As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration .
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Food science, food technology, food safety and nutrition are the main areas of interest.
The journal welcomes manuscripts presenting new results and developments, comparative studies, narrative reviews related to the following topics:
Food science
Food technology, food engineering
Food safety
Biotechnology (fermentation, GMO, NGT etc.)
Nutritional science
Food contact materials
Physical, chemical, microbiological and organoleptic testing of foodstuffs, rapid testing methods
Consumer science
Food economics, food marketing
Food legislation, food regulatory sciences
Please submit your manuscripts via the website after registration. Authors are invited to upload their manuscripts to the Open Journal System (OJS) press the „Make a submission” button on the right side panel.
The Authors are requested to follow the formatting guidelines listed below:
Title, authors
Title of the manuscript: Calibri, black, 12 pt, Bold, center
Authors: names (First, Middle and Last name), please mark the author's name with a number in superscript to indicate the corresponding affiliation
Affiliation: Name of the Institution, Faculty and/or Institute and/or Department, City, Country (no postal address)
E-mail address of the corresponding Author
Structure
Abstract
Keywords (3-5 typical phrases/terms)
Sections (e.g. Introduction, Background / Literature overview, Methods / Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions)
Acknowledgements: if applicable
Funding: if applicable
References (formatting instructions: see below)
Formatting of headings
Alignment: left, no indent
Heading: Bold, 14pt
Sub-heading: Regular, 13pt
Body text
Font: Calibri, black, Regular, 12pt
Paragraphs: single line spacing, justified, no underlining, highlights in Italics, no indentation, spacing 6 pt after paragraphs
Line numbering
Lists: use bullet points
References – in-text citations
in parenthesis
for one author (Smith, 2021);
for two authors (Smith and Great, 2022);
for three or more authors (Smith et al., 2023)
international organizations: (WHO, 2023); (EFSA, 2024)
legislation: (EC, 2002)
References
listed at the end of the body text in the „References” Section
Journal articles: Smith, J.; Small, B.; Great, C. (2022): The Title of the Article. The Name of the Journal. (Issue): Volume. pp.: xx-yy.
Book chapters: Smith, J. (2024): The Title of the Chapter. In: The Title of the Book. (Eds.: Small, B. & Great, C.). Elsevier. Berlin. ISBN XXXXXX
EC (2002): Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety. OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, pp.: 1-24.
Figures, pictures, tables, diagrams
Figures and pictures
Format: JPG, EPS or TIFF with a 1:1 ratio
Resolution: of at least 300 dpi (in a legal format, with attribution)
Tables and diagrams/graphs
Inserted in the text in an editable format (Calibri, 10pt) and attached to the manuscript as a separate file (Excel workbook)
Title: should not be part of the figure. In the text, the number of the figure should be indicated in bold (Figure X).
Legends, title: Calibri, Regular, 10pt
Equations
Please create the equations using the Microsoft Equation Editor or the MathType add-on in Microsoft Word and paste it into the appropriate part of the text in editable format
