Christmas trees at the ready… Here’s the final 2026 issue line up coming to you in November! ☃️ A fantastic mix of original research with some high-flying reviews too. Congratulations to all of our authors for what has been yet another incredible year of research at the journal 🫶🏼

Throwing it back to our May 2024 issue where this paper by Marinho et al was our lead feature, making a splash with their paper titled ‘Caffeine, but Not Creatine, Improves Anaerobic Power Without Altering Anaerobic Capacity in Healthy Men During a Wingate Anaerobic Test’ 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Our September issue features this great consensus statement relating to adaptation of ISAK assessments for individuals with motor disabilities👩‍🦽‍➡️ Hear lead author Elizabeth Broad’s summary here (👇🏽) and read the full paper online now! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Featured in our September issue is this commentary piece by Jones et al. (2026) which discusses the absence of double-blinding and limited ecological validity in carbohydrate loading research 🗣️

✨SEPTEMBER 2026 ISSUE OUT NOW✨

🚨SEPTEMBER 2026 LEAD FEATURE ARTICLE🚨 Ever wondered if protein type affects sleep quality after resistance exercise? We have just the paper for you! 💤🏋️

Bossi et al have an exciting review in our September issue titled ‘Quantifying and Comparing Training Load Metrics in Cycling: A Methodology Review’. After just releasing our UCI Special Issue, this feels well placed in the fall issue! 🚲 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Next up in our September issue is this paper titled ‘Co-ingestion of a Commercially-Available Dandelion Root Powder Elicited No Additional Diuretic Effect Over 4 Hours Compared to Ingestion Of Water Alone in Physically-Active Young Adults’. 🌼 Read the full paper here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

👋🏻 Welcome to our new Associate Editor, Dr Chris McGlory! Chris joins us from Queen’s University in Canada and we are just as excited as he is to join the IJSNEM editorial board! 🤩

A fantastic paper by Arnaoutis et al is featured in our September issue titled ‘Acute Beetroot Juice Supplementation and Repeated Maximal Effort in Elite Swimmers: A Randomized Double-Blind Study’🫜 Read the full article here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Thank you and happy retirement to our Associate Editor, Dr David Nieman 🍾🎉 David has been a valuable member of the Editorial board here at IJSNEM and all of the team wish him a very happy retirement! 👋🏻

🔓FREE ACCESS PAPER🔓 September 2026 Ever considered taking salmon-derived protein to help with recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage? 🐟 Haigney et al have some exciting data to share on this topic and you can read it now for free! 🔗https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2025-0233

We blinked and the September 2026 issue line up is here!✨👀 It’s a jam-packed issue full of original research, a commentary piece, reviews, and the latest addition to the methodology series.

Human Kinetics & International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism are proud to work alongside partners worldwide through Research4Life, supporting a more connected and inclusive global research community. Happy 25th Anniversary! 🥳 #R4L25

Recognise this logo? Well, there’s a new and improved version of Narang et al’s Time Series Response Analyser for transparent summary statistics from discrete time-series data! 📈📊

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Time-Series Response Analysis (TSRA) v2.0 is a Streamlit-based research tool for structured analy...

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✨JULY 2026 ISSUE OUT NOW✨

Check out this paper led by Jesus et al. in our July 2026 issue, assessing the under-researched area of water turnover in athletes and whether sex differences are evident💧 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

🚨LEAD ARTICLE - JULY 2026🚨 How does resistance exercise to failure or non failure affect appetite hormones and energy intake? Cheng et al (2026) have just the paper to investigate this and it’s our lead feature this month! Read the full paper here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

🔓FREE ACCESS PAPER🔓 - July 2026 Minf et al have prepared this exciting paper on napping, caffeine and their interaction for improving explosive and repeated sprint performance, which we are delighted to feature as our free access article! 💤☕️ Check out the full paper here 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Time to see what our July issue has in store 👀 A fantastic set of papers featuring original research, reviews and a methodology paper! So, grab a copy of these articles and enjoy reading some science in the summer sun! ☀️

@jwhitfie.bsky.social is all over this UCI special issue! Here’s another of his first author papers looking at nutrition for the emerging cycling disciplines of esports and gravel 🆕🚲 Check out the full paper here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Our UCI Special Issue features this exciting review titled ‘Considerations and Applications for the Use of Sports Foods and Supplements to Improve Performance in Cycling’ by @jwhitfie.bsky.social et al. (2026). ☕️💊 Check out the full paper here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

See nutritional training and racing guidelines by Oosthuyse et al. specific for UCI MTB (DHI, EDR, XCC, XCO, XCM, XCS) and Cyclocross, plus an estimate of the energy cost of bike handling and vibrational dampening, in our May UCI Special Issue 🚵‍♀️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Nutrition for Mountain Biking and Cyclocross

The Union Cycliste Internationale recognizes several mountain biking (MTB) disciplines, including downhill, enduro, cross-country short track, cross-country Olympic, cross-country marathon, and multid...

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⭐️MAY SPECIAL ISSUE - OUT NOW⭐️

UCI Sports Nutrition Project: The Science of Successful Cycling Performance (Valenzuela et al., 2026). Read the full paper now! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Incase you needed reminding of what’s covered in the UCI Sports Nutrition Project featuring as our May special issue 🚲🌟 📷 Open AI-generated infographic

Kicking off our special UCI May issue is the paper titled ‘UCI Sports Nutrition Project: Nutritional Periodisation: Strategies To Enhance Training Adaptation and Recovery’ by Morton et al. 📊💪🏼

Our Editor, Professor James Betts, has written a fantastic Editorial for our special May issue ✍🏼 Read it now to know what exciting papers will feature in this UCI Sports Nutrition Project 🚲 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

We are pleased to announce that the UCI Sports Nutrition Project is featuring as our May special issue 🚲🔥 Whether you’re an elite road cyclist or like to take on the mountains, there is something in this issue for everyone! ⬇️

The final feature for our March issue is titled ‘Effects of Acute Caffeine Supplementation on Integrated Biathlon Performance in Elite Male Athletes’ by Engel et al. (2026) ☕️🔫 Read the full paper here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...