The Revista Brazileira de Ciências do Esporte (RBCE), eISSN 2179-3255, is an Open Access scientific journal, published online and edited by the Colégio Brazileiro de Ciências do Esporte (CBCE). The journal accepts articles in Portuguese, English or Spanish, which undergo peer review and are published through a continuous publication model.

The RBCE published its first volume in 1979 and, over the following decade, prioritized the dissemination of original articles, chronicles, news, conference proceedings, experience reports, interviews, letters from readers, and reviews of theses and dissertations. During this period, the magazine addressed topics such as human motricity, sports management, inclusion and the ten years of the CBCE.

In 1992, volume 12 brought together issues 1, 2 and 3 and marked the first thematic issue of the magazine, dedicated to leisure. During the 1990s, the thematic editions were maintained and defined based on the demands of CBCE members, covering topics such as the teaching of Physical Education, motor learning, curriculum, gender, legislation, evaluation, sport, communication, media, leisure and the environment.

As of volume 30, published in 2008, the RBCE closed the thematic editions and began to publish articles of different approaches and lines of research. Also in 2008, on the occasion of its twenty-ninth anniversary, the journal launched its digital version, expanding the dissemination of scientific knowledge and strengthening the exchange with national and international institutions.

In 2019, RBCE adopted the continuous publication system, streamlining the dissemination of approved articles. In 2023, two sections were created, Dossier and Panel, with the aim of highlighting topics of national relevance and, at the same time, strengthening the internationalization of the journal.

This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing virtual access, without restriction (including financial restrictions), to all scientific texts published by the journal.

Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants rights of use to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY ), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.

RBCE adopts practices aligned with Open Science, promoting greater transparency in the processes of research, production, evaluation and dissemination of knowledge. In this context, the journal accepts the submission of preprints, publishes the names of the editors responsible for evaluating each article, and adopts the Gold Open Access model. This means that all articles are open access and free.

Authors of articles submitted to RBCE must complete and submit via the ScholarOne submission system  the Form on compliance with Open Science.

RBCE adopts the best international and national practices of ethics in research and publication, aligning with the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the SciELO Codes of Ethics and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

When submitting an article to the RBCE, authors must ensure that:

• The research was conducted in accordance with recognized ethical standards, such as the Declaration of Helsinki (2024) or Resolution 466/12 of the National Health Council, for studies with human beings; and the Ethical Principles in Animal Experimentation, according to the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals or the Brazilian Guideline for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific and Didactic Purposes, for animal studies.
• The research was evaluated and approved by an ethics committee, with the committee's name and reference number included in the accepted manuscript. During peer review, this information must be hidden to ensure the anonymity of the authors.
• Studies carried out outside Brazil must follow ethical regulations of equivalent sites.

Authors must attach the ethics committee's statement of approval at the time of submission, including exemptions if applicable. It is the responsibility of the authors to detail, in the methods section of the manuscript, how the ethical principles were followed.
The following are the obligations of ethical conduct and good practices for authors, editors, and reviewers of the RBCE.

Authors' Obligations

Authors have the responsibility to:

• Submit unpublished manuscripts, ensuring that there is no plagiarism, self-plagiarism or falsification of data, with due credit to external sources.
• Inform potential conflicts of interest at the time of submission.
• Declare all funders and sponsors, direct or indirect.
• Restrict authorship to those who have contributed significantly, according to the CRediT taxonomy.
• Notify editors if errors or inaccuracies are identified after publication.
• To comply, whenever possible, with the reviewers’recommendations, providing justification for any non-compliance.

Obligations of Editors

Editors should:

• Ensure that editorial decisions are based on the originality, relevance, and scientific quality of the manuscripts.
• Ensure anonymous, fair, and scope-aligned assessments of the RBCE.
• Use the iThenticate® tool to avoid irregularities.
• Choose reviewers without conflicts of interest with authors or topics addressed.
• Protect the identity of authors and reviewers throughout the editorial process.
• Publish errata, corrections, or retractions in cases of errors or proven misconduct.
• Follow the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in all editorial decisions.

Obligations of Evaluators

The evaluators undertake to:

• Conduct fair, impartial, and anonymous analyses, based on technical and scientific arguments.
• Maintain the confidentiality of the content evaluated and not use it for one's own benefit.
• Immediately inform the editor of any potential conflict of interest.
• Refuse invitations for evaluation if they do not have expertise in the subject or availability for the established deadline.
• Justify opinions with objective arguments and, where applicable, relevant references.
• Notify the editor of suspected plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or data manipulation by presenting the available evidence.

The RBCE publishes original research on current and relevant topics, arising from empirical research and/or theoretical reflection, reflecting the methodological, disciplinary, interdisciplinary and geographical diversity of the area. Its target audience includes researchers and professionals who research and work in the field of Physical Education and Sports Sciences.

RBCE follows the standards defined in the Digital Preservation Policy program of the SciELO Program. As an archival policy, this journal uses the LOCKSS system, developed by Stanford University, to create an archive distributed among participating libraries. The system allows these libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.

The journal is also part of IBICT's Carinian Digital Preservation Services Network, which provides preservation for any journal in the Open Journal System in Brazil. Finally, RBCE maintains a page, OJS, as a repository and memory where it keeps all the volumes published since the first one in 1979.

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• Journal title: Revista Brazileira de Ciências do Esporte
• Abbreviated title: Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Sport
• Publication by: Colégio Brazileiro de Ciências do Esporte
• Frequency: Annual
• Publication mode: Continuous Publication
• Year of creation of the journal: 1979

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RBCE accepts submissions of articles deposited on preprint servers, such as Preprints.org,  SciELO Preprints, among others. Its submission is optional for the author, and the name of the preprint server  and its DOI must be informed at the time of submission, through the Open Science Compliance Form. It should be noted that the option of preprint submission  implies the breaking of anonymity.

Prior Publication

RBCE considers for publication manuscripts derived from undergraduate theses, master's dissertations, doctoral theses and research previously presented at scientific events, provided that they are properly adapted to the format of scientific article and meet the criteria of originality, methodological rigor and quality required by the journal. However, the text must present substantial additions in relation to the original version, differing significantly from the previous work and adding scientific value to the submission.

The evaluation of articles submitted to the RBCE follows a structured process, ensuring rigor and transparency:

1. Initial Assessment

• The Executive Editor conducts a preliminary evaluation to verify the adequacy of the article to the journal's standards and its alignment with one of the three subareas of Physical Education: Biodynamic, Sociocultural or Pedagogical.
• Articles that do not meet the criteria are rejected at this stage.

2. Referral to Associate Editors

• Articles that pass the initial evaluation are sent to the Associate Editors, who, with the support of the Assistant Editors, review the quality and scope of the article.
• Associate Editors may decide to reject the article at this stage without forwarding it to ad hoc reviewers.

3. Review by Reviewers

• The articles that follow in the process are sent for evaluation by ad hoc reviewers.
• The RBCE adopts, as a standard, the double anonymity evaluation system, but is gradually implementing the opening of the evaluation in accordance with the principles of Open Science, such as the submission of preprints, publication of the name of the editors responsible for the evaluation of each article. For more information, check the section "Compliance with Open Science".
• Reviewers can issue three types of decisions:
  • Accepted
  • Rejected
  • Revisions required (major or minor)

4. Final Decision

• The Associate Editors are responsible for conducting the evaluation process and the final decision on the publication of the article, with the support of the Assistant Editors.
• Rejected articles are returned to the authors with a detailed opinion justifying the decision.

5. Review Process

• Articles that require revisions are sent back to the authors for adjustments according to the reviewers' suggestions.
• Authors must submit the new version of the article using the same ID as the original submission (i.e., they must not create a new submission).
• For resubmission, the following files must be kept:
  • Authors' Agreement
  • Cover Page
• Previous versions of the main file should be deleted and replaced with the following updated documents:
  • Letter in response to the reviewers, pointing out the changes in the article (complementary file for evaluation);
  • Manuscript with the highlighted changes (complementary file for evaluation);
  • Manuscript with the changes inserted (main document file).

Post-acceptance and Publication

Approved articles are sent for layout and publication. An approved version of the article will be sent by the publishing company by email to the corresponding author, who will be able to request adjustments and corrections before publication. Detailed instructions on how to fix the file will be in the email.

This approval version is intended exclusively for checking the composition, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and numbers. Significant changes to the article accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with the permission of the Editor-in-Chief. All published articles will be assigned DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

Submissions by Members of the Editorial Board

Submissions submitted by editors or members of the editorial committee/board will follow the same double-anonymity evaluation process. In these cases, the editorial process will be carried out by editors without conflicts of interest with the authors.

Language

RBCE accepts submissions in Portuguese, English or Spanish. Articles in the Biodynamics sub-area must be submitted in English. Articles from the Sociocultural and Pedagogical subareas can be submitted in any of the three languages.

In order to increase the visibility of published articles, the RBCE allows articles from the Sociocultural and Pedagogical subareas originally submitted in Portuguese or Spanish, and approved for publication, to be translated into English. The translation must be carried out by a professional or specialized company, and the costs of this service are the responsibility of the authors, who must send proof of the translation to RBCE.

Dispute Resolution

Disputes will be resolved through dialogue between the parties involved, mediated by the RBCE editorial team, respecting ethical precepts and transparency of decision-making processes. The RBCE encourages that, in cases of disputes between authors, reviewers, and editors, the parties involved try to communicate with each other, in a collaborative and independent manner.  Unresolved issues should be forwarded through the RBCE communication channels, listed in the "Contact" section.

The RBCE team may request additional documentation to ascertain the validity of each party's allegations, and reserves the right to contact independent experts and commissions/institutions that offer directives to assist with any disputes.

As a way of adopting Open Science practices, RBCE suggests that authors share their data, codes, methods, and materials through reliable repositories, such as SciELO Data, in which RBCE has its Dataverse. We suggest reading the materials below:

• TOP Guide
• Research Data Citation Guide
• List of repositories for research data deposit
• Research Data Preparation Guide
• Search Data Deposit Guide
• Research Data Curation Guide for Editorial Teams

Authors who choose to publish their data must submit a "Statement of Data Availability", to be published together with the work, if it is accepted, detailing:

• How and where the data supporting the study's findings can be accessed, including the link to access (DOI preferred);
• Access conditions, if any;

RBCE does not disclose or share with third parties the personal data of authors, except for the mandatory data present in the metadata of the articles.

The RBCE adopts an article processing fee of US$ 100.00, when all authors of the article are not members of the CBCE, with an up-to-date annual fee.

Exceptionally, articles submitted in 2024 and 2025 will be exempt from the publication fee. This exemption is for a fixed period of time and the editorial board will communicate any change.

The authors are responsible for the grammatical revision of the articles, if the evaluators request it, regardless of the original language of the article.

For more details on the costs related to the operation and maintenance of journals, it is suggested to read the SciELO Declaration on Financial Sustainability.

The RBCE emphasizes that the responsibility for the ethical integrity of research and its implications lies with the authors. In cases of suspected misconduct during the evaluation process, the editorial team will investigate the situation following the flowcharts of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). After analysis, the occurrences will be reported to the authors, who may be summoned to provide clarifications. If the article has already been published, the misconduct may result in editorial sanctions, depending on the seriousness of the case.

For errors or inconsistencies identified after publication that do not constitute misconduct, an erratum will be published. On the other hand, serious errors or evidence of misconduct may require the publication of a partial or total retraction (cancellation) of the article. These cases will also be handled based on the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowcharts. Additionally, we recommend the following SciELO guides:

• Guide to good practices for strengthening ethics in scientific publishing
• Guide to Registering, Marking and Publishing Errata
• Guide to Recording, Marking, and Publishing Retraction
• Guide to Registering, Tagging, and Publishing an Addendum

RBCE expects authors, reviewers, and editors to work with maximum transparency about potential conflicts of interest, whether financial, commercial, political, academic, or personal.

Authors must declare the existence or not of conflicts of interest in a specific field of the ScholarOne submission system, and on the cover page. This information will be kept in the publication in a specific field. Example: "We declare that we have a financial and/or commercial, and/or political, and/or academic, and/or personal conflict of interest." If there are no conflicts of interest, add the following information: "The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest".

By submitting the manuscript, authors are responsible for acknowledging and disclosing financial or other conflicts that may have influenced the work. If there is, even potentially, a conflict of interest, the author(s) must inform it in a document signed and attached to the submission platform. For more information see:
https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/author-responsibilities--conflicts-of-interest.html

Reviewers must declare the existence of a conflict of interest in the evaluation form that appears in the RBCE ScholarOne system.

Editors, if they have a conflict of interest of any nature, should request that another editor be responsible for the article, through internal communication at RBCE.

RBCE adopts the iThenticate similarity verification software®, in which all articles approved in the form evaluation stage go through the software. Articles with high levels of similarity are evaluated by the executive editor and the editorial team of RBCE, which may choose to immediately disapprove and archive the submission, or request clarifications and corrections to the authorship.

RBCE does not oppose the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) resources by authors, editors, and reviewers, as long as they are not those who prepared the text and/or evaluated the article. In cases where AI resources are used, the RBCE requires that what is contained in the  Guide for the use of Artificial Intelligence tools and resources in the communication of research according to SciELO be observed, summarily:

• Any and all use must be registered and notified to RBCE, as well as follow good ethical practices in scholarly communication.
• Only humans can be authors. AI tools can assist in the preparation, drafting, proofreading, and translation of texts.
• AI sources and materials should be cited and referenced.
• The security of the data entered in the AI resources must be verified, since in articles whose evaluation process presupposes anonymity of content and identity of authors and reviewers, the leakage of this information may result in losses for both parties.

The editorial team of RBCE, in addition to the authors who publish in the journal, must observe the guidelines on Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER. These guidelines comprise a set of guidelines that guide the reporting of information on sex and gender in the study design, data analysis, and results and interpretation of findings. In addition, RBCE promotes and seeks to build gender equality in the composition of its editorial board.

According to the section "Ethics in Research and Publication", When submitting an article to the RBCE, authors must ensure that:

• The research was conducted in accordance with recognized ethical standards, such as the Declaration of Helsinki (2024) or Resolution 466/12 of the National Health Council, for studies with human beings; and the Ethical Principles in Animal Experimentation, according to the International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals or the Brazilian Guideline for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific and Didactic Purposes, for animal studies.
• The research was evaluated and approved by an ethics committee, with the committee's name and reference number included in the accepted manuscript. During peer review, this information must be hidden to ensure the anonymity of the authors.
• Studies carried out outside Brazil must follow ethical regulations of equivalent sites.
• The journal supports the clinical trial registration policies of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, recognizing the importance of these initiatives for the registration and international dissemination of information on clinical studies, in open access.

Authors must attach the ethics committee's statement of approval at the time of submission, including exemptions if applicable. It is the responsibility of the authors to detail, in the methods section of the manuscript, how the ethical principles were followed.

RBCE adopts a Creative Commons 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0) for all published articles.

Authors of articles published by RBCE retain the copyright of their works by licensing them under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0 license, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited. The authors grant RBCE the right of first publication.

Except where otherwise specified, all content on RBCE is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Authors of articles published by RBCE retain the copyright of their work, which allows articles to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited.
The ideas and opinions expressed in the article are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the journal.

RBCE encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts by publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and scholarly social media, as well as posting them on their personal social media, as long as the full citation of the journal's website version is included.

Publisher

The RBCE is funded and maintained by the Colégio Brazileiro de Ciências do Esporte.

Development Agencies

Currently, RBCE does not receive funding from development agencies.

Sponsors and advertisements

RBCE does not run ads as a way of receiving funds.

Article submission and publication fees

The RBCE currently does not charge submission (processing) and publication fees.

• Ari Lazzarotti Filho, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás/GO, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2035441455224809 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-2641 , E-mail: lazzarotti@ufg.br
  Responsible for the editorial policy of RBCE, relationship with CBCE, evaluation bodies, promotion and dispute resolution.

• Jhennifer Luiza Machado Pimenta, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás/GO, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6445772369011737, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8724-9387, E-mail: rbceonline@gmail.com.
  Responsable for the verification of the form of the articles, similarity tests, dialogues with authors, reviewers and other executive functions of the RBCE, from submission to publication of the articles.

• Christiane Garcia Macedo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais/MG, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0872217208171466, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-3951, E-mail: chrisgmacedo@gmail.com
  Main responsible for the articles of the sociocultural and pedagogical subareas, as well as dialogue with the CBCE.

• Leonardo Alexandre Peyré Tartaruga, Universidade de Pavia, Pavia, Itália. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6799014309725419, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1742-5016, E-mail: leonardo.tartaruga@ufrgs.br
  Main responsible for articles in the subareas of biodynamics.

• André Ivaniski Mello, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul/RS, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5401172388243222, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4738-6302, E-mail: andreivaniskimello@gmail.com
  Assists in the editorial process of articles in the subarea of biodynamics.

• Fernando Resende Cavalcante, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Distrito Federal/DF, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7989497475934034, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6992-6261, E-mail: fernandorcavalcante@hotmail.com
  Assists in the editorial process of articles in the sociocultural subarea. Responsible for RBCE's social networks.

• Oromar Augusto dos Santos Nascimento, Revista Brazileira de Ciências do Esporte (RBCE), Uberlândia, Minas Gerais/MG, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0352434758977404  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1577-9913, E-mail: oromar.augusto@gmail.com
  Responsable for issues of the ScholarOne editorial system, website update, performance reports and metrics of RBCE.

• Alessandro Moura Zagatto, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Educação Física, Bauru, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2545518618024469. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1065-4158, e-mail azagatto@fc.unesp.br

• Alexandre Palma de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Educação Física e Desporto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/7533719836625173, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4679-9191, E-mail palma_alexandre@yahoo.com.br

• Alexandre Sergio Silva, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Educação Física, João Pessoa, Paraíba/PB, Brazil. Lattes:  http://lattes.cnpq.br/9808224589301694. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3576-9023, e-mail alexandresergiosilva@yahoo.com.br

• Alvaro Rodríguez Díaz, Universidad de Sevilla, Departamento de Sociología, Sevilla, Espanha. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3016-6557, E-mail jalvaro@us.es

• Ana Márcia Silva, Universidade Federal do Goiás, Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Goiânia, Goiás/GO, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8175893893424249 . ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8509-9817, E-mail anamarcia@pq.cnpq.br/ amarciasi@gmail.com

• Antonio Jorge Goncalves Soares, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Educação, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9726601553271394, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7769-9268, e-mail ajgsoares@gmail.com

• Antônio José Natali, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Educação Física, Viçosa, Minas Gerais/MG, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8921947271748081 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4927-4024 , e-mail anatali@ufv.br

• Claudia Regina Cavaglieri, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física, Campinas, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9330989884789830 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7795-6575 , e-mail cavaglieri@fef.unicamp.br

• David Hill, University of North Texas, Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, Denton, Estados Unidos. Lattes: no tiene, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2762-939X ,  e-mail david.hill@unt.edu

• David Kirk, University of Strathclyde, School of Education, Glasgow, Escócia. Lattes: no tiene, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9884-9106 , e-mail david.kirk@strath.ac.uk

• David Le Breton, Université de Strasbourg, Faculté des Sciences Sociales, Strasbourg, França. Lattes: no tiene, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3000-0277 , e-mail david.le.breton@unistra.fr

• Edilson Serpeloni Cyrino, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Educação Física, Londrina, Paraná/PR, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2218631591820466. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9016-8779, e-mail emcyrino@uel.br

• Felipe Quintão de Almeida, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro de Educação Física e Desportos, Vitória, Espírito Santo/ES, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3827408926506567. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4056-5159, E-mail fqalmeida@hotmail.com

• Jaison José Bassani, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Educação Física, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina/SC, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0747910694137606, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2769-8747, e-mail jaisonbassani@uol.com.br  

• James Lang, Iowa State University, College of Human Science, Iowa, Estados Unidos. Lattes: no tiene, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5179-1434 , e-mail jlang1@iastate.edu

• James Patrick Fisher, University of Auckland, Faculty of Medicaland Health Sciences, Auckland, Nova Zelândia. Lattes: no tiene, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7851-9222, e-mail jp.fisher@auckland.ac.nz  

• José Fernando Tabares Fernández, Universidad de Antioquia, Instituto Universitario de Educación Física, Medellín, Colombia. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1365-4412, e-mail jfernando37@hotmail.com/ josef.tabares@udea.edu.co  

• Lauro Casqueiro Vianna, Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Educação Física, Brasília, Distrito Federal/DF, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8938493818956438 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-0295 , e-mail lcvianna@unb.br

• Leonardo Sousa Fortes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Educação Física, Recife, Pernambuco/PE, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6683367406867309. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0778-769X, e-mail leodesousafortes@hotmail.com

• Marcilio Barbosa Mendonça de Souza Júnior, Universidade de Pernambuco, Escola Superior de Educação Física, Recife, Pernambuco/PE, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2301804733279968 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4138-4330 , e-mail  marciliosouzajr@hotmail.com

• Marta Genú Soares, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Departamento de Artes Corporais, Belém, Pará/PA, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5299382052741078, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1588-7305, e-mail martagenu@gmail.com 

• Martim Francisco Bottaro Marques, Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Educação Física, Brasília, Distrito federal/DF, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8352652260448205 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-3176 , e-mail martim@unb.br/martim.bottaro@gmail.com  

• Meily Assbú Linhales, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Educação Física, Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais/MG, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3146917004724448, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2762-4916, e-mail: meily_linhales@yahoo.com.br    

• Pedro Rodrigues Curi Halal, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Escola Superior de Educação Física, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul/RS, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3211152266266081 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1470-6461 , e-mail prchallal@ufpel.edu.br / prchallal@gmail.com

• Ricardo Luis Crisorio, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, La Plata, Argentina. Lattes: no tiene, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0721-5181 , e-mail rcrisorio@gmail.com

• Shigehiko Ogoh, Toyo University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bunkyō-ku, Japão. Lattes: no tiene, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5297-6468 , e-mail ogoh@toyo.jp

• Simone Rechia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná/PR, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5265139315424802 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2145-252X , e-mail simone@ufpr.br / simonerechia@hotmail.com

• Terezinha Petrucia de Nóbrega, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Educação Física, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte/RN, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6743881635494941 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1996-4286 , e-mail pnobrega68@gmail.com

• Yara Maria de Carvalho, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Educação Física e Esporte, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6408965810119789. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8926-355X, e-mail yaramc@usp.br

• Aguinaldo Gonçalves, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física, Campinas, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8140651861738248 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9614-8525 , e-mail aguinaldo@fef.unicamp.br    

• Alex Branco Fraga, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola Superior de Educação Física, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul/RS, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0637002618453894, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-1446, e-mail brancofraga@gmail.com

• Alexandre Fernandez Vaz, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Educação, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina/SC, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6212166433015570 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4194-3876 , e-mail alexfvaz@pq.cnpq.br / alexfvaz@uol.com.br

• Carmen Lucia Soares, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física, Campinas, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1196961469104964 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4347-1924 , e-mail carmenls@unicamp.br

• Fernando Mascarenhas, Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Educação Física, Brasília, Distrito Federal/DF, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0192944139535494 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0265-502X , e-mail fernando.masca@outlook.com

• Elenor Kunz, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Educação Física, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina/SC, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0451631464832830, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1277-982X, e-mail elenkunz@terra.com.br

• Giovani de Lorenzi Pires, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Educação Física, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina/SC, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2168521199587709 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4234-8358 , e-mail giovani.pires@ufsc.br/ delorenzi57@gmail.com

• Jocimar Daolio, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Física, Campinas, São Paulo/SP, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/1288013765327520 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3839-2866 , e-mail jocimar@fef.unicamp.br

• Marcus Aurelio Taborda de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Educação, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais/MG, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/0588758834590671, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-9710, e-mail marcustaborda@pq.cnpq.br

• Osni Jacó da Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Educação Física, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina/SC, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8492644673145229 , e-mail osni@cds.ufsc.br

• Rossana Valéria de Souza e Silva, Universidade de Brasília, Grupo Coimbra de Universidades Brazileiras, Brasília, Distrito Federal/DF, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4183725831115746 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1779-4658 , e-mail rossanavsilva@gmail.com

• Silvana Vilodre Goellner, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola Superior de Educação Física, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul/RS, Brazil. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2260335592246715 , ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-665X , e-mail vilodre@gmail.com

The RBCE follows editorial practices that encourage recommendations for ethics in research, such as the Guide of Good Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publishing (SciELO). Articles in the Biodynamics sub-area must be submitted in English. Articles from the Sociocultural and Pedagogical subareas can be submitted in Portuguese, English or Spanish.

RBCE currently accepts the following types of work:

• Original articles: articles that communicate the results of original empirical and/or theoretical research on relevant and unpublished topics, preferably presenting the following fundamental sections – or variations of these, according to the exposition of the object and results of the investigation: introduction; methodological design; results and discussion; conclusions; references. Submissions in this section can be made at any time, in a continuous demand system.
• Review articles: review or summary article of the state of the art, that is, articles with the objective of synthesizing and/or evaluating scientific works already published, establishing a temporal, thematic, disciplinary and/or geographical framework for the analysis of the literature consulted. This section is exclusive for induced demand, that is, the editorial board will invite authors to submit their articles. Articles sent to the section improperly will be archived.
• Essays: theoretical-conceptual reflection produced from authorial experience to defend a certain position that aims to deepen or problematize discussions of relevance to the area, presenting new contributions without necessarily being based on revision or empirical production. This section is exclusive for induced demand, that is, the editorial board will invite authors to submit their articles. Articles sent to the section improperly will be archived.
• Dossier: brings together articles and essays submitted from induction and public call, through which the RBCE proposes to mobilize the scientific community in the area, from the scheduling of debates around emerging themes in the national scenario. This section is exclusive for induced demand, that is, the editorial board will invite authors to submit their articles, which will go through the peer review process. Articles sent to the section improperly will be archived.
• Panel: brings together articles and essays submitted from induction, proposed by consolidated research groups in dialogue with groups linked to foreign institutions, which is dedicated to the scientific scheduling of debates around emerging themes in the international scenario. This section is exclusive for induced demand, that is, the editorial board will invite authors to submit their articles, which will go through the peer review process. Articles sent to the section improperly will be archived.
• Interview: interviews induced by the RBCE by invitation dedicated to provoking dialogue between exponent researchers on relevant themes or development trends in the area. This section is exclusive for induced demand, that is, the editorial board will invite authors to submit their articles, which will go through the peer review process. Articles sent to the section improperly will be archived.
• Editorial: introductory text of the journal expressing opinions, comments and/or positions written by members of the editorial team about the development of the area and the RBCE. This section is exclusive for induced demand, that is, the editorial board will invite authors to submit their articles. Articles sent to the section improperly will be archived.
• Preprints: Texts already published on recognized preprint servers, as described in the Preprints section.
• RBCE does not accept submissions of articles on instrument validation or procedure validation.

Authors must identify the contribution of each listed author according to the Contributor  Roles Taxonomy (CRedit) guidelines. 

Example: "Author X was responsible for...; Author Y was responsible for...; Author Z was responsible for..., etc."

This identification must be carried out in the ScholarOne submission system, and in the Cover Page file.

These contributions are published in the final manuscript.

The article must be submitted through the RBCE ScholarOne editorial system.

The person responsible for the submission must fill in all the information, indicate the data of all authors and insert the following files/documents that make up the submission:

• Article;
• Individual files of figures, images and illustrations;
• Authors' agreement term;
• Cover Page;
• When appropriate, a statement informing that the research was approved by an institutional ethics committee.

The text must be submitted in editable Microsoft Word format, in a single column and using standard fonts, such as Arial or Times New Roman. There should not be any authorship identification, including information in the "file properties", such as the author's name. This rule does not apply to preprints. Articles must contain:

• Title: It must be in the language of submission and, regardless of the subarea, it must be accompanied by versions in the other languages adopted by RBCE (Portuguese, English and Spanish)
• Abstract: The abstract should be informative and include objective, methodology, results, and conclusion. Each version of the abstract must have a maximum of 790 characters (including spaces) and be presented in the language of submission (Portuguese, English or Spanish). In addition, it is mandatory to provide translations for the other two languages, maintaining formatting and respecting the maximum character limit in all versions.
• Keywords: They must be presented in Portuguese, English and Spanish, with four terms that represent the theme of the article, separated by semicolons. We recommend the use of the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) and/or Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
• Manuscript Length: The maximum limit for articles in the Biodynamics sub-area is 25,000 characters (with spaces), while for the Sociocultural and Pedagogical sub-areas it is 35,000 characters (with spaces). The count includes all elements of the manuscript, from the introduction to the concluding considerations, encompassing footnotes, tables, titles, table sources, and illustrations. The title of the article, the abstract, the keywords and the bibliographic references are excluded from this accounting. It is essential that the manuscript remains within the maximum character limit established for each subarea, even after the editorial review process.
• Footnotes: They should be exclusively explanatory and used sparingly. In the text, the notes must be indicated by Arabic numerals in sequential order, immediately after the sentence to which they refer. They should appear at the bottom of the corresponding page. Important: do not insert complete references in the footnotes, only citations in the same format used in the body of the text.

• Tables and Tables: They must be inserted in the body of the text and numbered in order of appearance, using Arabic numerals. Each table or table must contain a title above, an explanatory legend below and an indication of the corresponding sources. They must be in editable format.
• Figures, Images and Illustrations: They should be numbered in order of appearance in the text, using Arabic numerals. In the body of the article, each figure, image or illustration must contain a title above, an explanatory caption below and the indication of the corresponding sources. They must be sent separately, in individual files, named according to their order in the text (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.). Files must be in high definition (300 dpi) and in image formats, such as JPG, PNG, or TIFF. Where applicable, specific permission is required stating that reproduction has been permitted for this purpose. In the case of photographs, permission must be granted by the photographer (including the author of the article) and by the people photographed. Images of works whose authors died more than 71 years ago are already in the public domain and do not require authorization.

The RBCE adopts the Vancouver style  for citations and references, using the "Author-Date" system for in-text entries and organizing the list of references in alphabetical order in a specific section of the article. References should be updated and preferably include the most relevant studies on the subject published in the last five years, containing only the works cited in the text.

In the body of the article, citations must follow the format "Author-Date":

• Single author: author's last name (no initials, except in cases of ambiguity) and year of publication.
• Two authors: surnames of both authors and year of publication.
• Three or more authors: last name of the first author followed by "et al." and the year of publication.

The inclusion of the DOI is mandatory for all references that have them. Examples:

Balay FB, Galak E. Escuela y escolarización de los cuerpos en la formación superior: un análisis de las prácticas profesionales de Educación Física (UDELAR, Uruguay) desde la perspectiva de Pierre Bourdieu. Rev Bras Ciênc Esporte [Internet]. 2023;45:e20230063. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1590/rbce.45.e20230063

Borowski EB von, Frasson JS, Medeiros TN, Bossle F. A Educação Física Escolar na educação profissional: um estudo a partir do conhecimento produzido. Rev Bras Ciênc Esporte [Internet]. 2023;45:e20220066. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1590/rbce.44.e20220066

Correia MAA, Pinto JM de R. Educação infantil na Emilia-Romagna, Itália: participação social e desafios na garantia do direito à educação. Educ Soc [Internet]. 2024;45:e270328. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1590/ES.270328

Mascarenhas F, Lazzarotti Filho A, Vianna LC. A RBCE e os desafios para o periodismo científico Brazileiro. Rev Bras Ciênc Esporte [Internet]. 2023;45:e20230045. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1590/rbce.45.e20230045

• Authors' agreement term: This is a letter that must be signed by all authors, authorizing the publication of the article and declaring that it is unpublished and has not been, nor is it submitted to another journal. The RBCE advises that only those who effectively participated in the central stages of the research should be included as authors, and it is not enough, for example, to have only reviewed the text or collected the data. All authors listed in the submission of the manuscript to the RBCE will be automatically declaring their responsibility under the terms of the templates available at the link:
• Cover Page: This document must contain exclusively:
  • Title of the work;
  • Complete identification of all authors, containing:
    • Email;
    • Last academic degree;
    • Institutional membership, including:
    • Department or Graduate Program,
    • Center or Sector,
    • Teaching or Research Institution.
    • Affiliations should be presented in descending hierarchical order, according to the example: University of São Paulo, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. They must be kept in the original language of the institution or in the English version when the writing is not Latin (e.g., Johns Hopkins University, University of São Paulo, Université Paris-Sorbonne). In addition, the city, state (where applicable), and country of the institution must be included.
  • ORCID of all authors;
  • Postal address and telephone number (only of the main contact of the work);
  • Financial support: it is mandatory to inform in the form of a footnote, any and all financial aid received for the preparation of the work, including scholarships, mentioning the funding agency, notice and process number. This information will be kept in the publication in a specific field, for example: "This work was carried out with the support of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel – Brazil (CAPES) – Financing Code 001". If the work was not financially supported, add the following information: "The present work did not have financial support of any kind for its realization".
  • Conflicts of interest: it is mandatory to declare the existence or not of conflicts of interest in the form of a footnote. This information will be kept in the publication in a specific field. For example: "We declare that we have a financial and/or commercial, and/or political, and/or academic, and/or personal conflict of interest." If there are no conflicts of interest, add the following information: "The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest".
  •  Acknowledgments: if they are mentioned, they should come in the form of footnotes. For example: "I thank my lab colleague for his critical reading and notes in the text."
  •  Authors' contribution: List the contribution of each listed author according to the CRedit guidelines.  For example: "Author X was responsible for...; Author Y was responsible for...; Author Z was responsible for..., etc."
• Ethics Committee: Informing that the research has been approved by an institutional ethics committee.

Inform sources of support for the work, including names of sponsors, contract number (if any), along with explanations of the role of these sources. This information must be included in the submission in ScholarOne and on the Cover Page.

The historical collection of the RBCE, whose first publication dates back to 1979, can be found here.

Revista Brazileira de Ciências do Esporte (RBCE)
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Phone: (55) 62 – 35211513
RBCE Email: rbceonline@gmail.com

Dispute Resolution:
Editor-in-Chief: lazzarotti@ufg.br

General questions:
Executive Secretariat: e-mail: rbceonline@gmail.com