Communications in Kinesiology (CiK) is the flagship journal for the  Society of Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology (STORK). CiK accepts submissions from across the discipline of kinesiology, including biomechanics; coaching and sports pedagogy; exercise and sport psychology; physical activity, health, and disease; physiology and nutrition; sensorimotor control; sports medicine and rehabilitation; and training, testing, and performance analysis.


Acceptance decisions will not be made based on a study's outcomes. Instead, emphasis is placed on full reporting, transparency, disclosure, and data sharing  CiK accepts experimental research, observational research, methodological tutorials, opinions, and narrative & critical reviews. Observational and experimental research may be original or a replication. Systematic and scoping reviews, and accompanying meta-analyses, are now accepted at CiK if protocols are registered a priori. However, we strongly encourage authors to submit these types of artcles to our special issue "Reports in Sport and Exercise" (RiSE) as a registered report.

Vol. 1 No. 6 (2024)

Published: 2024-01-09

Effects of Preferred versus Nonpreferred Music on Bench Press Performance

A Replication and Extension Study

Jasmin C. Hutchinson, Jennifer Murphy, Bianca De Lucia, Elizabeth O'Neill, Diana Curtis, Kathleen T. Mellano, Luke Pelton, Nicholas Coker
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