Focus and Scope

Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) is a peer-reviewed journal that promotes evidence-based research and applied studies in the field of sport coaching and training sciences. The journal gives particular attention to issues relevant to Indonesia, while welcoming contributions from authors worldwide and without limitation to specific regions.

 The journal serves as a platform for researchers, educators, senior scholars, doctoral students at advanced stages of their research, and practitioners involved in sport coaching, training, and athlete development. All manuscripts submitted to Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process to ensure scientific quality, methodological rigor, and academic integrity.

JKO focuses on current issues and recent developments in sport coaching and training, with the following scope:

• Sports Coaching Theory and Methodology
• Training Program Design and Periodization
• Evidence-Based Coaching Practice
• Strength and Conditioning
• Exercise Physiology for Sport Coaching
• Sport Biomechanics
• Sport Performance Analysis
• Sport Psychology in Coaching
• Talent Identification and Athlete Development
• Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD)
• Sport Nutrition and Recovery
• Sport Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation
• Technology and Data Analytics in Sport Coaching
• Applied Coaching Studies and Training Interventions

The journal publishes the following types of scholarly contributions:

• Original research articles 
• Empirical studies
• Applied coaching and training interventions
• Case studies
• Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

All papers are fully peer-reviewed. We only publish articles that have been reviewed and approved by highly qualified researchers with expertise in a field appropriate (at least two reviewers per article). We used a blind peer-reviewing process. Detailed information about the flow for the manuscript submission (author) to the acceptance by an editor is shown in the following figure.

In short, the steps are:

1. Manuscript Submission (by author) (route 1)
2. Manuscript Check and Selection (by manager and editors) (route 2). Editors have a right to directly accept, reject, or review. Prior to further processing steps, plagiarism check using turtitin is applied for each manuscript.
3. Manuscript Reviewing Process (by reviewers) (route 3-4)
4. Notification of Manuscript Acceptance, Revision, or Rejection (by editor to author based on reviewers comments) (route 5)
5. Paper Revision (by author)
6. Revision Submission based on Reviewer Suggestion (by author) with similar flow to point number 1. (route 1)
7. If reviewer seems to be satisfied with revision, notification for acceptance (by editor). (route 6)
8. Galley proof and publishing process  (route 7 and 8)

The steps point number 1 to 5 is considered as 1 round of peer-reviewing process (see grey area in the figure). And, our reviewing process at least goes through 2 round of reviewing process.

The journal editor or editorial board considers the feedback provided by the peer reviewers and arrives at a decision. The following are the most common decisions:

(i)   accept without any changes (acceptance): the journal will publish the paper in its original form

(ii)  accept with minor revisions (acceptance): the journal will publish the paper and asks the author to make small corrections

(iii) accept after major revisions (conditional acceptance ): the journal will publish the paper provided the authors make the changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors

(iv)revise and resubmit (conditional rejection): the journal is willing to reconsider the paper in another round of decision making after the authors make major changes

reject the paper (outright rejection): the journal will not publish the paper or reconsider it even if the authors make major revisions

Publication Frequency

This journal will be published two times a year in the following months: March and September. Each publication consists of 9 research articles.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Screening for Plagiarism

Before going to the review process, all manuscripts will be checked that they are free from plagiarism practice (less than 20% similarities). If there an indication of plagiarism (higher than 20% similarities), the manuscript will instantly be rejected.

Publication Ethics and Misconduct

(Based on Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)'s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors)

Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) is a peer-reviewed journal. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer-reviewer­­­­­ and the publisher (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia). This statement is based on the previous COPE’s Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (see below) and the current COPE's Core Practices.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

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The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed JKO journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is, therefore, important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society.

Reporting standards
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Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. "Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable". Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial opinion works should be clearly identified as such.

Data access and retention
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Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data, if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.

Originality and plagiarism
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The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism takes many forms, from 'passing off' another's paper as the author's own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication
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An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper. Publication of some kinds of articles (e.g. guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

Acknowledgement of sources
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Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

Authorship of the paper
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Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors ( so its mean that manuscript at least have author and co author). Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
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All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.

Fundamental errors in published works
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When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.

DUTIES OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD
(Based on Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)'s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors)

Publication decisions
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The editor of a peer-reviewed JKO is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play
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An editor should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality
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The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
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Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.

Involvement and cooperation in investigations
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An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper, in conjunction with the publisher (or society). Such measures will generally include contacting the author of the manuscript or paper and giving due consideration of the respective complaint or claims made, but may also include further communications to the relevant institutions and research bodies, and if the complaint is upheld, the publication of a correction, retraction, expression of concern, or other note, as may be relevant. Every reported act of unethical publishing behavior must be looked into, even if it is discovered years after publication.

DUTIES OF REVIEWERS
(Based on Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)'s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors)

Contribution to editorial decisions
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Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal scholarly communication, and lies at the heart of the scientific method.

Promptness
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Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
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Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity
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Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of sources
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Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest
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Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer's own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Artificial Intelligence

Responsible Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) acknowledges the growing role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in research, manuscript development, peer review, and academic publishing. The journal permits their responsible use to support research quality and scholarly communication, provided that scientific integrity, transparency, confidentiality, intellectual property, data protection, and human accountability are maintained.

AI may assist scholarly activities, but it must not take the place of human reasoning, disciplinary expertise, interpretation, or editorial judgment. Authors, reviewers, and editors remain accountable for their own work and decisions throughout the publication process.

Guidelines for Authors

1. AI Assistance in Manuscript Preparation

Authors may use AI tools for appropriate supporting tasks, such as organizing literature, identifying possible research gaps, developing manuscript structure, improving readability, and assisting with translation.

Such assistance must not replace the authors’ scientific reasoning, critical analysis, interpretation, or original intellectual contribution. Authors must examine, verify, and revise AI-assisted material before incorporating it into their manuscripts. Responsibility for the accuracy, originality, completeness, integrity, and scientific validity of the final work remains entirely with the authors.

2. Disclosure of Generative AI Use

Substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies during manuscript preparation must be disclosed. The disclosure must identify the tool or service, explain its purpose, and confirm that the authors checked its output and accept responsibility for the final manuscript.

Routine spelling, grammar, and punctuation checks do not require disclosure. However, disclosure is required when AI substantially rewrites sentences, reorganizes material, influences interpretation, or generates manuscript content.

The statement should appear immediately before the References in a separate section titled:

Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies in Manuscript Preparation

Authors may adapt the following statement:

“While preparing this manuscript, the author(s) used [TOOL/SERVICE NAME] to assist with [PURPOSE]. All resulting material was reviewed, checked, and revised where necessary. The author(s) accept full responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and content of the final manuscript.”

3. AI in Research Methods

When AI is used as part of the research methodology, its application must be explained in the Methods section. This includes its use in research design, programming, data analysis, modeling, classification, prediction, or visualization.

The description should identify the tool, model, or system and explain its purpose, implementation, relevant settings or procedures, validation, human supervision, and methodological limitations. Sufficient detail should be provided for readers to evaluate the procedure and reproduce it where reasonably possible.

Analyses and other research outputs produced with AI must undergo appropriate scientific assessment and validation.

4. Verification and Research Integrity

Authors must independently check factual claims, citations, references, statistical information, interpretations, and other material generated or recommended by AI. Suggested references must be verified against the original scholarly publications before inclusion.

AI must not be used to invent or improperly alter data, fabricate findings, generate false references, distort the literature, conceal inappropriate manipulation, or introduce scientific claims without critical evaluation.

False, inaccurate, or unverifiable material may lead to rejection or other editorial measures under JKO’s publication ethics procedures.

5. Authorship and Accountability

AI systems must not be named as authors or co-authors or attributed authorship in citations.

Authorship entails responsibility for the intellectual work, approval of the final manuscript, accountability for research integrity, and the ability to address questions about accuracy and reliability. AI systems cannot fulfill these obligations.

All listed authors share responsibility for ensuring that the manuscript reflects their authentic scholarly contribution and satisfies the journal’s standards.

6. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Intellectual Property

Authors must ensure that AI use respects privacy, confidentiality, informed consent, copyright, intellectual property, participant protection, and applicable data protection requirements.

Before supplying material to an AI service, authors should examine its terms of use and data-handling practices. This is particularly important for unpublished manuscripts, research records, personal information, copyrighted content, and other protected materials.

Sensitive, confidential, personal, or otherwise protected information must not be submitted to an AI system without appropriate authorization and verification of adequate safeguards. Authors remain responsible for protecting participants’ rights, intellectual property, and future publication rights.

7. AI-Assisted Visual Materials

Generative AI may assist in producing conceptual illustrations, explanatory diagrams, or representations of research processes, provided that the visuals are scientifically accurate and their creation is disclosed.

For images or graphical materials created or substantially modified using AI, authors must identify the tool and describe its contribution in the relevant caption. The information should also be included in the manuscript’s AI declaration where applicable.

AI must not be used to create misleading visual evidence or to fabricate, improperly manipulate, or misrepresent research data and findings. Figures presenting empirical results must accurately reflect the underlying data and methods.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy, integrity, originality, and publication rights of all submitted visual materials.

Guidelines for Reviewers

1. Protection of Confidential Material

Manuscripts under review and associated materials are confidential. Reviewers must not upload, paste, copy, or otherwise transmit manuscripts, manuscript excerpts, unpublished information, or confidential review materials to external AI services.

This restriction protects authors’ unpublished work, intellectual property, and personal or sensitive information. It applies even when a service describes itself as secure or private, unless JKO has expressly approved its use within an authorized editorial system.

2. Independent Scholarly Assessment

Peer review requires subject expertise, critical reasoning, and independent professional judgment. AI must not conduct the scientific assessment on the reviewer’s behalf or independently evaluate methodological soundness, originality, significance, interpretation, publication suitability, or editorial recommendations.

Reviewers remain accountable for every assessment, criticism, comment, and recommendation in their reports.

3. Limited Supporting Uses

Reviewers may use AI for limited assistance only when confidentiality is fully protected. Appropriate activities may include refining the language or organization of independently written comments and searching general background literature without revealing confidential manuscript information.

Any AI-generated information must be independently checked. Review comments that disclose manuscript content or unpublished findings must not be entered into external AI systems without journal authorization.

4. Disclosure by Reviewers

Reviewers should disclose substantive AI assistance in preparing their reports in the Comments to the Authors section. Routine spelling, grammar, and punctuation checks do not require disclosure.

A suitable declaration is:

“In preparing this review report, I used [TOOL/SERVICE NAME] to assist with [PURPOSE]. I checked and revised the resulting material and retain full responsibility for the scholarly assessment, comments, and recommendations presented in this report.”

Guidelines for Editors

1. Editorial Confidentiality

Editors must protect submitted manuscripts, review reports, author correspondence, and related editorial records. Confidential materials must not be transmitted to external generative AI services where this could compromise privacy, intellectual property, proprietary information, or confidentiality.

2. Human Editorial Judgment

Editorial evaluations and publication decisions must remain the responsibility of human editors. AI must not replace critical assessment, scientific judgment, interpretation of reviewers’ reports, or the final decision.

Editors remain accountable for the editorial process, the decisions reached, and their communication to authors. Acceptance and rejection must not be determined independently by AI systems.

3. Supporting Editorial Activities

AI may provide limited assistance with administrative or technical work when confidentiality is preserved. Such assistance may include improving editorial correspondence, conducting general literature searches, supporting technical checks, and checking manuscript completeness.

Editors must supervise these activities and verify AI-assisted information before relying on it. Supporting technology must not assume responsibility for scientific evaluation or editorial decisions.

4. Privacy and Security Safeguards

Editors must ensure that AI-assisted editorial activities operate under appropriate privacy, security, and confidentiality protections.

Confidential manuscript material may be processed by external AI services only when JKO has specifically authorized their use and established suitable safeguards for data privacy, intellectual property, and confidentiality.

Human Oversight and Accountability

JKO regards AI as an aid to scholarly work. Human oversight must remain central to research, peer review, and publication.

Authors are accountable for the accuracy, originality, scientific validity, and integrity of their manuscripts. Reviewers are accountable for their independent evaluations and review reports. Editors are accountable for editorial assessments, interpretation of peer-review findings, and final publication decisions.

Using AI does not transfer or reduce these responsibilities.

Policy Review

JKO will periodically assess and revise this policy in response to developments in AI technology, research integrity, publication ethics, data protection, and scholarly publishing standards.

Authorship Criteria

Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) follows the guidelines established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) regarding authorship. An individual must meet all four of the following criteria to be listed as an author:

• Made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
• Drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content.
• Provided final approval of the version to be published.
• Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work, ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Contributors: Individuals who contributed to the research or manuscript but do not meet all four criteria for authorship (e.g., funding acquisition, general supervision, language editing, or data collection assistance) should not be listed as authors. Instead, their contributions should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section.

Changes to Authorship: Any changes to the author list (additions, deletions, or rearrangements) after initial submission must be approved by all authors and explained clearly to the Editor.

Conflict of Interest

All authors, reviewers, and editors involved in the publication process at Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) must declare any potential conflicts of interest.

• Authors: Must disclose any financial, personal, or professional relationships that could influence or bias their research. A declaration statement should be included in the manuscript.

• Reviewers: Must decline to review manuscripts if they have a recent collaboration, personal relationship, or competitive interest with the authors.

• Editors: Must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where they have a conflict of interest and delegate the decision to another editorial board member.

Ownership and Management

Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) is a scholarly journal owned, managed, and published by Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI).

• The journal is financially supported and hosted by the institution, ensuring free access (Open Access) for readers without subscription fees.

• The editorial and publishing process is managed independently by the Editorial Board of JKO to ensure academic integrity and objectivity.

• The management team is committed to maintaining high ethical standards in publication, following the guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Correction and Retraction

Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) is committed to maintaining the integrity of the academic record. We handle errors and scientific misconduct based on COPE guidelines:

• Corrections (Erratum/Corrigendum): Published if a significant error affects the accuracy of the publication but does not invalidate the overall results (e.g., author list errors, minor data miscalculations). The correction will be published as a separate document linked to the original article.

• Retractions: Issued if there is clear evidence of scientific misconduct (e.g., data fabrication, plagiarism, unethical research) or if honest errors invalidate the main conclusions of the article. A retraction notice will replace the original text, explaining the reasons for retraction.

• Editorial Expressions of Concern: Issued if there is inconclusive evidence of misconduct but serious concerns remain regarding the article's reliability.

Post-Publication Discussion

Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) encourages academic debate and constructive post-publication discussions regarding the articles we publish.

• Letters to the Editor: Readers are welcome to submit formal comments, critiques, or discussions regarding published articles in the form of a "Letter to the Editor."

• Author Responses: If a published critique is substantial and scientifically valid, the original authors will be invited to provide a formal response. Both the critique and the response may be published together in a subsequent issue.

• Scientific Integrity: All post-publication discussions must be objective, scientifically sound, and free from personal attacks. The Editorial Board reserves the right to review and accept/reject submissions for post-publication discussion based on academic merit.

Article Template

📁 JKO Article Template

Article Processing Charge

Since March 2025, Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) charges the following author fees :

Article Submission Charge (ASC): 0.00 (IDR).
Article Publication Charge (APC): 750.000 (IDR - national author) and 50 (USD - international author).

Indexing

To maximize the visibility, discoverability, and academic impact of our published articles, Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) is currently indexed and abstracted in the following reputable databases:

• SINTA (Science and Technology Index)
• GARUDA (Garba Rujukan Digital)
• PERPUSNAS (Perpustakaan Nasional)
• Google Scholar
• Dimensions
• Crossref
  
• Road

Licensing

 Jurnal Kepelatihan Olahraga (JKO) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.