Let us introduce ourselves, #WeAreBOSEM

Measuring the growing impact ofBOSEM: halfway there or living on a prayer?

“…6 With a 45% increase from the previous year, our calculated unofficial JIF placed us fourth for the highest percentage difference compared with these journals (figure 1). We, in part, attribute this meteoric rise to the dynamic nature of our diverse editorial board, which brings together a broad range of future Open access academic and clinical leaders 7 as well as the open-access nature of the journal, which supports a push towards Open Science practices within the field. 8 When we compare ourselves to other Q1 Sports Science journals, we compare favourably, and our calculations support the notion that BOSEM has marked potential to be a leading journal within the field with continued expected growth.…”

Whose sport is it anyway? Sport taxonomy in manuscripts, some clarification required

“…Take, for example, the diversity of the current BOSEM editorial board, a team of experienced and emerging academics and clinicians representing 15 countries from 6 continents. 9 The predominance and popularity of individual sports vary considerably across countries and regions. Authors often default to long-standing and dominant versions of a sport in particular locations.…”