Author Guidelines
AUTHOR GUIDELINES
Advances in Food Science, Sustainable Agriculture and Agroindustrial Engineering (AFSSAAE)
THE GENERAL GUIDELINES OF MANUSCRIPT
Prior submission, authors should ensure that:
- Manuscript is the authentic research result that has not been published yet in other publication media or publishing houses
- Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
- All figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
- The files uploaded include the manuscript, all figures (include relevant captions), and all tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
- All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
- Referee suggestions and contact details provided, if possible
Manuscript preparation, authors have to follow these requirement:
- Strictly follow the author guide, failure to do this may result the manuscripts to be rejected without review. Editors reserve the right to adjust the style to certain standards of uniformity.
- Meet the following structure when typing manuscript: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements, Conflict of Interest, References
- Text layout:
- Use 1.5 spacing and wide (2 cm) margins on A4 paper (one column)
- Use 11 pt font size and Times Roman/Times New Roman
- Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated.
- Present tables and figure legends on separate pages at the end of the manuscript.
- Number all pages consecutively using the automatic page numbering function
If possible, consult a recent issue of the journal to become familiar with layout and conventions.
- Headings is written in Bold, Sub headings in Bold Italic
- Use Italics for emphasis.
- Use the equation editor or MathType for equations
- Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
- Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).
Page length (including text, references, tables and figures):
- Maximum page length should be 10 (Short communication), 30 (Research article/case study) and 50 pages (Review paper)
- Each figure and table must be put separately on a single page.
THE GUIDELINES OF MANUSCRIPT BODY TEXT
The Title of the Manuscript
The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It cannot diverse multi-interpretations. It has to be pinpoint with the issues that will be discussed. The beginning word is written in the capital case and symmetrically. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The title should be written not more than 12 words, 13pt-sized font, with the bold selection and in the align left text format.
Authors
The manuscript has main author and co-authors with a full name (no abbreviation). The full name of each author and co-authors should be followed by each affiliation, address, the city with postal code, and country of affiliation. The e-mail of the corresponding author should also be indicated.
Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 200 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Use 10 pt Times Roman with 1 line space for text. Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
Introduction
Provide an adequate background supported with adequate literature reviews. State the objectives of the work. This should not be more than three pages in general.
Research Methods
Provide sufficient details research methods to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.
Results and Discussion
Results should be clear and concise, and be part of a single section, discussing the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Discussion should be supported by adequate citation of the published literature.
Conclusions
The main conclusions drawn from results should be presented in a short. Avoid repetion as previously stated in the abstract, for example. (Maximum 250 words).
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section on the title page. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
Conflict of interest
Author to provide statement whether the manuscript has a conflict of interest or not.
References
Author to provide list of reference cited in text
Citation
Reference citations in the text should be identified by author name and publication year in brackets. Some examples:
- Food processing is influence by many factors (Albert et al., 2011).
- This study results are in agreement with the previous study reported by Adam and Max (2014).
- The inclusion of environmental factor in developing green agroindustries are crucial has been widely acknowledged (Smith, 2010; Adam and Max, 2014).
Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. The entries in the list should follow Harvard style and listed in alphabetical order. Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations. If you are unsure, please use the full journal title. For the reference list and citation it is advised to use online referencing and citation tools/software such as Mendeley, Zotero, Endnote, etc. Articles must have 10 years recent references and 80% is peer-reviewed international journal. The most of references are primary ones (last five years). References consist of minimum 20 references. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.
Example of the reference list is as follows:
Books
McKague, K. and Siddique, M. (2014) Making markets more inclusive: lessons from care and the future of sustainability in agricultural value chain development. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Edited book
Rahman, M.S. (ed.). (2009). Food properties handbook. London: CRC Press
Chapter in edited book
Bilanovic, D. (2015) ‘Carbon footprint - an environmental sustainability indicator of large scale CO2’ in Armon, R.H. and Hänninen, O. (eds.) Environmental Indicators. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 51-66
E-book
Campbell-Platt, G. (2009) Food science and technology. E-book library [online]. Available at: ftp://nozdr.ru/biblio/kolxo3/Ch/Campbell-Platt%20G.%20(ed.)%20Textbook%20of%20food%20science%20and%20technology%20(Blackwell,%202006)(ISBN%200632064218)(O)(537s)_Ch_.pdf (Accessed: 10 April 2018)
Journal article
Santner, D. (2018) ‘Proximity and modes of innovation–evidence from two agricultural engineering industries in north-west Germany’, European Planning Studies, 26 (5), pp. 877-894
Adams, J.M.M., Ross, A.Á., Anastasakis, K., Hodgson, E.M., Gallagher, J.A., Jones, J.M. and Donnison, I.S. (2011) ‘Seasonal variation in the chemical composition of the bioenergy feedstock Laminaria digitata for thermochemical conversion’, Bioresource Technology, 102, pp. 226-234
Journal article online
Suhartini, S., Hidayat, N., and Rosaliana, E. (2013) ‘Influence of powdered Moringa oleifera seeds and natural filter media on the characteristics of tapioca starch wastewater’, International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 2 (12) [online]. Available at https://doi.org/10.1186/2251-7715-2-12 (Accessed: 15 April 2018)
Website
United Nations (2013) Yearbook of the United Nations [Online]. Available at https://www.unmultimedia.org/searchers/yearbook/page.jsp?volume=2013&page=2 (Accessed: 27 May 2017)
Conference proceeding
Wilde, S and Cox, C. (2008) 'Principal factors contributing to the competitiveness of tourism destinations at varying stages of development', in Richardson, S., Fredline, L., Patiar, A. and Ternel M. (eds.), CAUTHE 2008: Where the 'bloody hell' are we?, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld, pp. 115-118
Conference paper
Julian, C.C. (2011) 'The relationship between industry structure, marketing capabilities, strategy and performance: the empirical link in export ventures', paper presented to The Clute Institute International Academic Conference, Las Vegas, 10-12 October, viewed 9 May 2018, <http://conferences.cluteonline.com/index.php/IAC/2011LV/paper/view/619>.
TABLES GUIDELINES
- All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
- Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables
- For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
- Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
- Maximum of 8 Tables are included in the manuscript
ARTWORK AND ILLUSTRATIONS GUIDELINES
Electronic Figure Submission
- Supply all figures electronically.
- Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
- For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF or JPEG format with minimal 600dpi. MSOffice files are also acceptable.
- Name your figure files with "Figure" and the figure number, e.g., Figure 1. Figure Numbering
- All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
- Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
- Maximum of 8 Figures are included in the manuscript
Figure Captions
- Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
- Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
- No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.
- Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
- Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.
Figure Placement and Size
- Figures should be submitted separately as a single file as JPEG or TIFF.
- When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
Permissions
If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format.
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