After our close and fruitful association with Professor Greg Atkinson as Editor of
our journal, we are very sorry to announce that he will step down from this position.
Professor Atkinson, who has been part of our core team since 2006, recently moved
from a sports science department to a health and social care institute. In order to
fully focus on the new challenges he is facing in this clinical context, he decided
to lay down his work as an editor.
The IJSM editors have highly appreciated his contribution to the journal’s success
over the past 8 years. Alongside his excellent expertise in many fields, Professor
Atkinson has been especially active within the Training & Testing Section of IJSM.
He has (co)authored significant editorials [1]
[2]
[3], all of which are compulsory reading for IJSM authors and define important standards
of the journal. Greg’s friendly and loyal collaboration within the team of editors
and with Thieme Publishers was outstanding and will be sorely missed.
When looking for a successor, we considered various colleagues, all with excellent
scientific records and reputations. After much discussion, we invited Dr. Keith Stokes
from the University of Bath (UK) who accepted this position. Dr. Stokes has broad
research interests in the field of Exercise Physiology and Sports Medicine and, moreover,
is strongly linked to Sports Science through his significant expertise in rugby. We
are sure that IJSM will benefit greatly through his involvement. We are looking forward
to working with Dr. Stokes and warmly welcome him to our team.
Hans-Joachim Appell Coriolano
for the Editors of the IJSM
