A journal article reporting standard working group in sport and exercise science: a call to action

Evidence-based practice is the gold-standard in general health and performance training, with sport scientists working to bridge the gap between science and practice. To understand and communicate scientific results and review whether study protocols and data collection were performed under standardized conditions to produce trustworthy results, journal articles must present the study methodology and results in the most comprehensive way possible, containing crucial information about the evaluation process and how results were obtained, preferably preceded by ethical approval (when applicable) and protocol pre-registration (Afonso et al. 2026). In a field with a rapidly expanding literature, this is not merely a matter of editorial style, since physical activity and exercise studies have shown suboptimal adherence to recommended reporting and methodological practices (Oliveira et al. 2021).