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Author Guidelines
The goal of JASM is to be a valuable addition to the practical, specialist literature by focusing on empirical results and conceptual work that can inform sport industry practice. Accordingly, only manuscripts that make a strong contribution to the sport industry based on practical, conceptual/empirical grounding will be considered for publication.

Manuscripts may address a wide range of issues in sport management but must be presented concisely in order to quickly communicate important pieces of new and innovative research. For example, theoretical manuscripts could be presented as a thought-provoking precursor to a fully developed manuscript to be submitted to elsewhere. Similarly, an experimental or empirical manuscript should offer robust, thorough, and complete results, but should be presented in a digestible, concise, and practical tone. Essays, advocacy pieces, and book reviews will not be considered.

In order to meet the applied focus of the journal, manuscripts must provide readers a medium to digest a large amount of material in a usable form. The following are important aspects of this concise format:

  • Manuscripts must be kept to approximately 3,500 words (equivalent to approximately 16-18 pages, double spaced, 12pt, Times New Roman font) including references, tables, figures, and illustrations.
  • Abstracts should not exceed 100 words and 3-5 keywords should be included after the abstract to guide the reader.
  • Review of literature sections should be brief and perhaps even included in the manuscript preamble (1-1.5 page maximum). Authors should only cite the most relevant works guiding/supporting the submitted manuscript (e.g., “see X, Y, and Z for a complete review” is a highly encouraged manner to present this material). Authors should offer succinct objectives of the work and adequate background that avoids a detailed literature survey or a summary of prior results.
  • Authors should try, when possible, to avoid lengthy statistical dialogue, but instead (as above) cite works that readers can reference for a complete review of the analytic technique employed. We encourage robust statistical analyses but results presentations should be granular, explanatory, digestible, and practically focused.
  • Implications for the research should be presented in a manner consistent with the practical scope of JASM. All submitted manuscripts must contain an implications section for initial review consideration.
  • Reference pages should adhere to the guidelines included in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: 7th Edition. DOIs should be included if available. Authors are responsible for precise execution of this requirement. Please note that periods after authors’ initials require ONE space before the next initial (Ex: Walker, M. B.), and that ONE space is to be used after each period (EX: Andrew, D. P. S. (2012). The study of…).

Prose Guide for Authors
*Note: Section titles do not have to be consistent with those presented below.

I. Research Problem(s) Addressed: Very clearly and concisely state the purpose of the manuscript and what it examined. A concise and focused preamble should be wrapped around an equally concise and focused purpose statement.
Example: The purpose of this manuscript was to examine the attitudes of NCAA Division I men’s intercollegiate basketball season ticket holders regarding seat assessment fees.

     a. State the importance of the issue(s) contained in the manuscript and why they are worthy of the practitioner’s time and attention. Alternatively, if the study is more theoretical/conceptual in nature, this information should describe why the issue being discussed is worthy of future researcher attention.

Example: This research contains timely information that reveals a significant number of season ticket holders surveyed were unhappy with the additional assessment fees that came with new arena construction and/or retrofitting/redevelopment.  The research also revealed that a significant number of the season ticket holders were willing to pay such fees if guaranteed the first rights of refusal to purchase tickets, regardless of their levels of understanding of and/or agreement with the purpose of the fee.

     b. Identify the intended audience/stakeholder group(s) the study was designed to inform. This information should identify any gaps in the literature, or pressing need for the study in sport and sport-related disciplines. 

Example: This article is likely useful to intercollegiate athletics department personnel and other major stakeholders of intercollegiate athletics, particularly those involved with or considering capital campaigns that include new facility development, facility retrofitting, reseating, or ticket price adjustments. Other sport managers at varying levels of sport who are involved with revenue generation through seating will also find this article useful.

II. Background, Literature Review, and/or Framework: Provide a detailed version of item “b” above that clearly explains the important facets and background of the issues examined in the manuscript. It should resemble an extremely shortened version of the literature review including only references that are so germane to the manuscript they cannot be ignored. If utilized, theoretical frameworks should also be presented in this section but should be tightly woven into the related/core literature. As stated above, this section should be 1-1.5 pages.

III. Method: Clearly explain what you measured and how you measured it. While this section should be concise, it should also be detailed enough to assist future scholars with both replication and extension of the presented work. If the manuscript is theoretical/conceptual in nature, this section can be used to offer testable propositions, or clearly explain how the concept(s) being discussed might be applied to sport and sport-related organizations.</p>

IV. Results: In very simplistic language, explain everything that the study found or did not find. Bring as little statistical jargon into this section as possible (with the exceptions of “significant” and “non-significant” findings and explanations regarding the size of the significant effects). Instead, explain the results/major logical points of the study in everyday terms. Effect sizes or the amount of explained variance, while necessary, should be presented in practical easy to understand language.

V. Discussion and Implications: Tell why the findings/conclusions of this study matter, state how things should or should not be done differently as a result of the study, and underscore the importance of the research to practitioners. Moreover, what constructive things can readers learn from the results? Simply, answer/amplify the “so what” question. Explain who can use this manuscript and how the practical implications are useful for those in the field. If the manuscript is theoretical/conceptual in nature, clear prescriptions for future research should be offered (i.e., in the form of an agenda presentation, but in everyday language). Beyond restating what is contained in the preamble, this information should be significantly more focused on the feedback loop to the theory and/or concepts under investigation.

Online Submission Instructions

Fees are not required for submission or publication in Journal of Applied Sport Management.

To submit a manuscript to Journal of Applied Sport Management (JASM), the author must have an account with V.O.L. Journals.


Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Publication Ethics Statement
The Journal of Applied Sport Management (JASM) is committed to upholding the highest ethical standards for publication. As such, JASM strives to adhere to the publication guidelines outlined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be found at https://publicationethics.org.

Privacy Statement
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About

The Journal of Applied Sport Management (JASM), the official publication of the Applied Sport Management Association (ASMA), which aims to build strong connections between scholars studying sport and practitioners working in the sport industry.

JASM is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal providing the latest research in sport management.The journal was first published in 2009. From 2009-2012, the journal was called, The Journal of Sport Administration and Supervision. In 2013, the journal changed to the Journal of Applied Sport Management. The journal is open access. Currently, there are no fees associated with publishing in JASM.

The goal of JASM is to publish sport business-focused research and conceptual contributions that bridge the divide between scholarship and practice. Accordingly, only manuscripts that make a meaningful contribution to the sport industry based on practical, conceptual/empirical grounding will be considered for publication.

Focus and Scope

Research submitted to JASM should focus on core aspects of sport business (e.g., analytics, economics, finance, gambling, leadership, organizational behavior, marketing, sales, sponsorship, strategic management) and how they impact the study and practice of sport in various sectors and competitive levels. Submissions in the areas of community and recreational sport must be focused on core sport business topics (e.g., recruiting, employee retention, leadership) or they will not be considered. Manuscripts may address a wide range of issues within the realm of sport business but must be presented concisely (i.e., 3,500 words or less) to quickly communicate important pieces of new and creative research. Empirical research is preferred, but compelling qualitative and conceptual work will be considered. Theoretical manuscripts must provide a clear connection to important and interesting sport business applications. English is the language of JASM. International submissions are welcome but need to consider that the main readership of JASM is in the United States and Canada. Thus, international submissions need to be tailored accordingly. Clear connections need to be made regarding how the study results connect to and improve understanding of the business of sport found in the United States and Canada (e.g., lessons the EPL can teach MLS, applying fan engagement activities from the KBO to MLB). 

Peer Review

This journal operates a open/single anonymous/double anonymous, peer review policy.

Licences

The following licences are allowed:

  • Copyright
    © the author(s). All rights reserved.
  • CC BY 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • CC BY-ND 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • CC BY-NC 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • CC BY-SA 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Publication Fees

Journal of Applied Sport Management does not charge fees to publish in our journal. JASM operates as a diamond open access journal. 

Publication Cycle

This journal published continuously all year round/publishes in issues every x months.

Sections

Sections submission information
Section or article type Public Submissions Peer Reviewed Indexed
article Yes Yes Yes
frontmatter Yes Yes Yes
backmatter Yes Yes Yes
publication Yes Yes Yes