IJBNPA is recruiting Editorial Board Members. Check out the Call for Expressions of Interest for more information. The deadline for application is 1st November 2021.
Congratulations to Dr Hidde van der Ploeg, Dr Léonie Uijtdewilligen, Professor Ester Cerin, Professor Clare Collins, and Professor Kirsten Davison! International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is a top-rated Springer Nature journal. These exceptional editors performed in the top percentile of journals based on data collected from the Journal Author Satisfaction Survey. We're recognising extraordinary editors for their commitment and passion to their journals. Learn more about editorial excellence.
Call for Expressions of Interest
Open Access funding and discount information
Before submitting a paper to IJBNPA, we invite authors to check out their options for (partly) waivers and discounts in one of the following ways:
1. Visit the membership page to see if the publication fee is fully or partially covered by an institutional membership.
2. If you are a member of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) you are eligible for a 20%-off discount. Interested to become a member? Please visit the ISBNPA website at: ISBNPA – Advancing Behavior Change Science. You may obtain a discount code from IJBNPA’s editorial office via emailing ijbnpa@vumc.nl which you will need to key in during the submission process.
3. Visit the Open access agreement page to see if you are covered by any compact deals.
4. Visit the Open access funding and policy page to get advise on finding and applying for open access funding.
5. Request for regional waivers if you are based in low- or middle-income countries. Such requests should be done via the Editorial Manager system and during the submission process.
6. Contact the Publishing editor Bex Chang at bex.chang@biomedcentral.com for discretionary waiver requests.
IJBNPA has a limited number of waivers available to support authors every calendar year. Requests will be evaluated case-by-case and granted on a first-come-first-serve basis.
COVID-19 and impact on peer review
As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
Articles
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Cardiorespiratory fitness and lifestyle on severe COVID-19 risk in 279,455 adults: a case control study
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Media use trajectories and risk of metabolic syndrome in European children and adolescents: the IDEFICS/I.Family cohort
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Understanding children’s preference for park features that encourage physical activity: an adaptive choice based conjoint analysis
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Bi-directional relationships between physical activity and mental health among a large sample of Canadian youth: a sex-stratified analysis of students in the COMPASS study
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Food Advertising and Marketing Directed at Children and Adolescents in the US
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Physical education, school physical activity, school sports and academic performance
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Systematic review of the health benefits of physical activity and fitness in school-aged children and youth
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A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport
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Exercise, physical activity, and self-determination theory: A systematic review
ISBNPA Xchange Initiative 2021 is shaping up to be another great conference under the theme of “Thinking independently together – Let’s dance around the world!”
28 Symposia and over 420 abstracts were selected for ISBNPA XChange sessions and will be presented as a mix of live, simu-live and on-demand recordings.
Aims and scope
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal offering high quality articles, rapid publication and wide diffusion in the public domain.
IJBNPA is devoted to furthering the understanding of the behavioral aspects of diet and physical activity and is unique in its inclusion of multiple levels of analysis, including populations, groups and individuals and its inclusion of epidemiology, and behavioral, theoretical and measurement research areas. IJBNPA prioritises research based on randomised controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews (with or without meta-analyses, as appropriate), and observational studies. IJBNPA will also review other study designs such as strong or ground-breaking methodological papers, rigorous qualitative studies, debate papers and commentaries. IJBNPA publishes pilot studies only in exceptional circumstances and it does not publish protocol papers or letters to the editors.
Featured collection
WHO 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) is publishing a series of papers providing more background and discussion of the guidelines and their implications for research and practice. These papers are published as part of a collaboration involving WHO, the Guideline Development Group (GDG), other scientists, the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, and IJBNPA.
Collection published on 26 November 2020
Featured video: Kids’ everyday exposure to food marketing
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Society information
The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) stimulates, promotes and advocates innovative research and policy
in the area of behavioral nutrition and physical activity toward the betterment of human health worldwide.
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) is the official journal of The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). Members of the Society will receive a 20% discount on the article-processing charge for articles they publish in IJBNPA. Members of ISBNPA should go to the society website before proceeding with submission.
Celebrating IJBNPA's 15th Anniversary
2019 marked the 15th Anniversary of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. To celebrate, we put together a page of the journal's milestones including the links to the journal's most cited and most talked-about articles.
Editor's quote
"Physical activity and healthy nutrition can play a major role in the prevention and treatment of the leading non-communicable diseases. Research in this area is rapidly evolving and our journal aims to present research of the highest standard that will inform practitioners, policy makers and fellow researchers."
Hidde van der Ploeg, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
The official journal of The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
74 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
27 days to first decision for all manuscripts
144 days from submission to acceptance
20 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
6.457 - 2-year Impact Factor
9.061 - 5-year Impact Factor
2.932 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
2.652 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
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