Author Guidelines
J.Food Pharm. Sci. is a periodic scientific publication, which is published three times a year. J.Food Pharm. Sci. uses a peer-review system in the selection of papers. J.Food Pharm. Sci. receives the publication article about research results, surveys, and literature reviews which is closely related to the field of food and pharmaceutical sciences. The article published is the result of selection that has been approved by Editors Board. It also has never appeared in another publication.
J. Food Pharm. Sci accepts review articles, original reserach articles and short communications in English. The journal includes various fields of pharmaceuticals sciences such as Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmacokinetics, Community and Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Biology, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Technology, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Regulatory Affairs and Pharmaceutical Marketing Research, and Alternative medicines
The article is written in English with Arial font number 12 and compiled systematically.
• Original research articles – original research papers which have not been published previously and should not exceed 3000 words (including allowance for no more than 6 tables and figures or other illustrations).
• Review articles – will be taken into account for publication in the field of the journal’s scope. The review should not exceed 12,000 words (including allowance for no more than 6 tables and figures or other illustrations).
• Short communications – Short communications of up to 1500 words, describing work that may be of a preliminary nature but which merits immediate publication
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The manuscripts should be divided into the following sections:
(a) An abstract (maximal 200 words) embodying the main conclusion and giving the essential information.
(b) Introduction – should give the research objective and a brief statement of previous relevant work with references;
(c) Material and Methods
(d) Results and Discussion
(e) Conclusion
(f) Acknowledgement – if any, and should be kept to the absolute minimum;
(g) References.
The article is written in English with Arial font number 12, double space, maximal 10 pages and with margin 4, 4, 3 and 3 from top, left, bottom and right, respectively. In general, the contents should comprise of Abstract accompanied with 3 -5 key words, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement and References.
All illustrations including figures, charts and graphs, must be labeled (in the bottom), numbered (1, 2, 3 etc) and supplied on separate pages from the text. The desired placement in the text should be clearly indicated. These illustrations should be referred to and numbered serial, as figures. All illustrations should be clearly drawn in permanent ink or photographed in sharp black and white and reproduced in the form of high – contrast glossy prints or digital images and provided in camera ready form.
References in the text should be denoted by giving the name(s) of the author(s). All alphabetically ordered references list should be included at the end of the manuscript. All references cited in the text must appear in the reference list. Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all information in the reference.
The journal names in the References section need to be abbreviated as per the journal guidelines. Use the following link to search for journal abbreviations: http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/coden/
For example,
Journal article
Kachrimanis, K., Rontogianni, M. And Malamataris, S. 2010. Simultaneous quantitative analysis of mebendazole polymorphs A–C in powder mixtures by DRIFTS spectroscopy and ANN modeling. J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 51: 512–520.
Article in Press:
Lukitaningsih, E., Saadah, M., Purwanto, and Rohman, A.. 2012. Quantitative analysis of lard in lotion cosmetics formulation using FTIR spectroscopy and partial least square calibration. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. DOI. 10.1007/s11746-012-2052-8.
Book chapters:
Che Man, Y.B., Syahariza, Z.A., and Rohman, A. 2010. Chapter 1. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy: development, techniques, and application in the analyses of fats and oils, in Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, edited by Oliver J. Ress, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA. pp 1 – 26.
Books:
Miller, J.N. and Miller, J.C. 2005. Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry. 5th ed. Pearson Education Limited, Edinburgh Gate Harlow, England. pp. 213 – 239.
Thesis
Ritmaleni, L., 2004, Application of spiro-epoxide in synthesising biologically important targets, Thesis, University of Bristol, UK
Internet
Wilson, D., 20 November 1995. Summary of Citing Internet Sites. NETTRAIN Discussion List, (Online), (NETTRAIN@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu, accessed 22 November 1995)
Copyright Notice
Submission of an original manuscript to the journal will be taken to mean that is represents original work not previously published, that it is not being considered elsewhere for publication
PROOFS
Proofs will be sent by Fax/E-mail to the correspondence author and are expected to proofread the article carefully. The corrected proof should be received by the administration within two working days.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION FEE
Author whose manuscript is accepted for publication is free of charges.
