The IFSPT Executive Board is pleased to announce our journal partnership with a long-standing IFSPT member, the Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. We have agreed to adopt the NAJSPT as the official journal of the International Federation of Sports physical therapy. To reflect the international focus of this Journal, the name of the publication will be changed to the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, beginning with Volume 6, Number 1 on March 1, 2011.
The IJSPT is a peer-reviewed journal reviewing manuscripts that relate to all aspects of sports physical therapy for possible publication. Although all manuscripts will be reviewed, preference will be given to evidence-based papers with strong clinical content that will immediately affect the daily clinical practice of the sports physical therapist. The IJSPT supports the protection of human subjects and requires Institutional Review Board approval and informed consent of subjects.
IJSPT is indexed in PubMed, CINAHL and Sports Discus.
We believe that this partnership will allow our organization, as the official sports physical therapy subgroup of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy, to continue to advance our specialty through the peer-review publication process around the globe.
Three subscription options are available to IFSPT member organizations for participation in the IJSPT project. Please take an active role in supporting our partnership with the Sports Physical Therapy Section and the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy.
Option 1: Membership Benefit Subscription Plan
- The IFSPT Member Organization financially underwrites the cost of IJSPT subscriptions for its entire membership or is willing to include the cost of the IJSPT subscription as a mandatory part of their annual dues structure.
- The Member Organization will provide IJSPT with an electronic file of their membership database, including email addresses for each of its members. The process may be modified as needed to accommodate privacy regulations in individual countries. Your Journal Liaison can assist with this process
- The Member Organization will establish a link from their website (if available) to the IJSPT website.
- Upon receipt of payment and the membership file, IJSPT will assign each member with a unique log-in and password. IJSPT will provide the member organization with an electronic file containing this information. The member organization will be responsible for forwarding the log-in, password and complete instructions on how to access “IJSPT on-line” to each of their members.
- Members will have the option of accessing the Journal through their Member Organization website link or directly through the IJSPT website.
- The Member Organization will provide complimentary advertising for the IJSPT in their print and on-line publications.
- 2011 Subscription Rate: Œ5.00 per individual on-line subscription per year
Option 2: Membership Option Subscription Plan
- The Member Organization will collect subscription fees as part of their annual dues process, with subscribing to IJSPT as an optional transaction.
- The Member Organization will be responsible for forwarding this revenue to IJSPT along with an electronic file of their membership database including email addresses for subscribing members. The process may be modified as needed to accommodate privacy regulations in individual countries. Your Journal Liaison can assist with this process.
- The Member Organization will establish a link from their website (if available) to the IJSPT website.
- Upon receipt of payment and the membership file, IJSPT will assign each member with a unique log-in and password. IJSPT will provide the member organization with an electronic file containing this information. The member organization will be responsible for forwarding the log-in, password and complete instructions on how to access “IJSPT on-line” to each of their members.
- Subscribing members will have the option of accessing the Journal through their Member Organization website link or directly through the IJSPT website.
- The Member Organization will provide complimentary advertising for the IJSPT in their print and on-line publications.
- 2011 Subscription Rate: Œ10.00 per individual on-line subscription per year
Option 3: Membership Promotion Subscription Plan
- The Member Organization will promote IJSPT to its membership through print and on-line publications.
- The Member Organization will establish a link from their website (if available) to the IJSPT website.
- Subscriptions will be processed directly between the individual member and IJSPT through the Journal website.
- The Member Organization will provide complimentary advertising for the IJSPT in their print and on-line publications.
- 2011 Subscription Rate: Œ20.00 per individual on-line subscription per year
- To subscribe individually, follow this link
Support our journal and our organization! Once your organization has chosen which option it will offer to your members, contact your Journal Liaison, or Mark De Carlo at mdecarlo@spts.org