Type of paper: Research papers and review articles are accepted on the condition that they have not been and will not be published elsewhere without the approval of the Editor-in-Chief. Accepted papers become the Journal's property.
For Research articles: Original full-length research articles that have not previously been published should not exceed 8,000 words from introduction to the conclusion (not counting references) combined - additional tables and figures can be submitted as supplementary material. There should be no more than 30 references in a research paper.
For Review articles: - will be accepted in areas of topical interest, will normally focus on literature published over the previous five years, and should not exceed 10,000 words from introduction to conclusion (not including references). Review articles should not contain more than 80 references.
Language
Manuscripts submitted should be written in clear and understandable English. It is the author's obligation to check for grammatical and spelling errors.
- When submitting a publication to Food Technology Research Journal, the author must ensure that the manuscript for the journal must be an original work. The paper should be checked for plagiarism by the author using a program like Turnitin or any other software prior
Title Page Information
Title
- Concise and should be written in lower case with the first word capitalized.
Names and affiliations of the authors
Please ensure that all authors’ names are correctly spelled. Authors’ names should be abbreviated and arrange as last name first, followed by given names in initials. Present the authors’ affiliation addresses below the names. Indicate all affiliations with number superscripts, before the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address. Please provide full postal address of each affiliation.
Request authors to kindly submit your manuscript with continuous line numbers.
The manuscript should be divided into the following sections:
a) Abstract – Provides essential information which includes stating the purpose of the research, the principal results, and main conclusions. It should be intelligible without reference to the paper itself.
Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
b) Keywords – A minimum of 3 keywords and a maximum of only 6 words are allowed indicating the essentials of the research work. Separate the keywords with commas.
c) Introduction – Provides the aim of the investigation and a brief statement of previous relevant work with references.
d) Materials and Methods – Only new techniques need to be described in detail for reproducibility. Known or published methods must have adequate reference. Relevant modifications should be described.
e) Results – Clear and concise. Presentation of results with tables and figures may improve its clarity.
f) Discussion – Explains the significance of the results. Note: Results and Discussion can be separated or combined.
g) Conclusion – Summary of results interpretation with suggested recommendations. The conclusion should not merely repeat points made in the preceding sections.
h) Acknowledgement – Should be kept to the absolute minimum
Table and Figures: should be displayed on separate pages in the manuscript after the reference section. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Tables are captioned on top of the table body and place any table notes below the table body with proper indications to the contents in the table body (if needed). Figures are captioned at the bottom of the figures. Scanned or digital photographs should be in high resolution.
- References: Citation in text References should be cited in the text by the author. All references in the text must be listed at the end of the paper, with the names of authors arranged alphabetically, and titles of papers given.
-Reference List All references should be arranged alphabetically by author’s name, listing all authors, the full title of articles and journals, publisher, and year. Please note that journal names are not to be abbreviated. The references in text and in the list of the manuscript should be cross.
You can download the guide line template from here.