Instructions

 Journal of Agroalimentary Processes and Technologies

Aims & Scope. The journal is dedicated to report novel and significant research results in the field of Food Technologies and Processing, Food control, Natural Food Extracts and Additives, Food science, Safety Food, Food Chemisty, Applied Food Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering in Food Technologies and Processing. Full-length research papers describing original research work not previously published are accepted, as well as review articles in the topics within the scope of the Journal.

Online Submission

Authors should submit their manuscripts online. The authors will be guided through the electronic submission system of the journal to upload the manuscript. Please follow the link “Submit online” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.

Languages

All papers will be written in English. The journal publishes original paper and review articles in the mentioned fields.

Only four review articles will be published for every issue.

Text Formatting

The paper will be written in Microsoft Word “doc” or "docx" format.

The page size will be A4 (21×29.7 cm), with the following margins: Top 2.5 cm, Bottom 2.5 cm, Left 3 cm, Right 3 cm, Header and Footer 1.27 cm.

The text will be written with TNR 11 pt.

Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.

Do not use field functions.

Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.

Save your file in doc of docx format. 

Article structure

The paper format: the research paper and will have the following parts: Introduction, Materials and Method, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledge­ments (optionally), Referen­ces. Excepting References and Acknowledgements should be numbered as 1., 2., etc. Each section could be subdivided, if considered, as 1.1. (then 1.1.1., 1.1.2., etc.), 1.2, etc. Tables and Figures part. Table captions should be written above every table, and figure captions below every figure.

Title

Title of the Paper - must be concise and informative, avoiding abbreviations and formulae. (Times New Roman 16 pt, Bold, Center).

Author names

Full name of each author should be provided. Use diacritical marks to write the author’s names.

Exemple:

First_name M. Last_name^1*, First_name M. Last_name² (Times New Roman 11 pt, Bold, Center).

Affiliations

Indicate all affiliations with a superscript number immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address.

Exemple:

¹Affiliation: Institution, Address – postal code-city, street, number, country, email address

² Affiliation: Institution, Address – postal code-city, street, number, country, email address

(Times New Roman 9 pt, Italic, Center)

Abstract

The paper abstract will be written with Times New Roman 10 pt., justify and is a narrative presentation without references, which should state briefly the purpose of the research, the main results and conclusions. It will contains maximum 150 words; should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Keywords:

No more than seven key words will be specified, with a font of TNR 10

Abbreviations

Uncommon abbreviations must be defined at their first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Introduction

The Introduction part should summarize the aim and objectives of the work, providing an adequate scientific background in relation with earlier reports in the field, but avoiding a detailed literature survey.

Materials and Method

Sources of specific materials (including reagents, software, and instrumentation) should be stated. When citing specific brand names of products or technologies, include in parentheses the manufacturer’s name and country. The Experimental part has to provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Only new procedures should be described in detail, methods already published must be indicated by a reference.

Results and Discussion

Indicate the main original results of the research and discussing them. References will be indicated in text in squared brackets, by consecutive numbers [1,3-6]. The full reference should be given in a list at the end of the paper in order of appearance, indicating the full journal names (see examples below); do not use auto-numbering or bullets.

Conclusion

On the basis of the original researches, pointing the main conclusion of the work.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full. If it’s necessary, write the acknowledgements with TNR 10 pt.

References

Reference to a journal publication:

Szente, L.; Szejtli, J., Cyclodextrins as Food Ingredients, Trends in Food Science & Technology 2004, 15(3-4), 137-142

Article by DOI

Slifka, M.K.; Whitton, J.L., Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production, Journal of Molecular Mededicine 2000, 45(2), 234-240, doi:10.1007/s001090000086

Reference to a book:

Szejtli, J., Cyclodextrin Technology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1988, pp. 34-44

Reference to a chapter in a book:

Labuz, T.G.; Saltmarch, M.R.T., The Nonenzymatic Browning Reaction as Affected by Water in Foods. In: Water Activity. Influence on Food Quality, Academic Press, San Francisco, 1981, pp. 605-615

Reference to a patent:

Skipor, A.; Scheifer, S.; Olson, B., Self Healing Polymer Compositions, US Patent No. 7108914, 2006.

Web references:

The full URL should be given. Any further information (digital object identification, author names, etc.) should also be given, if known.

Figures

Figures will be numbered consecutively and indicated in the text as “Figure 1, 2 etc”. The minimum resolution will be 300 dpi, black and white or color, as well-known format (tif, jpg, gif, bmp etc.). Figure and figure caption will be centered and written with TNR 10.

Figure 1. (exemple)

Tables
Tables will be included in text. Table reference will be indicated in text as “Table 1, 2 etc.” and it will be written with TNR 10 pt. Table caption will be self-explanatory and will be justified.

Table 1. Fonts used for JAP&T papers (exemple)

Compliance with Ethics Requirements

The authors declare that they respect the “Conflict of interest”, “Ethical standards” and “Plagiarism” requirements of the journal (see below the “Compliance with Ethics Requirements”).

JAP&T “Compliance with Ethics Requirements” format (please complete/modify):

Authors declare that they respect the journal’s ethics requirements. Authors declare that they have no conflict of interest (if any exists, this must be indicated) and all procedures involving human and/or animal subjects (if exists) respect the specific regulations and standards. Authors declare that they present their own literature survey and results/discussion/conclusion in the article.

JAP&T ethics requirements:

A. Conflict of interest

- relationship, financial or otherwise, with individuals or organizations must be indicated;

- academic, personal, or political relationships must be indicated;

- employment, consultancies or honoraria must be indicated;

- ownership and funding must be indicated.

B. Ethical standards

- the use of human subjects in the experiments must respect the specific regulations and standards and this must be indicated in the “Materials and Method” and “Compliance with Ethics Requirements” sections;

- the use of animal subjects in the experiments must respect the specific regulations and standards and this must be indicated in the “Materials and Method” and “Compliance with Ethics Requirements” sections;

C. Plagiarism

- authors must present their original works and words in the manuscript, and if they use these from others this has been appropriately cited or quoted;

- the plagirism, in all known forms, constitutes un-ethical publishing and this must be avoided (multiple, redundant or concurrent research, acknowledgement of sources etc.).