

LITERATURE

Journal uses APA 7 reference citation. Literature may contain only the authors cited in the text. In-text citations should be presented as follows: (Bratovčić, 2018) for one author, (Bratovčić & Mehmedinović, 2018) for two authors, and (Bratovčić et al., 2018) for three or more authors. References should be listed alphabetically by the surname of the first author at the end of the manuscript. When two or more works by the same author or authors were published in the same year, lowercase letters should be added to the year to distinguish them, for example, 2018a, 2018b, etc. The layout should be as follows:

For journals:
Bratovčić, V., Mehmedinović, S., Šarić, E. (2018). Morphological motor status of top quality sitting volleyball players in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 17(2): 764-769.

For books:
Ibrahimagić, A. (2018). Poremećaji glasa. Tuzla: PrintCom.

For chapters in books:
Mehmedinović, S., Šarić, E. (2014). Metodološki pristupi u istraživanju starosti. In Treća životna dob, (pp 148-151). Bosanska riječ.

More informations about APA style https://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/apa

TABLES

Tables should not be submitted as photographs or images. Each table should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, Table 3) and provided with a brief, descriptive title. Statistical measures of variability, such as standard deviation (SD) and standard error of the mean (SE), should be clearly identified and defined where appropriate. Tables should be properly aligned and formatted using the AutoFit to Window option in Microsoft Word.

PAYMENT

No charge will be require to the authors.

ADDRESS FOR ARTICLES SUBMISSION

Journal „Research in Education and Rehabilitation“ only accepts electronic submission vie web page.

NOTE

Articles that do not satisfy preparation requirements will be immediately returned to corresponding author for corrections (without review).