RECOMANDARI PENTRU REDACTAREA UNEI LUCRARI DE CERCETARE IN VEDEREA PUBLICARII

Revista Stiinta Sportului (ISSN-1453-018x) primeste din partea autorilor articole care trebuie sa fie bine structurate pentru a se asigura claritatea continutului si esenta temei care este prezentata. Nu sunt acceptate lucrari care au aparut si alte publicatii.

Redactarea lucrarii de cercetare si publicarea sa reprezinta o ultima etapa in cadrul organizarii cercetarii, demers logic ce nu se poate realiza in afara unor conditii metodologice care tin de cunoasterea continutului cercetarii, stabilirea unui sector preferential al acesteia sau a unei populatii tinta careia ii este destinat studiul etc.

In functie de destinatarii lucrarii, protocolul difera sensibil, avand caracter academic sau de popularizare, stiintific sau informal. In cele ce urmeaza, ne vom referi la cerintele de redactare care privesc lucrarile de cercetare ce se adreseaza specialistilor domeniului activitatilor corporale, cerinte care se bazeaza pe normele sau standardele internationale recunoscute oficial.

La baza redactarii lucrarii, stau principii deontologice, reguli, norme si uzante etice si estetice. In egala masura, lucrarea trebuie sa satisfaca cerinte de standard stiintific si formative pentru tinerii cercetatori. In acest sens, reproducem mai jos itemii unor scale de evaluare (R. Pfister, 1992) care permit o (auto)apreciere obiectiva a textului propus spre publicare.

1. Problematica: Subiectul este bine formulat si corect plasat in perspectiva bibliografica?

2. Metodologia: tehnicile aplicate sunt adaptate temei alese, sunt descrise si utilizate in mod corect?

3. Prelucrarea datelor: datele sunt corect recoltate, prelucrate si interpretate?

4. Bibliografia: referintele bibliografice sunt reprezentative, prezinta elemente de noutate, sunt suficiente si prezentate conform normelor?

5. Calitatea prezentarii si a formei: lucrarea este echilibrata ca volum al partilor componente, are o exprimare clara si elevata, graficele si tabelele sunt sugestive si servesc asertiunilor din text?

Colegiul de redactie recomanda colaboratorilor urmatoarea structura:

A. Titlul lucrarii

Din punct de vedere formal, acesta trebuie sa fie scurt, inteligibil, fara paranteze, abrevieri sau cuvinte intre ghilimele si sa corespunda fidel continutului textului. De regula, titlul se scrie cu majuscule, bold, centrat; este urmat de numele si prenumele autorului (autorilor), gradul didactic, institutia (eventual orasul, tara), aliniate dreapta, se scriu cu caractere drepte, bold, font 12.

B. Cuvinte-cheie

Dupa numele autorilor, se lasa doua spatii si urmeaza 4-5 cuvinte-cheie, in ordine alfabetica, care exprima esenta demersului epistemic si a continutului articolului. Acestea se scriu in italic, aliniat stanga, cu font 12.

C. Rezumatul lucrarii (in limbile engleza/franceza si romana)

Acesta va cuprinde obiectivele acesteia, metodele noi utilizate, una sau mai multe concluzii edificatoare. Rezumatul va avea 10-12 randuri sau 200-250 cuvinte scrise cu litere italice si font 12.

D. Introducerea

Acest capitol evidentiaza importanta teoretica si practica a temei, reflectarea sa in literatura de specialitate, scopul lucrarii, obiectivele si sarcinile acesteia, pe scurt.

E. Ipoteza sau ipotezele alternative si descrierea variabilelor experimentale (pentru cercetarile empirice, experimentale).

F. Subiecti, metode, organizarea cercetarii

Acest capitol descrie caracteristicile subiectilor investigati, marimea esantionului, aparatura si metodologia utilizata, aspectele care tin de organizarea cercetarii etc. Se descrie metodologia interventiei experimentale sau a tehnicilor neexperimentale (ancheta, de exemplu).

G. Rezultate

Acest capitol reprezinta elementul central al lucrarii, motiv pentru care este bine reprezentat ca volum, continand tot atatea subcapitole, ca tipurile de date obtinute. Rezultatele se prezinta tabelar si (sau) grafic pentru parametrii statistici obtinuti. Tabelele inserate vor folosi acelasi font si marime ca textul in ansamblu. Fiecare tabel sau grafic va avea numar si titlu, fiind explicitat printr-o legenda plasata pe centru, sub figura. Legendele se vor scrie cu font 12. Datele care se trec pe anexele graficelor prezentate vor avea aceleasi caracteristici de format si dimensiuni cu ale textului.

H. Discutia si interpretarea rezultatelor

Acesta reprezinta un capitol in care autorul confera o anumita semnificatie datelor obtinute, pe baza unor argumente solide ce decurg din parcurgerea unor rationamente logice, fundamentate si pe literatura semnificativa, analizata critic. Interpretarea logica este uneori dublata si de interpretarea filosofica, bazata pe relatia cauza-efect. (A. Gagea, 1999, pg.182)

Autorul va putea imbina interpretarea intrinseca a rezultatelor cu interpretarea comparativa a acestora, reliefand diferentele semnificative care se vor explica si argumenta. Cititorul va fi astfel convins ca aspectele propuse au putut fi demonstrate in mod corect si logic.

I. Concluzii

Concluziile vor fi formulate in legatura cu ipotezele cercetarii, autorul putand diviza acest capitol, in functie de caracterul teoretic sau experimental al acestora. Autorul va evidentia contributia cercetarii la progresul teoriei si practicii domeniului temei investigate. Redactarea concluziilor se va realiza intr-o maniera sintetica, clara, lipsita de echivoc.

J. Bibliografia va contine titlurile de referinta pentru tema studiata, in ordinea alfabetica a autorilor.

Pentru carti, se vor mentiona: numele primului autor (scris cu majuscule), urmat de virgula, apoi de initiala prenumelui si de numele si initialele celorlalti autori, anul de aparitie. Se scrie in continuare titlul complet (italic). Urmeaza locul aparitiei, editura, nr. pagina/pagini

Pentru lucrarile aparute in periodice, se vor mentiona: numele primului autor, urmat de virgula, apoi de initiala prenumelui si de numele si initialele celorlalti autori, anul, titlul articolului, titlul periodicului (italic), locul aparitiei, paginile la care se afla articolul studiat.

Pentru un text nepublicat, se vor indica: numele autorului, initiala prenumelui, anul de aparitie, titlul lucrarii, natura documentului (teza de doctorat, raport de cercetare, comunicare personala etc.), institutia, locul.

K. Redactarea textului

Pentru lucrari colective ca dictionare, „lucrarile conferintei", monografii, se va trece titlul de pe pagina de editura (nu dupa coperta), locul aparitiei, editorul, data aparitiei.

Pentru orice referire la autori inclusa in text, se vor adauga paginile care contin ideea la care se face trimiterea: exemplu: (Epuran, 2005, pg.407-410)

Titlurile capitolelor se vor scrie cu font Times New Roman, 14, aliniat stanga, bold. Textul va avea 10-15 pagini, inclusiv ilustratiile si se va procesa spatiat la 1.3, justified. Acesta va fi redactat in Office Word, Times New Roman, cu font 14, pe un format A4, cu margini: top 2.3, bottom 2.3, left 2.3, right 2.3. Graficele vor fi executate in EXCEL.

Raspunderea pentru continutul stiintific al materialului revine in intregime autorului. Colectivul de redactie asigura dreptul la replica, cu argumente stiintifice si metodice corespunzatoare, exprimate intr-un limbaj academic civilizat.

Nicio parte a lucrarilor publicate nu va putea fi folosita, copiata, vanduta, distribuita fara acordul prealabil, scris, al autorului si numai cu respectarea Legii nr. 8/1996 privind dreptul de autor si drepturile conexe.

Redactia revistei nu-si asuma nici o responsabilitate privind continutul stiintific al lucrarilor publicate, aceasta revenind in totalitate autorilor.

Cercetatorii tineri pot completa cerintele redactarii valorificarii acestor cercetari sau studii, consultand lucrarile:

EPURAN, M. (2005), Metodologia cercetarii activitatilor corporale. Exercitii fizice. Sport. Fitness. Bucuresti, Edit FEST, pg. 391-412

GAGEA, A. (1999), Metodologia cercetarii in educatia fizica si sport. Bucuresti, Edit. Fundatiei „Romania de maine", 182-187

RECOMANDATIONS FOR EDITING A RESEARCH STUDY FOR PUBLISHING IN THE „SPORT SCIENCE" MAGAZINE (ISSN – 4075-018x)

Editing the research study and publishing it represents the last step in the research process, a logical step which can not be achieved without some methodological conditions which demand knowing the contents of the study, establishing a preferential sector or a target population fort this study etc.

The protocol used varies based upon the addressee of the study, being academic or for popularization, scientific or informal. In the following we will refer at the requirements for research study who address the experts in the sport sciences, requirements who rely on official international norms and standards.

At the base of editing the study stand deontological principles, rules, norms, and ethical and esthetical standards. Equally, the study must satisfy scientific standards and formative requirements for young researchers. The following data represents reproduced items of evaluation scales (R. Pfister, 1992) that allows an (auto) objective evaluation of the proposed text for publishing.

1. Thematic: is the subject well formulated and correctly placed in the bibliographic perspective?

2. Methodology: the applied techniques match the chosen theme, are described and used correctly?

3. Data processing: Is the data being correctly retrieved, processed and interpreted?

4. Bibliography: bibliographic references are representative, offer new elements (novelty), are sufficient and presented according to current norms?

5. The quality of the presentation and its form: the study is balanced from the volume of components point of view has an elevated and clear language, the graphics and tables are easy to read and are they serving the paper's assertions?

The editorial staff recommends the following structure:

A. The title of the study

Formally, it has to be short, intelligible, with no brackets, abbreviation or words in quote and to correspond exactly with the contents of the text. Usually the title is spelled with capitation, bold, centered; followed by the name and surname of the author (authors), academic degree, institution (eventually the city, country), aligned to the right, upright bold letters with 12-size font.

B. Key words

Keywords (4 or 5) will be written two rows after the name of authors, in alphabetical order, to summarize the essence of the epistemic path and the contents of the study. The keywords will be written aligned to the left with 12-size font.

C. The study review (in English, French and Romanian)

The review will summarize its objectives, the new methods used, one or more edifying results. The review should have 10-12 lines or 200-250 words written in italics and 12-font size.

D. Introduction

This chapter briefly highlights the theoretic and practical importance of the study, its echo in specific literature, the study's goal, objectives and tasks.

E. Hypothesis or alternative hypothesis and the description of experimental variables (for empiric, experimental researches).

For any reference to authors included in text, will be added the pages that contain the idea referred to, ie: (Epuran, 2005, pg. 407-410)

F. The subjects, methods and the research's schedule

This chapter describes the characteristics of the investigated subjects, sample size, the equipment and methodology, the aspects of the research's schedule, etc; also the description of the experimental intervention methodology or non-experimental techniques (i.e. inquiry).

G. The Results

This chapter represents the core element of the study being largely represented in size, having subchapters equal to the type amount of results found. The results are displayed in tables and/or in charts with the statistical parameters obtained. The tables should have the same font and size as the text. Each table or chart should have be numbered and named and explained in a legend box in the middle, under the chart. The legend should be in 12 size font. The data on the appendix of the graphics will share the text characteristics in font and size.

H. The discussion and interpretation of the results

In this chapter the author offers a meaning to the obtained data, based upon solid arguments from logical, fundamental thinking and literature harshly analyzed. The logical interpretation is sometimes also dubbed by philosophic interpretation based upon cause-effect relationship.

The author could compile his personal interpretation of the results with the comparative interpretation, highlighting the obvious differences that will be explained and argued. The reader should be convinced that the proposed aspects were demonstrated correctly and logically.

I. Conclusions

The conclusions will be formulated according to the hypothesis of the research; the author then could divide the chapter by its theoretical or experimental character. The author will highlight the contribution of the research to the theoretical and practical progress of the investigated domain that the theme is based on. Editing the conclusions should be realized in a synthetic, clear, beyond any doubt manner.

J. The bibliography should will contain reference titles for the theme in question, ordered in alphabetically

 For books, will be mentioned: the name of the first author (in capital letters), followed by a comma, then the surname initial and the name of the other authors, year when the paper was written. Then the complete title (italic) is written. After that follows the place where the paper has been published, the publishing house, pages number

 For periodical studies the following will be mentioned: the name of the first author followed by a comma, then the surname initial and the names and initials of the other authors, year, the title of the article, the title of the periodical study (italic), place where the paper has been published, and the pages where the article can be found.

 For an unpublished text, the following should be mentioned: the name of the author, surname initial, year, the title of the study, and the nature of the document (doctoral dissertation, research report etc.), institution, place.

K. Text editing

For collective studies like dictionaries, "conference studies", monographs, the title will be the one on the editorial page (not on the front cover), the place of publishing, the editor and the date of publishing.

Chapter's title should be written with Times New Roman 14 size font, bold, aligned to the left. The text should have around 10-15 pages, including illustrations with a spacing of 1.3, justified. The text should be edited in Office Word with Times New Roman 14 size font on A4 paper size with the following margins: top: top 2.3, bottom 2.3, left 2.3, right 2.3. The charts should be made in Office Excel.

The author is responsible for the scientific content of the study. The editorial staff assures the right of reply with specific scientific, methodic arguments, in a scientific civilized manner.

No part of the published studies will be used, copied, sold, distributed without the author's consent in writing and in agreement with the 8/1996 law on copyright and other rights.

This present recommendation refers to general norms of presentation of a scientific study, serving as an example only.

Young researchers could complete the research requirements of the case study by going over the following:

EPURAN, M. (2005), Metodologia cercetarii activitatilor corporale. Exercitii fizice. Sport. Fitness. Bucuresti, Edit FEST, pg. 391-412

GAGEA, A. (1999), Metodologia cercetarii in educatia fizica si sport. Bucuresti, Edit. Fundatiei „Romania de maine"