Asian Journal of Sports Medicine
Sports Medicine Research Center, TUMS
Staff Editors
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Editor-in-ChiefVahid Ziaee
- Professor, MD
- Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Paid salary: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sports Medicine Research Center
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Published articles in this journal 4 out of 611
Co-Editor-in-Chief EmeritusNicola Maffulli
- Professor, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS
- Centre Lead and Professor of Sports and Exercise Medicine
- Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Mary University of London, UK
- Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Institute, Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, UK
- Academic profiles:
- Monetary or in kind compensation for self or household member from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially or in any other way from the publication of papers in Brieflands:
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Published articles in this journal 2 out of 611
Executive ManagerArdalan Shariat
- PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow
- Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Published articles in this journal 4 out of 611
Associate Editors
Associate Editors are senior researchers in the fields covered by the journal. They handle assigned manuscripts, select and invite peer reviewers, assess the reports received, and make a recommendation to the Editor-in-Chief. The final decision to accept or reject a manuscript rests with the Editor-in-Chief.
Associate Editors serve on a voluntary basis and receive no payment, honorarium, fee waiver, discount on author charges, or preferential handling of their own submissions in return for their service. Manuscripts submitted by an Associate Editor are handled by an independent editor, and the submitting editor takes no part in any decision concerning their own work, or in any manuscript in which they have a competing interest.

Ramin Kordi
- Professor, MD, MSc, PhD
- Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 14 out of 611Amir Reza Farhoud
- MD
- Consultant Hand Orthopedic Surgeon, Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Published articles in this journal 1 out of 611Pardis Normohamadpour
- MD
- Sports Injury, Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 10 out of 611Amirhossein Memari
- MD
- Sports Psychology, Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Published articles in this journal 9 out of 611
Mohammad Ali Mansournia
- MD, PhD
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 10 out of 611Douglas Glazer
- Professor
- Department of Sport Science, Endicott College, USA
Gregory A. Brown
- Professor, Ph.D
- Department of Kinesiology & Sports Sciences, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA
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Gul Baltaci
- Professor
- Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Michinari Hieda
- Professor
- Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, USA
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Svetla Velikova
- Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Editorial Board
Editorial Board members are distinguished researchers working in the fields covered by the journal. They advise the Editor-in-Chief on the journal’s scope and policies, and serve as Academic Editors for manuscript submissions.
All Editorial Board members serve on a voluntary basis and receive no payment, honorarium, fee waiver, discount on author charges, or preferential handling of their own submissions in return for their service.
Manuscripts submitted by Editorial Board members are handled by an independent editor, and the submitting member takes no part in any decision concerning their own work.
Hazzaa M AlHazzaa
- PhD, FACSM
- College of Education, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
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Hamdi Chtourou
- Ph.D
- High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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Published articles in this journal 7
Farzin Halabchi
- MD
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Published articles in this journal 17Pawel Linek
- PhD
- Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Poland
- Academic profiles:
Published articles in this journal 3Brandon Stuwart Shaw
- M.Phil., PhD
- Johannesburg University, South Africa
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Published articles in this journal 14
Contact, Ownership and Affiliation
Affiliated academic organization
- Organization: Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Location: Tehran, Iran
- Postal address: Number 21, Dameshgh St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran 1416753955 Iran
- Website: https://en.tums.ac.ir/en/page/244/sports-medicine-research-center
- Email: Gsia@tums.ac.ir
- Telephone: +982188896690-93
Publisher
- Publisher: Brieflands
- Registered office: ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
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The journal is owned and published by Brieflands, a publishing company registered in the Netherlands. Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences is affiliated with the journal in a scientific capacity only: it supports the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board in defining the journal’s scope and upholding its scientific standards. The organization holds no ownership, financial or commercial interest in the journal, and no funds pass between Brieflands and the organization in either direction.
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Correspondence
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Reviewers
The researchers listed below have completed peer review assignments for this journal. The figure shown against each name is drawn automatically from the journal’s editorial records and is not entered by hand.
Reviewers assess manuscripts and advise the editors; they do not take editorial decisions, and they are not involved in decisions on manuscripts they have reviewed or on which they have a competing interest. This list is not exhaustive: it names active reviewers who have agreed to be acknowledged publicly, and the journal is equally grateful to those who prefer not to be named.
Y. Chen
Completed assignments 30Azadeh Hakakzadeh
- Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Completed assignments 23Mohamed SAID
Completed assignments 18L Maqina
- Department of Human Movement and Therapeutic Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
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Completed assignments 12Zahra Alizadeh
- Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Completed assignments 8
Daniel Tarmast
- Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Parand, Iran
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Completed assignments 8Mahshid Nazarieh
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Completed assignments 10



