EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY:

European Journal of Applied Physiology: Instructions for authors of Letters to the Editor In addition to manuscripts, letters or comments discussing an article published in the past six months in EJAP are welcome and may appear in print in one of the following issues. Each comment will be sent to the corresponding author of the discussed article together with an invitation to respond. The comment and the reply may be sent to an independent referee. However, the editor-in-chief will make the final decision whether the correspondence will be published. EJAP allows the original author a deadline of two weeks to reply. If no answer is received within this timeframe, the editor-in-chief will decide if the letter or comment will be published without response. Letters and comments may be edited and shortened for reasons of clarity and space. In order to avoid long disputes, only the original comment together with the author's response will be published. Any additional comments or remarks should be sent to the authors directly and will not further be handled by EJAP. Letters and comments should not exceed 1000 words and a maximum of 5 essential references in addition to the article commented on. A figure can be added if this is needed to clarify the written content. A separate page should include a short title, the writer's name and affiliations, as well as the exact citation of the article commented on.