Addressing the Shortage of Women in High-Performance Sport: What Is Known and What We Need to Know

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

In order to make the paper as good as possible, the following corrections should be made. In the abstract, avoid enumerations first, second ... Write what the results showed without this. In the introduction, you should give a little introductory text and then define the objectives. The introduction starts with the objectives. The reader should be introduced to the topic and only then set the objectives and the rest in the introduction. The motivation for this research and its contribution to the research should be stated in the introduction. I avoid putting a table in the introduction, it should be in other parts of the paper, in the materials and methods section. Arrange Figure 1, avoid large spaces between the fields and move it to the previous page, page 7, since it is practically empty, only two rows are filled. Table 2 takes up too much space, arrange it so that it is on two pages at most. In it, you have presented all 16 papers that you have taken into consideration. Insert a table or figure in the results to make the results more clear.

The paper needs to be technically edited in order to make it more attractive for publication.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The topic of the study is certainly interesting, but the methodology and results leave much to be desired.
The description of the selection of articles does not indicate the specific criteria by which most of the works were excluded - the remaining number (16) is too small to represent any systematic review, which, however, is also evident from the results obtained, which are random and inexpressive. In addition, 13 of the 16 selected studies are devoted to coaches, and not to other important positions, which makes the conclusions about "women in leadership roles" even more dubious.
Although the individual characteristics of women are stated at the beginning of the article, then this topic becomes much less pronounced, and the conclusions generally imply the organizational level. And in general, the conclusions are quite superficial, epeat what is available in the discourse, add little to the discussion, do not contain more or less specific steps for building a career.

The title is more journalistic than scientific, and does not reflect the purpose of the study.
Some links in the first table do not work
"other reason" cannot be specified to exclude almost half of the works (Fig. 1)

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Reviewer 3 Report

The paper is a scoping review on a topic relevant for the journal s scope. It explores the attributes contributing to the success of female leaders in high-performance (HP) sport, focusing on individual skills and experiences rather than organizational factors. Analyzing 16 studies from various countries, it identified four key themes: challenges in male-dominated environments, strategies for overcoming them, the importance of support networks, and sport-specific knowledge. However, a clear pathway for women entering HP sport leadership remains underdefined.

1. The main goal should be re-defined in terms of identifying and addressing research gap. As it is now formulated, it is not the best idea: ”The primary goal of this study is to become familiar with, extrapolate and summarize ............”
2. The Introduction is too long and it includes references that should belong to a different section, for example Literature or Overview
3. You should strictly follow the PRISMA Protocol
4. The chosen databased should be motivated
5. Given the nature of the study, in the Conclusions section you should focus on presenting clear directions identified in the research and directions for future investigation.

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Greetings,
The authors have corrected the paper according to what was requested of them. It is only necessary that if it does not follow the template, they insert the paper into the template.
All best.

Greetings,
The authors have corrected the paper according to what was requested of them. It is only necessary that if it does not follow the template, they insert the paper into the template.
All best.