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FOOD QUALITY AND PREFERENCE
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An official journal of the Sensometric Society
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Guide for Authors
Submission of Papers
Contributors must submit their manuscripts electronically via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at  http://ees.elsevier.com/fqap. This is the only method of submission.
Authors are requested to submit, with their manuscripts, the names and full contact
details (including e-mail address) of 3 potential referees.
It is the author's responsibility to ensure that papers are written in
clear and comprehensible English. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts checked
by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission. Upon request, Elsevier will direct authors to an agent who can check and improve
the English of their paper (before submission) Please contact authorsupport@elsevier.com for further information..
All papers will be independently refereed.
Submission of a paper implies that it 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,
that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out,
and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written
consent of the Publisher.
Types of Contributions
Full length articles; review articles; book reviews; letters to the Editor.
Submissions to Food Quality and Preference are limited to papers that include some form of human measurement; papers that are
limited to physical/chemical measures will not be considered.
Manuscript Preparation
General: Manuscripts must be
typewritten, double-spaced with wide margins. A font size of 12 or 10 pt is required. The corresponding author should be identified (include
a Fax number and E-mail address). Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Authors should consult a recent issue of the
journal for style if possible.The Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity. Authors should retain
a copy of their manuscript since we cannot accept responsibility for damage or loss of papers. Original manuscripts are discarded one
month after publication unless the Publisher is asked to return original material after use.
Paper Length: Manuscripts should
not normally exceed 7000 words.
Abstracts: Each paper should be provided with an abstract of about 100-150 words, reporting
concisely on the purpose and results of the paper.
Text: Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations,
Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Vitae, Figure Captions and then Tables. Do not import the Figures
or Tables into your text. Other than the cover page, every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables etc.
should be numbered; however, in the text no reference should be made to page numbers. Lines must be numbered consecutively throughout
the manuscript. The corresponding author should be identified with an asterisk and footnote. All other footnotes (except for table footnotes)
should be identified with superscript Arabic numbers. The title of the paper should unambiguously reflect its contents. Where the necessary
title exceeds 70 characters, a suggestion for an abbreviated running title should be given.
Units: The SI system should be
used for all scientific and laboratory data; if, in certain instances, it is necessary to quote other units, these should be added in
parentheses. Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius. The unit 'billion' (109 in America, 1012 in Europe)
is ambiguous and should not be used. Abbreviations for units should follow the suggestions of the British Standards publication BS 1991.
The full stop should not be included in abbreviations, for example m (not m.), ppm (not p.p.m.), '%' and '/' should be used in preference
to 'per cent' and 'per'. Where abbreviations are likely to cause ambiguity or not be readily understood by an international readership,
units should be put in full.
References: All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following
the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to the author's name (without initials) and year of publication (e.g. A Steventon, Donald
and Gladden (1994) studied the effects...' or '...similar to values reported by others (Anderson, Douglas, Morrison & Weiping, 1990)...').
For 2-6 authors all authors are to be listed at first citation. At subsequent citations use first author et al.. When there are more
than 6 authors, first author et al. should be used throughout the text. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors'
names and should be as full as possible, listing all authors, the full title of articles and journals, publisher and year. The manuscript
should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of authors' names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference
list.
References should be given in the following form:
Shallenberger, R. S. (1993) Taste chemistry. New York: Blackie
Academic and Professional.
Vannier, A., Brun, O. X., & Feinberg, M. H. (1999) Application of sensory analysis to champagne wine
characterisation and discrimination. Food
Quality and Preference, 10(2), 101-107.
Williams, A. A., & Arnold, G. M. (1984).
A new approach to sensory analysis of foods and beverages. In J. Adda, Progress in flavour research. Proceedings of the 4th Weurman
flavour research symposium (pp. 35-50). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Yaminishi, T. (1990) Bitter compounds in tea. In R. L. Rousseff, Bitterness in foods and beverages (pp. 159-167). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Citing and listing of web references.
As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (author names, dates, reference to a source publication,
etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired,
or can be included in the reference list.
Illustrations
Photographs, charts and diagrams are all to be referred to as "Figure(s)"
and should be numbered consecutively in the order to which they are referred. They should accompany the manuscript, but should not be
included within the text. All illustrations should be clearly marked with the figure number and the author's name. All figures are to
have a caption. Captions should be supplied on a separate sheet.
If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour
figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the web (e.g., ScienceDirect
and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For colour reproduction
in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. Please note: Because
of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to 'grey scale' (for the printed version should you not opt for
colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white prints corresponding to all the colour illustrations. As only one figure
caption may be used for both colour and black and white versions of figures, please ensure that the figure captions are meaningful for
both versions, if applicable.
Preparation of electronic illustrations
Submitting your artwork in an electronic format
helps us to produce your work to the best possible standards, ensuring accuracy, clarity and a high level of detail.
General points
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original artwork.
• Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or
enclose the font.
• Only use the following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol.
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Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Provide all illustrations as separate files.
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Provide captions to illustrations separately.
• Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
A detailed
guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
You are urged to visit
this site.
Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively and given a suitable caption and each table typed on a separate
sheet. Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters. No vertical rules
should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (e.g. in graphs).
Preparation of Supplementary
Data
Elsevier accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the
author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets,
sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier
Web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com.
Food Quality and Preference offers authors
the opportunity to provide data such as in-house scripts or program codes used to perform statistical calculations or simulation when
they initially submit their manuscript. These files may be used to facilitate the review process, as a reviewer may wish to test a code
used in the manuscript to see if it works.
In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data
is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format via EES (at the Attach Files
stage) together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit
our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Proofs
When your manuscript
is received at the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs are not to be regarded as 'drafts'. One set of page proofs
in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions
to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. A form
with queries from the copy editor may accompany your proofs. Please answer all queries and make any corrections or additions required.
The Publisher reserves the right to proceed with publication if corrections are not communicated. Return corrections within two working
days of receipt of the proofs. Should there be no corrections, please confirm this. Elsevier will do everything possible to get your
article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. In order to do this we need your help. When you receive the (PDF)
proof of your article for correction, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication.
Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any
less time to make your corrections, just that only one set of corrections will be accepted. Return proofs to the Log-in Department, Elsevier
Ltd., Bampfylde Street, Exeter, EX1 2AH, UK, fax +44 (0)1392 425370.
Offprints
Twenty five offprints will be supplied free
of charge. If colour is paid for within an article then 100 extra offprints will be supplied at no extra charge. Additional offprints
and copies of the issue can be ordered at a specially reduced rate using the order form sent to the corresponding author after the manuscript
has been accepted. Orders for reprints (produced after publication of an article) will incur a 50% surcharge.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see http://www.elsevier.com/locate/authorsrights).
This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter will be sent to the corresponding author confirming
receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included,
the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted
forms for use by authors in these cases: contact Elsevier, Global Rights Department, P.O. Box 800, Oxford, OX5 1DX, UK; phone: (+44)
1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com
Author Enquiries
Authors can keep a
track on the progress of their accepted article, by visiting http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle. Contact details for questions
arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided when an article is accepted for publication.
Do not contact the editors - they do not have access to this information.
Food Quality and Preference carries no page
charges
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