Publication Delays in Scholarly Journals of Physical Education Branches

This study aims to eveluate publication delays in scholarly journals of physical education branches published in Iran. The population of present study included all scholarly journals of physical education published in Iran in which 16 journals were one- branch journal in 5 branches of physical education selected as statistic sample by judgment sampling and in total 1276 articles evaluated. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistical (Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Kruskal Wallis and Spearman Tests) by SPSS software in significantly level P≤0.05 have been used. Research results showed that journals of sport management branch have highest delay in 3 stages of Submitted- Accepted, Accepted- Published and Submitted- Published among physical education branches. There is also significantly difference in 3 stages of Submitted- Accepted, Accepted- Published and Submitted- Published among journals of physical education branches. Moreover, there is significantly relationship between publication number with stages of Submitted- Accepted, Accepted- Published and Submitted- Published. In total, it seems that the publication delays in scholarly journals of physical education especially of the sport management branch is at the upper level and should be reduced as much as possible in different ways so that other researchers benefit updating scientific production.