Author Guidelines

Peer Review & Editorial Standards

• Double‑anonymous peer review; statistical/methods checks when warranted.

• Optional transparent review histories on acceptance.

• Reporting guidelines: CONSORT‑Edu for trials; PRISMA for reviews; CARE for case studies; explicit construct validity and fidelity reporting.

• Power analysis or precision‑based justification expected; effect size and uncertainty reporting mandatory.​

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Open Science & Transparency

• Mandatory: deposit data, code, and materials in trusted repositories unless legal/ethical constraints apply (with justified exceptions).

• Encouraged: preregistration, registered reports, replication packages, reporting checklists.

• Archiving: long‑term preservation via CLOCKSS/PORTICO (publisher‑supported).

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Ethics & Compliance

• IRB/ethics approval and informed consent where applicable.

• Authorship and contributorship using CRediT; COI disclosures required.

• Citation ethics: inclusive and recent scholarship across regions and groups.

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Indexing & Discoverability

• Novel scope at the intersection of movement, cognition, education; strong translational emphasis.

• International editorial board and authorship; society sponsorship (EMBODI‑ED).

• Quality controls: double‑anonymous review, plagiarism screening, data policies, DOI assignment, continuous publication.

• COPE‑aligned ethics; clear corrections/retractions policies.

• Structured abstracts, keywords, ORCID, Crossref/Crossmark, machine‑readable metadata.