Journal of Food and Nutrition Research (ISSN 1336-8672)

Revised 1 May 2019

Instructions for authors

1 Aims and scope 1. Title of the paper. No abbreviations should be used in

the title.
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research (JFNR) 2. Full names (including first name(s)) of the authors
publishes papers focusing on fundamental and applied with the name and complete postal address of the
research in chemistry, physics, microbiology, nutrition organisation. If several organisations are involved,
aspects, bioactivity, quality, safety, and technology of the affi­liations of all authors should be clearly stated.
foods. 3. Correspondence address (name and full postal
The consensus of Editorial Board was to avoid pub- address) of the author to whom all correspondence
lishing of papers focused on trivial analysis and deter- is to be sent. List of e-mail addresses of all authors
mination of basic composition of any kind of natural has to be included.
products, without any technological treatment, process- 4. Running title (abbreviated title that will be repeated
ing, storage at various conditions. in the header of the journal page) should be given
JFNR appears 4 times per year. when the title exceeds 70 characters.
5. Keywords – up to 7 words.

2 General terms of publication 4.2 Summary

Summary should contain all information about the
The corresponding author states that all co-authors objectives of the study, outline of theory and experimen-
have seen the manuscript and agree with its publication. tal procedure, results obtained, their significance, and
The responsibility for the factual accuracy of a paper is main conclusions. Innovativeness and originality of the
entirely with the author. work should be explicitely specified. Summary should
All scientific contributions will be peer-reviewed be self-explanatory, concisely written and intelligible
on the criteria of originality and quality. After accept- as much as possible, without references to the text. It
ance, the author may be asked to carry out a minor should not exceed 200 words. Abbreviations should be
or major revision. JFNR publishes articles in English. explained when first used.
Manuscripts should be grammatically and linguistically
correct, and authors less familiar with English usage are 4.3 Sections
advised to seek the help of English-speaking colleagues. Manuscripts should be divided into the following
British spelling is preferred. sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results
and Discussion, Conclusions (optional), References.
Sections should not be numbered.
3 Types of contributions Subdivisions may be indicated by subheadings.
Introduction should contain a description of the prob-
Four categories of scientific contributions are accept- lem under investigation and a brief survey of the existing
ed for publication: literature on the subject in order to explain why the cur-
A. Original articles – original full-length papers which rent study is of scientific interest. This section should be
have not been published yet, except in a preliminary organised from general to specific information. The last
form, and should not exceed 7 500 words (including sentences of the introduction should include a statement
tables and illustrations). of objectives and a statement of hypotheses.
B. Review articles – focusing on special topics of Materials and Methods should provide information
interest and summarising latest scientific informa- sufficient to enable reproduction of the experimental
tion, up to 12 000 words (including tables and illus- work. For materials and equipment, the manufacturer’s
trations). Before submitting a manuscript, authors name and location of headquarters including city and
should consult Editor-in-Chief on the given topic. country should be provided. Food samples should be
Contributions of authors with experimental expe­ specified in terms of the qualitative and quantitative
rience and publications on the given topic in relevant parameters, use of trade names should be avoided.
scientific journals are highly preferred. Results and Discussion should present experimen-
C. Short communications – these may be of a prelimi- tal data as concisely as possible in appropriate form of
nary nature but sufficient for immediate publication, tables or figures. Tables and figures should not repeat
up to 2 500 words (including tables and illustrations). the same data. Discussion should explain the meaning
D. Book reviews. of the results or reasons for differences from results
obtained by other authors. The authors should inter-
pret their results in the light of other published results,
4 Manuscript preparation emphasizing their contribution to the topic of the paper.
Innovativeness and originality of the work should be
4.1 Title page explicitely specified.
The first page of the manuscript should contain the Conclusions is an optional section that summarizes
following items: results in a concise form.

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Acknowledgements and information regarding the should be placed under the figure.
funding sources will appear at the end of the text, before Please do not submit coloured figures or files thereof;
the References section. colour figures cannot be reproduced.
References should provide the list of all published Size of figures should either match the column
works referred to in the text of the manuscript. width (7.6 cm) or their width must not exceed 16 cm.
The maximum height is 23.6 cm. The size of the smallest
type should be at least 2 mm in the printed issue.
5 Technical instructions Vector graphics. The minimum line width is 0.2 mm
(i.e., 0.5 points) relative to the final size.
Editorial address: Bitmap graphics. For digital halftones, resolution of
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 300 dpi is usually sufficient.
VÚP Food Research Institute NAFC
Priemyselná 4, P. O. Box 25 Sample figure:
SK – 824 75 Bratislava 26
1.8
Slovakia
e-mail: [email protected] 1.4

Concentration [mg·l-1]
5.1 Manuscript submission
Manuscripts should be submitted to the e-mail 1.0
address:
[email protected] 0.6

Manuscript should be accompanied with names 0.2 y = 0.006x + 0.237

of at least three recommended reviewers including R2 = 0,9852
their postal and e­‑mail addresses. Reviewers from the 0
authors’ country should not be proposed. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Where there are more than 6 authors, JFNR may ask Time [min]
authors for a paragraph detailing involvement of all and
to consider removing some co–authors and adding them Fig. 1. Dependence of concentration on time.
to the acknowledgements section. Width: 76 mm, font: Arial, size 8 points, lines width: minimum
0.5 points, colour: black, file format: WMF.
Please note that the file management for production
purposes requires the following:
– The main text, tables and figures (in this order)
should be provided in one file, preferably in DOC
5.4 Structural formulae
format (MS Word).
Structural formulae should be drawn in the manu-
– Figures should be submitted also as separate files
script at the correct position. They may be numbered in
(as supplementary material not for review): charts
the order of their appearance with Arabic numerals in
prefer­ably in editable WMF or XLS format, photo-
parentheses.
graphs and chromatograms preferably in TIF, JPG,
or GIF format in high resolution. Charts in MS Excel
format (XLS) shoul be submitted with their underly- 5.5 Equations
ing table data. Mathematical and chemical equations are to be writ-
ten in the manuscript at the correct place, and should be
5.2 Tables marked by Arabic numerals in parentheses in the right
All tables should be referred to in the text and num- margin in the order of their appearance. In the text,
bered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order equations are to be mentioned by label; e.g., “(Eq. 1)”
of their appearance. or “defined as in Eq. 1”.
Tables with suitable captions at the top and num- All quantities should be marked by symbols and all
bered should be collected at the end of the text on explanations should be placed under the equation.
separate sheets (one page per table). Titles of tables and To write equations, use the equation editor of your
column headings should be as brief as possible; units word processor.
should be indicated in square brackets. Footnotes to
tables should be placed under the table. 5.6 Abbreviations
Use of abbreviations should be minimized.
5.3 Figures Abbreviations should be introduced for repeatedly used
All figures (photographs, graphs or diagrams) should terms only. Abbreviations used only in a table or a figure
be referred to in the text, and numbered consecutively may be explained in the legend. No abbreviations should
with Arabic numerals in the order of their appearance. be used in title and keywords. Abbreviations should be
Figures should be collected at the end of the text on explained upon their first use in the body of the article.
separate sheets (one page per figure). Titles of figures If abbreviations are used in the Summary, they should be
should be as brief as possible. Footnotes to figures explained in the Summary.

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5.7 Nomenclature, symbols, units and other con- given; where applicable, information on method valida-
ventions to be used tion and traceability of its results to generally accepted
The rules of the International Union of Pure and measurement standards, such as Certified Reference
Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the International Union Materials (CRM), should be included.
of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the International
Organisation of Standardisation (ISO), and the 5.8 References
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular References should be numbered sequentially in the
Biology (IUBMB) should be applied whenever appli- order in which they appear in the text. The numbers
cable. should be set in square brackets. References are to be
collected in numerical order at the end of the manuscript.
Nomenclature References should be complete and should follow
IUPAC rules should be used for designating chemi- the ISO 690 (2010) standard. All authors are always to
cal compounds. The following symbols should be in be listed. Titles of journals should not be abbreviated.
italic: stereochemical information, locants, symmetry The volume number should be in italic.
and space groups, prefixes in formulae and compound Allusions to “unpublished observations”, “oral or
names, e.g. trans, cis, R, alpha, beta, threo, erythro, etc.; personal communication”, papers “to be published” or
examples: tert-butyl, N-methylbenzamide, but e.g. d‑glu- “submitted for publication” should not be used. Articles
cose (d and l are in small capitals). in proceedings and master theses should not be referred
Trade names to identify compounds, e.g. drugs to unless generally accessible.
or pesticides, are not allowed. Names and manufac- Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic
turer (including city and country) should be indicated references rests entirely with the author.
for proprietary substances and materials and instru-
ments. Abbreviations and uncommon symbols should Articles in journals (in English):
be explained when first mentioned. Enzymes should be Authors: Title of article. Title of journal, volume, year of pub-
designated according to the Enzyme Classification, e.g. lication, pp. first page–last page. ISSN: or DOI: number.
“d-threo-aldose 1-dehydrogenase, E.C. 1.1.1.122”. <Availability>
1. Barriuso, B. – Astiasarán, I. – Ansorena, D.: A review
Quantities and units of analytical methods measuring lipid oxidation status in
foods: a  challenging task. European Food Research and
SI units should be used throughout except where
Technology, 236, 2013, pp. 1–15. DOI: 10.1007/s00217-012-
non-SI units are more common, e.g. hours (h) for time, 1866-9.
litre (l) for volume, degree Celsius (°C) for temperature. 2. Directive 2003/89/EC of the European Parliament and
Use of non-SI units is acceptable, if they are officially the Council of 10 November 2003 amending Directive
approved, e.g. by expert committees. 2000/13/EC as regards indication of the ingredients present
Substance concentration should be given in moles in foodstuffs. Official Journal of European Communities,
per litre (mol·l-1) instead of symbols M or N. 46, 2003, L308, pp. 15–18. ISSN: 1725-2555. <http://data.
Colony forming units (CFU) for viable bacterial europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/89/oj>
counts and multiples of g (9.81 m·s-2) for centrifugal
Articles in journals (different language than English):
force should be used.
Authors: Original title of article. (Title of article in English.) Title
Division of units should be shown with middle of journal, volume, year of publication, pp. first page–last page.
dot (as a sign of multiplication) and exponent (e.g. ISSN: or DOI: number. In language. <Availability>
64.7 mg·kg-1). 3. Behrens, J. H. – Da Silva, M. A. A. P.: Atitude do consumi-
Percentual values should be written with 1 decimal dor em relação à soja e produtos derivados. (Consumer
place only. attitude towards soybean and related products.) Ciência
Information should not be mixed with unit symbols e Tecnologia de  Alimentos, 24, 2004, pp. 431–439. DOI:
or names (e.g. the water content was 15 ml·kg-1 instead 10.1590/S0101-20612004000300023. In Portuguese.
of 1.5 ml/100 g or 15 ml H2O/kg or 15 ml of water/kg).
Stand-alone unit symbols should not be used without Articles in electronic journals:
Authors: Title of article. Title of electronic journal, volume, article
numerical values in the sentence.
number or ID. ISSN: or DOI: number. <Availability>
If used in tables or labels of axes of a graph, units 4. Irani, N. G. – Grotewold, E.: Light-induced morphological
should be in square brackets (e.g. λ [nm]). alteration in anthocyanin-accumulating vacuoles of maize
The symbols of physical quantities, but not their units, cells. BMC Plant Biology, 5, article 7. DOI: 10.1186/1471-
must be in italic; examples: T = 34 °C, c = 0.25 mol·l-1. 2229-5-7. <http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/5/7>
The mean and standard deviation should be 5. Scientific opinion on the safety of heme iron (blood pepto-
expressed with the same number of decimal places nates) for the proposed uses as a source of iron added for
(same number of significant digits). nutritional purposes to foods for the general population,
including food supplements. EFSA Journal, 8, article 1585.
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1585.
Analytical methods
If an analytical method or measurement results
Books:
thereof are reported, the associated measurement uncer- Authors: Title of monograph. Edition. Place of publication :
tainty, calibration (including the range for which it is Publisher, year of publication. ISBN: number.
valid), precision, reproducibility, repeatability, trueness, 6. Horwitz, W. – Latimer, G. (Ed.): Official methods of analy-
selectivity, sensitivity, and principal limitations should be sis of AOAC International. 18th edition. Gaithersburg  :

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AOAC International, 2005. ISBN: 0935584773. 6 Review process

7. Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and con-
taminants : 37th Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Submitted manuscripts will be evaluated by the
Committee on Food Additives : Food Additive Series, Editorial Board and, if meeting topics-related and
No. 28. Geneva : World Health Organization, 1991. ISBN:
formal requirements, they will be sent to referees. On
9241660287.
the basis of the review, the Editorial Board will make
decisions on whether a manuscript will be accepted for
Chapters in books:
Authors: Title of chapter. In: Editors: Title of book. Edition. Place publication, sent back to the corresponding author for
of publication  : ­Publisher, year of publication, pp. first page–last revision, or rejected.
page. ISBN: or DOI: number. In respect of manuscripts sent back to the corre-
10. Hareland, G. A. – Manthey, F. A.: Oats. In: Cabalero, B. – sponding author for revision, all points of the review
Trugo, L. C. – Finglas, P. M. (Eds.): Encyclopedia should be answered, i.e. the manuscript should be
of food science and nutrition. Vol. 7. 2nd edition. amended according to reviewers’ requirements, or rea-
Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2003, pp. 4213–4220. ISBN: sons for leaving it unchanged should be explained in an
9780122270550.
accompanying letter. All changes in the manuscript must
11. AOAC No. 44.4.18 Official Method 978.17. Corn and cane
sugar products in honey, carbon isotope ratio mass spec- be highlighted by colour.
trometric method, alternative II – continuous-flow method, Revised manuscripts will be checked by the original
First Action 1993. In: Horwitz, W. – Latimer, G. (Eds.): reviewers and by the Editorial Board, and a final deci-
Official methods of analysis of AOAC International. sion will be made on acceptance or rejection.
18th  edition. Gaithersburg : AOAC International, 2005,
p. 33. ISBN: 0935584773.
7 Proofs and reprints
Chapters in electronic books:
Authors: Title of chapter. In: Editors: Title of book [Type of
Page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to
me­dium]. Edition. Place of publication : ­Publisher, date of publi-
cation, pp. first page–last page [Date of revision, date of citation].
the corresponding author for typesetting/editing check.
ISBN: or DOI: number. <Availability.> No changes to the content are allowed at this stage.
12. Gladden, L. F. – Lutecki, M. – McGregor, J.: Nuclear After publication, the corresponding author will
magnetic resonance spectroscopy. In: Che, M. – receive a PDF-file of the article free of charge.
Védrine, J. C. (Eds.): Characterization of solid mate­
rials and hetero­geneous catalysts: from structure to sur-
face reac­tivity. Volume 1&2 [online]. Weinheim : Wiley-
VCH, 2012, pp.  289–342 [cit. 31 March 2013]. DOI:
8 Copyright
10.1002/9783527645329.
13. AACC Method 44-15.02. Moisture – air-oven methods. In:
Transfer of the copyright to Národné poľ­
Approved methods of analysis, 11th ed. St. Paul : AACC nohospodárske a potravinárske centrum – National
International, 2000 [cit. 1 July 2013]. ISBN: 9781891127682. Agricultural and Food Centre (NAFC), Lužianky,
DOI: 10.1094/AACCIntMethod-44-15.02. Slovakia becomes effective if and when the article is
accepted for publication. The copyright covers the exclu-
Standards: sive right to reproduce and distribute the article, includ-
Designation and number of standard. Title of standard. Place of ing reprints, translations, photographic reproductions,
publication : Publisher, year of publication. microform, electronic form (offline, online) or other
14. ISO 6658:1985. Sensory analysis – Methodology – General reproductions of similar nature.
guidance. Geneva : International Orga­nization for
If the author decides to withdraw the manuscript
Standardization, 1985.
15. CODEX STAN 96-1981 (Rev. 1 – 1991). Codex standard for after its acceptation, NAFC will have to ask for indem-
cooked cured ham. Rome : FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius nity for any costs already incurred for its processing and
Commission, 1991. it will be, therefore, obliged to ask the author to pay
a penalty.
Patents: The author warrants that the contribution is original
Applicant. Title of patent. Inventors: Names of inventors. and that he/she has full power to make this transfer of
International Patent Classification. Country and type of patent copyright. The author signs for and accepts responsibil-
document, number. Publication date. ity for releasing the material on behalf of any and all
16. Praill Price Richardson Ltd (GB). Chromogenic substrates,
co-authors.
media and methods for the detection of Salmonella spp.
Inventors: Cooke, V. M. – Richardson, A. C. IPC C12Q1/10.
Authors may self-archive an authorial version of
UK Patent Application GB2334100A. 11 August 1999. their article on their own website and their institution’s
17. Výskumný ústav potravinársky. Spôsob izolácie horčín repository, including the final version. Furthermore, the
a inulínu z koreňa čakanky. Inventors: Baxa, S. – Šilhár, S. author’s version may only be posted provided that refer-
Int. Cl. B01D11/00. Slovak Republic patent SK282828. ence is given to the original source of publication.
3 December 2002.