SOREN journal (Student Sports & Health Open Researches e-journal: New-approaches) is an electronic journal of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science and publishes in Persian-English and quarterly. SOREN publishes peer-reviewed original/research, reviews and reports papers and ​covers researches on sports medicine, physiotherapy, sports nutrition and supplementation, sports biomechanics, exercise physiology, biochemistry, biology, physical activity and health, exercise and brain health, injury and disease prevention, clinical rehabilitation, sports pathology and corrective exercise. SOREN will also consider interdisciplinary papers on management, psychology, sociology, immunology, physical education, medicine and its sub-disciplines, as well as other areas related to sports and health sciences.

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis or as an electronic preprint), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that contains nothing that is abusive, defamatory, libelous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out, and if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder.

This Journal accepts only manuscripts through the online submission system. It is easy to use and easy to track, thus by conducting all steps electronically, your submission will be expedient. Contributors can submit via our website. Once you submit an article, it will be forwarded to one of the editors and afterwards to at least two peer-reviewers. The author will be notified of the submission process by means of E-mail.

Submission checklist

The following list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.

Ensure that the following items are present:

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

• E-mail address

• ORCID code

• Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar-checked'

• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa

Type of Articles

This journal publishes research articles, review articles, case reports and letters to the editor.

Original Research articles

The main part of each issue of the Research in Medicine is devoted to original research papers that should describe significant and original observations that can be critically evaluated and if necessary, repeated. They should be arranged as follows: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, References, Tables, Figures.

Title Page

The title page should include (state):

• A concise and informative title: Capitalize the initial of each word except prepositions with less than three letters.

• The name(s) of the author(s): Full name of all authors should be mentioned.

• The affiliation(s) and address (es) of the author(s): Author’s affiliation containing: Department (or research center), University, City, and Country.

• Corresponding author(s): ORCID code and E-mail should be written.

Abstract and Keywords

Each paper must begin with an abstract that summarizes the results obtained and the conclusions drawn. It should not exceed 250 words. Abstract should be structured as below:

Background and aim, Methods, Results and Conclusions.

A list of 3-8 keywords is to be provided directly below the abstract.

Framework of a research article

Divide your article into clearly defined sections. Article body generally includes Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments and References.

References
The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the bibliographic information. References should be numbered consecutively as they appear in the text. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list, they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication. References should be formatted in “Vancouver” style. Listed below, are sample references to a journal article, and a book respectively, in the correct format (In the case of seven or more authors, the names of the first six authors should be listed followed by et al.).

Conflicts of interest

Authors should disclose, at the time of submission, information on financial conflicts of interest or other interests that may influence the manuscript. Authors should declare sources of funding for the work undertaken. The authors are responsible for the whole scientific content as well as the accuracy of the bibliographic information.

Publication Ethics: SOREN journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the definitions and guidelines as determined by it.