Annals. Food Science and Technology 2017

Instructions for Authors

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere and its publication is approved by all authors. If the article will be accepted, it will not be published elsewhere including electronically in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.

The language of publication: English, since this is the universal language of science. The manuscript, translated in English ("spellchecked" and "grammar-checked") must be the final version according to the following instructions:

The page setup will be: A4 with margins: top 2,5 cm, bottom 2,5 cm, left 2 cm, right 2 cm, header 1,25 cm, footer 1,25 cm. Notice that the header and footer are different for the odd and even pages. It is strongly recommended an even number of pages, no longer than 6 - 1 0 pages. Text will be written with TNR 12 font, single spaced, distributed in the following sections: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, References.

Paper title should be written with capitals, TNR 12, bold, centered. It must be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

Author(s) names and affiliations: author(s) full names will be written under title paper with TNR 11, centered, and will be preceded by a space. The family name must be indicate clearly (TNR 11, Bold). The affiliation contact address for the corresponding author will be written after one space with TNR 10, centered Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a superscript number immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of the corresponding author.

Abstract should be written in English languages with TNR 10 Italic, Justify, after 3 spaces, should count among 200-250 words and have a structured form, i.e. reflect structure of an article (background, material and methods, results, conclusion). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. Keywords: bellow the abstract, preceded by 1 space, will be written keywords (minimum 5 terms) in TNR 10 Normal Justify. Key words should not repeat the title of the manuscript.

The text (Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, References) will be written with TNR 12, Normal Justify, in one column, after four spaces under the keywords.

Introduction should provide a clear statement of the problem, the relevant literature on the subject and the proposed approach or solution.

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Results and Discussion should be presented with clarity and precision and should be explained, but largely without referring to the literature and should interpret the findings in view of the results obtained. Conclusion section contains a few sentences at the end of the paper and concludes the results and discussions.

Acknowledgments Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., writing assistance or proof reading the article, providing language help, etc.).

Illustrations and tables should be progressively numbered, following the order cited in the text. Any tables and figures that are included in the main text of the paper should be numbered separately, in the sequence that they are mentioned in the text. The same data should not be presented in both table and graph form. Figures should be saved as JPEG, TIFF or EPS. Scanned figures (in JPEG and TIFF formats) should have a resolution of 300 dpi (halftone) or 600 to 1200 dpi (line drawings) in relation to the reproduction size.

Formula should be clearly written and well separated from the text. Each formula should occupy one line. Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

References (minimum 10) should be presented in consecutive order (as they are cited in the text) and should follow the models: Author's family Name, surname’s initial, the title of the article, the volume in bold type letters, the number of the issue, the year of its publishing and the page (references of article) and the name of the author(s) (with their initials) in capslock, the title of the book, the edition number in arabic digits, the number of the volume or tome (bold), the publishing house, the publishers, the city where it was published, the year and the page (references of book). In the text, a reference identified by means of an author‘s name should be followed by the date of the reference in parentheses. When there are more than two authors, only the first author‘s name should be mentioned, followed by ’et al‘. In the event that an author cited has had two or more works published during the same year, the reference, both in the text and in the reference list, should be identified by a lower case letter like ’a‘ and ’b‘ after the date to distinguish the works. Each citation item should be placed in a separate paragraph. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. All references mentioned in the Reference list must be cited in the text, and vice versa. Web references: as a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given.

For submitting a research paper, you can use: 1. Address for submission: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

2. Postal address for submission (Editorial Office): Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Food Science, 18-24 Unirii Bd., 130082, Târgovişte, Romania

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