Dear Colleagues,

The policy of Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (JSSM, http://www.jssm.org) in serving Sports Science and Sports Medicine is to make the latest developments in the field easily and freely accessible to the readers. Supporting and encouraging young investigators in publishing high quality publications is one of the JSSM's major goals.

In 2004, JSSM published the first Young Investigator Special Issue (YISI) with great success. We have received several manuscripts from young researchers with a lot of potential. Many expert referees wrote us and offered their help and the support of the supervisors was also substantial. Starting from 2005 JSSM will publish Young Investigator papers in regular JSSM issues as a special section; Young Investigator Section (YIS).

The Young Investigator Section will follow a normal peer-review process, except that there will not be straight rejections in the first phase of review. Our Editors and Reviewers of the Young Investigator Special Section are advised to proceed with constructive advice and remarks for all manuscripts submitted to the Journal. This will offer a great opportunity for the young investigators to revise the manuscript, while at the same time contribute to the learning process. Thereafter, if the revisions are completely conducted according to the remarks from reviewers, the manuscripts will be accepted for publishing.

All the manuscripts submitted to the JSSM must be prepared according to the JSSM Guidelines for Authors. Submission of well-prepared manuscripts will ensure a quick review process. There will be no deadline for submission. Accepted manuscripts will be published in the next available JSSM issue, in the Young Investigator Section. For further information, please contact the editors of the Young Investigator Section.

Mustafa Atalay, MD, MPH, PhD
YIS Editor and Assoc. Editor-in-Chief of JSSM
http://www.jssm.org

Department of Physiology
University of Kuopio
POB 1627, 70211 Kuopio
Finland
Tel: +358 17 163 108
Fax: +358 17 163 112
Mustafa.Atalay@...

Guest Editor
Jukka A. Salmi, MSc (Exercise Medicine), MPH
Sports Technology Program (Vuotech)
Department of Biology of Physical Activity
University of Jyväskylä
c/o Vuokatti Sport Center
Opistontie 1
FIN-88615 Vuokatti, Finland
Tel: +358 8 6191244
Fax: +358 40 7023043
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Guest Editor
Dr. Eric Eils
Nachwuchsbeauftragter der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Biomechanik Universitätsklinikum Münster Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeine Orthopädie Funktionsbereich Bewegungsanalytik (Movement Analysis Lab) Domagkstr. 3
48149 Münster
Germany
Tel: +49 251 835 2975
Mobil: +49 176 21101899
Fax: +49 251 835 2993
eils@...