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European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity (EURAPA) is an open access journal that provides a global forum for research on the relationships between aging and physical activity across biomedical and behavioral sciences. Its scope spans basic physiology, exercise science, brain and cognition, clinical and health sciences, gerontology, ethics and philosophy, and research methods. It is the official journal of the European Group for Research on Aging and Physical Activity (EGRAPA).

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Subject Geriatrics & Gerontology
Impact Factor 3.5
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Open
ISSN 1813-7253
eISSN 1861-6909
Invitation Only Yes
Cost Range £2290.00 GBP / $3090.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR APC

Submission Instructions

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity is an invitation-only journal. Submissions are accepted by invitation from the editorial board only. The following article types are accepted:

Research Article

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and Trial registration.
Manuscript Manuscript should be no more than 4500 words excluding references. Manuscript must include a separate title page and a main manuscript file without the title page, competing interests, authors’ contributions, acknowledgements, or authors’ information, and it must include a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and Declarations subsections for Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, using 'Not applicable' where a section is irrelevant, and any use of a Large Language Model must be documented in the Methods section or a suitable alternative part of the manuscript.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and web links or URLs must be cited with a reference number and listed in full with title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end of the text file, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic files. Figures and tables must be numbered in the order first cited in the text, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheets, and footnotes must be used instead of endnotes.
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Review Article

Cover Letter A cover letter is required and, under double-anonymous peer review, must also include the title page, competing interests, authors’ contributions, and acknowledgements instead of placing them in the main manuscript file. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the work has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 350 words. The abstract must be structured. The abstract must include Background, main body, and short conclusion.
Manuscript Review articles should have no more than 6000 words excluding references. The manuscript should include a Background section and a Conclusions section, and it must include a Declarations section. The manuscript must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, a Competing interests section, an Authors' contributions section using author initials, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list rather than placed in the text.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, while tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the text file with their intended position indicated in the text. Tables must be created using the word processor’s Table object and must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Brief Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required and must also contain the title page, competing interests, authors’ contributions, acknowledgements, and authors’ information because these must not appear in the main manuscript file. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the work has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and include the title page plus blinded items removed from the manuscript.
Abstract A brief abstract is required for a Brief Report. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract is unstructured. No mandatory abstract headings are specified.
Manuscript Manuscript must be no more than 1500 words excluding references. Manuscript must be prepared for double-blind peer review, exclude the title page from the main file, and include a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and Authors' information (optional), with any irrelevant section labeled 'Not applicable', and any Large Language Model use documented in Methods or a suitable alternative section.
References References must use Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number and included in the reference list in full, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and publicly available datasets relied on by the article should be cited with a persistent identifier such as a DOI expressed as a full URL.
Figures & Tables Brief Reports may include at most one figure and at most one table. Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end of the text file, figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript, and figures must be uploaded separately. Footnotes must be used instead of endnotes and must not contain figures, tables, or bibliographic reference details.
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Correspondence

Cover Letter Cover letter is required and must also contain the title page, competing interests, authors' contributions, acknowledgements, and authors' information instead of including them in the main manuscript file. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract Abstract is required for Correspondence. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract should be unstructured. Abstract should briefly summarize the aim, findings, or purpose of the article, minimize abbreviations, and must not cite references.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a Declarations section with the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and Authors' information, using 'Not applicable' for any irrelevant section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, a Competing Interests section, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References Correspondence may include a maximum of ten references. References must follow the Vancouver reference style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number and included in full in the reference list with the site title, URL, and access date, and unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed in the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end with their intended position indicated in the text, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order first mentioned. Footnotes must be used instead of endnotes, footnotes must not contain figures or tables, and tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
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Comment

Cover Letter A cover letter is required and, for double-blind peer review, must include the uploaded title page, competing interests, authors’ contributions, acknowledgements, and authors’ information. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, confirm the content is not published or under consideration elsewhere, and name any special issue if applicable.
Abstract Abstract is not required for Comments.
Manuscript Comment manuscripts must be no more than 2000 words excluding references. The manuscript must include Background, Main text, Conclusions, and a Declarations section, while the title page must be separate from the main manuscript file for double-blind peer review. Comments are highly recommended to include a one-sentence summary of the core content, must include three to ten keywords and a Declarations section with the specified subheadings, and must document any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in the reference list rather than in the text, and footnotes must not include bibliographic details of a reference.
Figures & Tables Tables under one page may be placed within the manuscript, larger tables may be placed at the end of the text file, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order first cited. Footnotes must not contain figures or tables, and table footnotes must use superscript lower-case letters or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data.
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Recent Publications

Effects of functional training with blood occlusion on the irisin, follistatin, and myostatin myokines in elderly men

Fatemeh Pazokian, Sadegh Amani-Shalamzari, Hamid Rajabi

10.1186/s11556-022-00303-2
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Heavy-load exercise in older adults activates vasculogenesis and has a stronger impact on muscle gene expression than in young adults

Kaare M. Gautvik, Ole K. Olstad, Ulrika Raue, Vigdis T. Gautvik, Karl J. Kvernevik, Tor P. Utheim, Solveig Ravnum, Camilla Kirkegaard, Håvard Wiig, Garan Jones, Luke C. Pilling, Scott Trappe, Truls Raastad, Sjur Reppe

10.1186/s11556-022-00304-1
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Correction: An interrater reliability study of gait analysis systems with the dual task paradigm in healthy young and older adults

Thomas Jürgen Klotzbier, Bettina Wollesen, Oliver Vogel, Julian Rudisch, Thomas Cordes, Thomas Jöllenbeck, Lutz Vogt

10.1186/s11556-022-00301-4
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Correction: Physical activity and recurrent fall risk in community-dwelling Japanese people aged 40–74 years: the Murakami cohort study

Shoto Kamimura, Takashi Iida, Yumi Watanabe, Kaori Kitamura, Keiko Kabasawa, Akemi Takahashi, Toshiko Saito, Ryosaku Kobayashi, Rieko Oshiki, Ribeka Takachi, Shoichiro Tsugane, Masayuki Iki, Ayako Sasaki, Osamu Yamazaki, Kei Watanabe, Kazutoshi Nakamura

10.1186/s11556-022-00306-z
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Correction: Effects of functional training with blood occlusion on the irisin, follistatin, and myostatin myokines in elderly men

Fatemeh Pazokian, Sadegh Amani-Shalamzari, Hamid Rajabi

10.1186/s11556-022-00308-x
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required. It should explain why the manuscript should be published in European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

The current article processing charge is £2290.00 GBP / $3090.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR for each accepted article, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

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Research Topics

Physical Activity and Health Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Nutrition and Health in Aging Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Frailty in Older Adults Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Health disparities and outcomes Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Sports Performance and Training Cancer survivorship and care Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Body Composition Measurement Techniques Muscle activation and electromyography studies Technology Use by Older Adults Aging and Gerontology Research Motor Control and Adaptation Behavioral Health and Interventions Urban Transport and Accessibility Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Genetics and Physical Performance

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