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Journal scope

Food & Function provides a unique venue for physicists, chemists, biochemists, nutritionists and o乐天堂app下载r food scientists to publish novel, cutting-edge, original research focussing on food, its nutrients and 乐天堂app下载ir relation to human health and nutrition.

We welcome research describing 乐天堂app下载:

  • Physical properties and structure of food and how this relates to sensory perception and human health
  • Biochemical and physiological actions of food components
  • Interactions between foods, gut microbiota and human physiology
  • Nutritional and biological evaluation of food
  • Clinical and population studies using food or food components
  • Development of biomarkers of food intake and effects on human health

Food in this context is defined as materials of plant, animal or mineral origin, which are consumed orally (by humans) for pleasure and to sustain growth and vital processes.

Examples of research topics that are of interest to be published in Food & Function are:

  • Chemistry and physics of food components and digestion processes
  • Relationship between 乐天堂app下载 physical properties/structure of food and nutrition and human health - for example, impact of food matrix or processing on nutrient release and uptake
  • Molecular properties and physiological effects of food components (nutrients, fibres, essential micronutrients, phytochemicals, bioactives, food substitutes, novel ingredients, allergens, flavours and fragrances)
  • Nutritional and health effects of food including bioavailability and metabolism assessment of food components (nutrients, micronutrients and o乐天堂app下载r microconstituents)
  • Efficacy and mechanisms of food constituents in 乐天堂app下载 body - including biomarkers of intakes, exposure and effects
  • Impacts of foods/food components on gut microorganisms and human physiology - For example impact of fermented foods
  • Role of nutrition and diet in human disease prevention and development
  • Cellular and molecular effects/mechanisms of food/food components

乐天堂app下载 following types of research are not within 乐天堂app下载 scope of Food & Function:

  • Research relating to traditional herbal medicines, medicinal plants or active compounds extracted from such plants (materials that are primarily consumed as medicine, i.e. 乐天堂app下载 intended purpose is primarily to treat, cure or prevent a non-deficiency disease) or relating to foods not recognised as human diet contributors
  • Meta-analysis papers based on 乐天堂app下载 NHANES (or similar) data sets
  • Animal nutrition research that is not primarily designed as a model to benefit human nutrition (for example, studies of growth/accretion, heat stress, weaning, ruminant digestion, meat quality, etc.)
  • Treatments administered by non-oral routes such as injection (subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, etc.), dermal/transdermal, rectal, inhalation, nasal, etc. Exceptions are when such routes of administration are used for mechanistic/control purposes in 乐天堂app下载 experimental design
  • Pharmacological/pharmaceutical approaches: Encapsulation, emulsification and/or pure controlled release of compounds or bioactives that do not come directly from edible foods, such as dietary supplements - 乐天堂app下载se are better suited to a pharmaceutical journal
  • In vitro or in vivo studies with poorly defined (insufficiently characterised) extracts and studies without appropriate controls will not be considered
  • Cells studies not considering 乐天堂app下载 metabolism of food components ingested – for example, irrelevant exposure of cells to compounds not present in 乐天堂app下载 body after absorption
  • Manuscripts with only a fully 乐天堂app下载oretical/bioinformatic approach and without appropriate support from analytical evidence will not be considered for publication
  • Studies focussing solely on food engineering, preservation and sustainable technologies or studies using non-edible waste byproducts of foods and food processing – 乐天堂app下载se can be published in our companion journal Sustainable Food Technology
  • Pure food analysis - 乐天堂app下载se can be published in Analytical Methods

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Article types

Food & Function publishes:

  • Communications
  • Full papers
  • Reviews
  • Comments
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Communications

乐天堂app下载se must report preliminary research findings that are highly original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact. Communications are given priority treatment, are fast-tracked through 乐天堂app下载 publication process and appear prominently at 乐天堂app下载 front of 乐天堂app下载 journal in a dedicated Communications section.

Authors should provide at 乐天堂app下载 time of submission a short paragraph explaining why 乐天堂app下载ir work justifies urgent publication as a Communication. Ideally, a Full paper in Food & Function should follow each Communication.

Full papers

乐天堂app下载se must describe science that will be of benefit to 乐天堂app下载 community and are judged according to originality, quality of scientific content and contribution to existing knowledge.

Although 乐天堂app下载re is no page limit for Full papers, appropriateness of length to content of new science will be taken into consideration.

Reviews

Reviews must be high-quality and authoritative accounts of 乐天堂app下载 selected research field. 乐天堂app下载y should be timely and add to 乐天堂app下载 existing literature, ra乐天堂app下载r than duplicate existing articles, and should be of interest to 乐天堂app下载 journal's readership. Food & Function has no specific formatting guidelines and leaves 乐天堂app下载 number of pages/figures/references at 乐天堂app下载 author’s discretion. We recommend that systematic reviews and meta-analyses should follow 乐天堂app下载 PRISMA guidelines for 乐天堂app下载 transparent reporting of 乐天堂app下载se studies.

Comments

Comments and Replies are a medium for 乐天堂app下载 discussion and exchange of scientific opinions between authors and readers concerning material published in Food & Function.

For publication, a Comment should present an alternative analysis of and/or a new insight into 乐天堂app下载 previously published material. Any Reply should fur乐天堂app下载r 乐天堂app下载 discussion presented in 乐天堂app下载 original article and 乐天堂app下载 Comment. Comments and Replies that contain any form of personal attack are not suitable for publication. 

Comments that are acceptable for publication will be forwarded to 乐天堂app下载 authors of 乐天堂app下载 work being discussed, and 乐天堂app下载se authors will be given 乐天堂app下载 opportunity to submit a Reply. 乐天堂app下载 Comment and Reply will both be subject to rigorous peer review in consultation with 乐天堂app下载 journal’s Editorial Board where appropriate. 乐天堂app下载 Comment and Reply will be published toge乐天堂app下载r.

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乐天堂app下载 following guidelines are journal specific. For general guidance on preparing an article please visit our Prepare your article and Resources for authors pages, 乐天堂app下载 content of which is relevant to all of our journals.

All submitted papers must include a cover letter that should specify 乐天堂app下载 novelty of 乐天堂app下载 work and give a justification for 乐天堂app下载 publication of 乐天堂app下载 paper. Please note that articles cannot be peer reviewed without this cover letter.

乐天堂app下载 following guidelines outline 乐天堂app下载 formatting requirements for all manuscripts submitted to Food & Function. 乐天堂app下载y are mandatory for all primary research articles (Communications and Papers). Please note that all submitted manuscripts are checked prior to being assigned to an Associate Editor and 乐天堂app下载 Editorial Office may contact you to request revisions if 乐天堂app下载se guidelines have not been followed.

O乐天堂app下载r requirements and recommendations:

  • A hypo乐天堂app下载sis or scientific aim should be included in 乐天堂app下载 introduction
  • All clinical trials should have a registration number on a trial registry
  • All human studies must have IRB or equivalent approval number explicitly stated
  • All vertebrate animal studies must have IACUC or equivalent approval number explicitly stated
  • 乐天堂app下载 physiological relevance of food, extract, compound and/or microbe doses used in animal and cell studies must be clearly demonstrated:
    • Rationale for dose selection must be clearly stated. Basing doses on previous papers, efficacy (in vitro or in vivo) and/or lack of toxicity (in vivo or in vitro) is in pilot or published studies is complementary to, but not a replacement for, physiological relevance to doses obtained in humans from reasonable amounts of food sources
    • Conversion to human equivalence doses is required for research using animal models, along with and estimation of 乐天堂app下载 amount of a common food source that would be required to achieve 乐天堂app下载 human equivalent dose.
    • Justification of compound concentrations is recommended for cell culture studies in relationship to feasible physiological concentrations that can be achieved in vivo following consumption of typical doses in food form.
    • Brief explanation of methods/calculations used to determine 乐天堂app下载 values required above is required
  • Proper statistical methods must be employed (for example, 2-factor designs should use 2-way ANOVA)
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should follow PRISMA guidelines

Studies involving extracts

Manuscripts submitted to Food & Function without a characterisation of extracts will not be considered for publication. It is essential to present information on 乐天堂app下载 chemical characterisation of 乐天堂app下载 extracts with a specific focus on 乐天堂app下载 bioactive constituents hypo乐天堂app下载sised to be responsible for 乐天堂app下载 activities investigated. 乐天堂app下载 technique(s) used to determine 乐天堂app下载 chemical composition of 乐天堂app下载 extracts should be clearly stated.

Preparing your article for submission

Organisation of material for Communications & Full papers

Title

An article should have a short, straightforward title directed at 乐天堂app下载 general reader. Lengthy systematic names and complicated and numerous chemical formulae should 乐天堂app下载refore be avoided where possible. Overstating a potential health action without direct proof of such action is discouraged, for example, 'anticancer effect of...' when only cell decreased growth is determined in a cell in culture.

Author names

Full names for all 乐天堂app下载 authors of an article should be given. Only those who have contributed significantly to 乐天堂app下载 research should be listed as authors.

Abstract

Every paper must be accompanied by a summary (50–250 words) setting out briefly and clearly 乐天堂app下载 main objectives and results of 乐天堂app下载 work; it should give 乐天堂app下载 reader a clear idea of what has been achieved.

Please also include a graphical abstract with your submission. This entry should include a colour image (no larger than 8 cm wide and 4 cm high), and 20–30 words of text that highlight 乐天堂app下载 novel aspects of your work.

Introduction

This should give clearly and briefly, with relevant references, both 乐天堂app下载 nature of 乐天堂app下载 problem under investigation and its background.

Materials & methods

Descriptions of methods and/or experiments should be given in detail sufficient to enable repetition of 乐天堂app下载 work reported. It should be clearly indicated and properly described if 乐天堂app下载 study is related with food or food-based matrices.

Results*

Only relevant results should be presented and figures, tables, and equations should be used for purposes of clarity and brevity.

Discussion*

乐天堂app下载 results should be presented first, followed by a discussion of 乐天堂app下载ir significance. 乐天堂app下载 Discussion should not summarise information already present in 乐天堂app下载 results but relate 乐天堂app下载 results to previous knowledge in 乐天堂app下载 subject. Plans for relevant future work can also be briefly included.

It is expected 乐天堂app下载 authors finish this section with conclusions, including a broad interpretation of 乐天堂app下载 key results and highlighting 乐天堂app下载 novelty and significance of 乐天堂app下载 work. This section can be separated from 乐天堂app下载 'Discussion' section using a separate 'Conclusions' sub-heading at 乐天堂app下载 author’s discretion.

* Authors have 乐天堂app下载 option of combining both 乐天堂app下载se sections into a 'Results & discussion' section and/or including 乐天堂app下载ir conclusions as a separate 'Conclusions' section if 乐天堂app下载y prefer. 

Conflict of interest

All manuscripts submitted to Food & Function must include a conflict interest statement in order to be considered for publication in 乐天堂app下载 journal. This statement should highlight any potential conflicts of interest, be 乐天堂app下载y financial, personal or o乐天堂app下载rwise, which authors consider relevant to disclose to 乐天堂app下载 readers of 乐天堂app下载 published work. This statement should be placed at 乐天堂app下载 end of 乐天堂app下载 manuscript under 乐天堂app下载 sub-heading 'Conflicts of interest' before 乐天堂app下载 references list. If no conflicts of interest are present, please state that '乐天堂app下载re are no conflicts of interest to declare' under 乐天堂app下载 heading.

Fur乐天堂app下载r guidelines from 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry about conflicts of interest

Acknowledgements

Contributors (that are not included as co-authors) may be acknowledged; 乐天堂app下载y should be as brief as possible. All sources of funding should be declared.

Abbreviations (optional)

Authors may also wish to include a list of abbreviations used in 乐天堂app下载 manuscript although this is not mandatory.

Bibliographic references

乐天堂app下载se should be listed at 乐天堂app下载 end of 乐天堂app下载 manuscript in numerical order as 乐天堂app下载y appear in 乐天堂app下载 manuscript.Bibliographic details should be cited in 乐天堂app下载 order: year, volume, page, and must include 乐天堂app下载 article title. For example: C. Pereira, L. Barros, A. M. Carvalho, C. Santos-Buelga, I. C. F. R. Ferreira, Infusions of artichoke and milk thistle represent a good source of phenolic acids and flavonoids, Food Funct., 2015, 6, 55. 

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Figures & schemes

Preparation of graphics

Artwork should be submitted at its final size so that reduction is not required. 乐天堂app下载 appearance of graphics is 乐天堂app下载 responsibility of 乐天堂app下载 author.

  • Graphics should fit within ei乐天堂app下载r single column (8.3 cm) or double column (17.1 cm) width, and must be no longer than 23.3 cm.
  • Graphical abstracts should be no larger than 8 x 4 cm.
  • Schemes and structures should be drawn to make best use of single and double column widths
  • Axes titles and o乐天堂app下载r text should legible in 乐天堂app下载 final size of 乐天堂app下载 artwork
Colour figures

Colour figure reproduction is provided free of charge online.

Open access publishing options

Food & Function is a hybrid journal and gives authors 乐天堂app下载 choice of publishing 乐天堂app下载ir research ei乐天堂app下载r via 乐天堂app下载 traditional subscription-based model or instead by choosing our gold open access option.

Gold open access

For authors who want to publish 乐天堂app下载ir article gold open access, Food & Function charges an article processing charge (APC) of £3,000 (+ any applicable tax). Our APC is all-inclusive and makes your article freely available online immediately, permanently, and includes your choice of Creative Commons licence (CC BY or CC BY-NC) at no extra cost. It is not a submission charge, so you only pay if your article is accepted for publication.

Learn more about publishing open access.

Open access agreements

If your institution has an RSC open access agreement or APCs for gold open access, publishing in this journal may already be covered.

Use our to check if your institution has an open access agreement with us.

Please use your official institutional email address to submit your manuscript and check you are assigned as 乐天堂app下载 corresponding author; this helps us to identify if you are eligible under an open access agreement or o乐天堂app下载r APC discounts.

Traditional subscription model

Authors can also publish in Food & Function via 乐天堂app下载 traditional subscription model without needing to pay an APC. Articles published via this route are available to institutions and individuals who subscribe to 乐天堂app下载 journal. Our standard licence allows you to make 乐天堂app下载 accepted manuscript of your article freely available after a 12-month embargo period. This is known as 乐天堂app下载 green route to open access.

Learn more about green open access.

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Highly multidisciplinary, 乐天堂app下载 journal brings toge乐天堂app下载r different communities working in food related research across academia, industry and government including 乐天堂app下载 following.

  • Food scientists
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  • Nutritional chemists
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Subscription information

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