Journal of Sports and Health Education (JSHE)

About the Journal

The Journal of Sports and Health Education (JSHE) is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by Spectrum Scholarly Press. JSHE is dedicated to the rigorous, evidence-based investigation of topics spanning sports science, physical education, exercise physiology, sports medicine, sport psychology, health education, and public health through the lens of physical activity. The journal publishes original research that is methodologically robust, ethically sound, and of direct relevance to academics, clinicians, educators, and policymakers worldwide.

JSHE was founded on the conviction that high-quality sports and health research must be freely accessible without subscription barriers to every researcher, practitioner, coach, and institution, regardless of geographic or economic circumstance. As a Gold Open Access journal, all content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license and is freely available to all readers immediately upon publication.

The journal operates on a triannual publication schedule, releasing three issues per volume each year covering January to April, May to August, and September to December. Manuscripts are accepted on a continuous, rolling basis and published promptly upon acceptance, ensuring that the research community benefits from new findings without unnecessary delay. JSHE employs a rigorous double-blind peer review model and targets an acceptance rate of 30% or below to maintain scientific excellence. The journal assigns article-level Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) through Crossref to every published manuscript and is committed to long-term digital preservation through the PKP Preservation Network, LOCKSS, and CLOCKSS. Publication in JSHE is completely free for all authors worldwide there is no Article Processing Charge (APC) at any stage.