Great news! This paper on the use of prebiotic supplementation for gut disturbances during exercise from our Sports Dietetics & Extremes Physiology team team has been shortlisted for the @hk-ijsnem.bsky.social publication of the year award 👏 Vote using the link below now! 🗳️ tinyurl.com/y2kbm36f

🚨🏆PAPER OF THE YEAR 2025🏆🚨 It’s back!… 6 papers shortlisted, 1 winner. You decide 🫵🏼 Read the shortlist (👇🏽) then cast your vote here forms.gle/iggsSegdyk3M... Voting closes 31st December 2025. Winner of $500 to be announced in the new year….. #watchthisspace

✨NOVEMBER 2025 ISSUE OUT NOW✨

Last but by no means least in our November issue is this free access paper by Vicente-Salar et al. (2025) - a one of a kind group statement on nutrition in high-performance tennis 🎾 Give it a read here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Thank you Toniazzo et al. for submitting this great paper on a novel honey powder-based supplement 🍯 Read here to find out more! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Next up to feature from our November issue is the effect of caffeine mouth rinsing on battery soccer tests, in the fasted and fed state (Miraftabi et al. 2025) ⚽️👅 Watch this video abstract for all the details! 📹 🔗https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2025-0040

Two of our published articles between April and September have topped the most recent Human Kinetics trending articles report! 🏆 As always, a huge credit to our talented published authors and wonderful Editorial team supporting the best research through our journal 💚

Bagherpour et al. have an exciting paper in our November 2025 issue! And it’s our 🔓FREE ACCESS PAPER🔓 Read the full paper here 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Featuring in our November issue is this paper by Nulty & Erskine (2025) investigating collagen supplementation on strength training-induced gains and rate of force development in hockey players 🏑 Want to read more? Check out the full paper here 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

🚨LEAD FEATURE ARTICLE🚨 November 2025✨ We are very excited to announce our lead feature article for the November 2025 by Lolli et al titled ‘Understanding Treatment Response Heterogeneity Using Crossover Randomized Controlled Trials: A Primer for Exercise and Nutrition Scientists’.

Li et al. (2025) feature in our November issue with their paper on acute exercise and appetite regulation in people with obesity. Read the full paper here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

✨ NOVEMBER 2025 ISSUE LINE-UP✨ How are we already on the last issue of 2025?! This year has flown by but lucky for you, the IJSNEM content keeps on delivering. Stay tuned for papers to feature 🔔

‘In conclusion, cardiopulmonary and metabolic responses are dependent on exercise intensity and not on the protocol used’. One of our final September 2025 papers to feature, but not one to miss! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Check out this review by Ye et al. in our September 2025 issue 🥕 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

It was a rewarding labour of love to work on this paper with a fantastic team of authors, “Understanding Treatment Response Heterogeneity Using Crossover Randomized Controlled Trials: A Primer for Exercise and Nutrition Scientists”. @hk-ijsnem.bsky.social journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

✨SEPTEMBER 2025 ISSUE OUT NOW✨

The International Sport + Exercise Nutrition Conference is Back for 2025! ‼️EARLY BIRD RATE ENDS 29TH AUGUST‼️ ISENC is returning to Manchester Metropolitan University Business School between the 15th – 17th December 2025.

🚨LEAD FEATURE ARTICLE🚨September 2025✨ ‘While caffeine did not boost peak exercise performance in simulated high-altitude conditions, it did positively affect how the body responded to moderate exercise’ Check out the full paper by @bennarang.bsky.social et al. here 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Smith et al. (2025) found that girls don’t just want to have fun, they want to participate! 🙋‍♀️ In fact, 94% of female athletes indicated a willingness to participate in future studies. Check out this article featured in our September 2025 issue here 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Is magnesium an effective topical treatment to aid recovery?🧴 Coates et al. (2025) conducted a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the potential for a commercial topical magnesium gel to reduce muscle soreness after unaccustomed exercise.

Let’s kick off another issue with the assessment of fuelling strategies used during extended simulated soccer match play ⚽️ Fischer et al. (2025) compared glucose:fructose to glucose mixtures in semi-professional soccer players🥤 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

✨SEPTEMBER 2025 ISSUE LINE UP✨ Can you believe it’s the penultimate issue of 2025?! It may be one of the last issues for this year but by no means is it the least. Check out what’s coming up next 🔥

Our last, but by no means least, feature in our July issue is this RCT investigating delayed CHO breakfast on performance outcomes by Lamb et al. With a successfully blinded trial, delaying breakfast by 2 hours didn’t improve performance outcomes later in the day.

We started 2025 off with a bang, with 2 articles from IJSNEM making the top 10 Human Kinetics trending articles for the past 6 months. A huge credit to our talented published authors and wonderful Editorial team supporting the best research through our journal 💚

Heikura et al. feature in our July 2025 issue discussing how valid the use of RMR is in screening athletes for REDs using the validated CAT2 traffic light system🚦 🔗https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2024-0254

Leal & Hough 2025 investigated whether fluid intake just before collecting a saliva sample confounded the results 🤔🚰 For anyone using saliva sampling with athletes, this one is for you! 🔗https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2024-0192

A fantastic achievement for some fantastic research! We hope to see more of your work submitted to IJSNEM soon 😁

🔓FREE ACCESS PAPER🔓 July 2025 Is 12 weeks of resistance training performed in the fasted or fed state better for body composition, muscle hypertrophy and mechanical muscle function? 🏋️🍝 Read here to see what what Vieira et al. found in their RCT ⬇️ 🔗https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2024-0215

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Featured in our July issue by Scriven et al ⬇️

An exciting review is featured in our July 2025 issue by Jesus et al. Check out their graphical abstract below! ⬇️

‘These results highlight caffeine’s capacity to influence physiological responses postexercise, suggesting its potential to accelerate recovery, and facilitate adaptive processes, which needs to be tested in future’

🚨LEAD FEATURE ARTICLE🚨 July 2025✨ Another fantastic paper from @monash_uni has been selected as the lead feature for our July issue! ‘The Effects of Prebiotic Supplementation on Markers of Exercise-Induced Gastrointestinal Syndrome in Response to Exertional Heat Stress’

Hello July 2025 Issue! 👋🏻 Here’s your first chance to see what exciting papers will be featured in our next issue - follow our accounts to find out more! ✨

Don’t miss out on our last few papers in the May issue! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

Don’t miss out on our last few papers in the May issue! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

✨MAY 2025 ISSUE OUT NOW✨ 🔗 journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

We are rounding up our May Issue features before the July line up is released and we have some great papers still to share! Vera et al looked at the efficacy and safety of beta-alanine supplementation instead of caffeine, on intraocular pressure and ocular perfusion pressure 👁️

Check out our May Issue Lead Article by Martinez et al featured in Sports Medicine Australia Volume 33, Issue 1 📰👏🏼

What other world-leading sport science research is in our May issue? Well, this exciting paper by Zignoli et al talks us through interstitial glucose concentrations of professional cyclists during two annual training camps and the impact of daily exercise energy expenditure 🚲⛰️

Featured in our May issue, Bagot et al report ‘Female Exercise Metabolism: Quality Assessment of Existing Knowledge Base and Key Challenges in Study Design’. What were the take home messages? 🧵

Featured in our May 2025 issue, Pontes et al investigated the effect of theracurmin on muscle growth, inflammation and oxidative stress during an 8-week strength training program and a 4-week rest period (detraining) in mice 🐁

🔓FREE ACCESS PAPER🔓 May 2025 An exciting study by Morrison et al aimed to investigate the effects of two different doses of a nutritional intervention versus a placebo on sleep and next-day cognitive function and physical performance, in healthy trained adult males.

🚨LEAD FEATURE ARTICLE🚨 May 2025✨ Let’s get stuck into our next issue with our lead feature paper by Martinez et al. Could ingestion of different nutrient densities better train the gut for exercise performance?

✨MAY 2025 ISSUE LINE UP✨ Spring is upon us here in the UK and so is our May issue line up!🌷🐣 Check out what’s in store and stay tuned on our socials for these papers to be featured📱

✨MARCH 2025 ISSUE OUT NOW✨ 🔗 journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

New PhD opportunity in nutrition and metabolism at @uniofbath.bsky.social - closing date 31st March. Come and join CNEM! eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Can beetroot juice improve performance in handball players? 🤾 Muñoz et al feature in our March issue, presenting a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study to explore this question 📄 Read the full paper here! 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/ijsn...

‘Despite caffeine’s well-established ergogenic effects, there was no evidence of a reduction in VO2 slow component or attenuation of muscle fatigue’ 😩 So how do the performance-enhancing effects of caffeine work?…

What else is featured in our March 2025 issue? This fantastic paper by Tinnion et al explores blood alkalosis and sodium citrate ingestion🩸