Opinión de los Profesores Españoles del Grado de Ciencias de la Actividad Física o del Deporte sobre la Calidad de las Editoriales Científicas en la Difusión del Conocimiento en las Ciencias del Deporte

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The objective of the present study is to know the opinion of university professors of Sports Sciences (PDI) on: a) the criteria that an editorial must have to be considered as of recognized prestige; and b) what national and international editorials are the most prestigious. The sample was composed of 142 Spanish university professors who teach in the degree of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences. The results obtained in the present study lead to the following conclusions: 1) The Spanish publishers of recognized prestige most valued by the professors of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences are: Inde, Paidotribo and Wanceulen; 2) The prestigious international publishers most valued by the professors of Sports Sciences are: Human Kinetics, Elsevier and Taylor and Francis; and 3) The most important aspects that a publisher must have to be considered as of recognized prestige are: having external reviewers, having specialized reading committees and having a high presence in international databases.