From this global perspective, JSHS has a unique opportunity to become a leading scholarly journal that positions itself in the world to help mainstream international efforts of promoting research on sport, exercise, and health in and for developing countries.

The unique opportunity and geographic location allows JSHS to focus on publishing full-scope, in-depth, and cutting-edge research worldwide. In particular, JSHS welcomes original, empirical studies on ethnically traditional practices for health enhancement such as those on health effects of Chinese find more traditional exercises. We hope that JSHS will provide an effective communication platform for scholars of the world in this era of globalization and serve as a role model for other Chinese sport/exercise selleck chemical journals to enter the world stage in the future. Shanghai is the pinnacle of vigor and vitality in China. Characterized by a cosmopolitan culture, the city is a true “melting pot” nurtured on “a land irrigated by a sea of thousand streams” as the old Chinese saying goes. SUS, the sponsor of JSHS, is the oldest, full-scale university specializing in multi-disciplinary sport and exercise scholarship. Founded in 1952, SUS is the birthplace of modern higher education in sport and exercise science in China. It has been very active in international scholarship exchanges

and has developed international exchange education programs with more than 40 universities from a dozen countries in the world. Irrigated by international scholarship “streams”, SUS provides an optimal foundation for the success of JSHS. JSHS has adopted internationally

acknowledged standards for and approaches to its operation. The journal is governed by an editorial board consisting of internationally mafosfamide recognized, world-class scholars from China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan, 35%) and other countries (e.g., USA, UK, Germany, Japan, Finland, 65%). For example, Jian-Cheng Zhang is the president of SUS and chairman of the Sports Industry Association of the China Sports Science Society; Walter Herzog is the past president of the International Society of Biomechanics; David C. Nieman has served two terms as president of the International Society of Exercise and Immunology; Albert Gollhofer is the past president of the European College of Sport Science; Ang Chen is the president of the Research Consortium, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and an Active Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (USA). The board membership has met various industrial standards for international scholarly journals for submission, peer-review (JSHS adopts ScholarOne™ Manuscripts), and publication (production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.). JSHS is intended to publish original research, scholarly reviews, opinion papers, and research highlights/commentaries in exercise/sport science, physical education and sport coaching, health promotion, and traditional Chinese medicine.