Announcements
11 October 2022
Prof. Dr. François Prince Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Section “Sports Biomechanics” in Biomechanics
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. François Prince has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Sports Biomechanics” in Biomechanics (ISSN: 2673-7078).
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Name: Prof. Dr. François Prince Interests: biomechanics; Olympics/Paralympics sports; high performance; standing; sitting; gait; posture; surgery; circus; kinematics; kinetics; electromyography Website: https://recherche.umontreal.ca/nos-chercheurs/repertoire-des-professeurs/chercheur/is/in13810/ |
Prof. Dr. François Prince is a Full Professor at the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal, Canada. Prof. Dr. Prince obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Montreal in 1992, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Waterloo in 1994. Prof. Dr. Prince is the Chair of Biomechanics and Performance Analysis of the Performance Sciences Council at Sport Scientist Canada. He was the Dean and Director of the Department of Kinesiology, University of Montreal, from 2007 to 2014. He is the Co-Director of the International Institute of Biomechanics and Surgical Ergonomics. As a former high-level running athlete, his research interests are focused on Olympics and Paralympics sports biomechanics as well as the control of standing and sitting posture and locomotion in young, adolescent, adult, and elderly populations. He is a member of Sport Scientist Canada and an Associate Researcher of the Institut national du sport du Québec, Montreal, Canada. He was awarded the 2010 John Charnley Award from the American Hip Society and the 1999 AQIPA Research Career Award. He recently became the Section Editor-in-Chief of “Sports Biomechanics” in Biomechanics.
The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. François Prince, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:
1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take on the role as its Section Editor-in-Chief?There are not so many journals related specifically to sports biomechanics; here is a great opportunity to promote this field of research.
2. What is your vision for the journal?I would like the journal to increase its impact factor and to become a vehicle for sports biomechanics scientific societies to publish their conference papers and scientific papers.
3. What does the future of this field of research look like?Much more scientific research will be performed in sports sciences, and its publication is an important aspect. Biomechanics is a discipline of primary importance in sports performance.
4. What do you think of the development of open access in the publishing field?I think open access is the future of scientific information to allow broad audience accessibility.
We wish Prof. Dr. Prince every success in his new position, and we look forward to his contributions to the journal.
