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Journals in Food standards laws and regulations

Food Control

  • ISSN: 0956-7135
  • 5 Year impact factor: 5.4
  • Impact factor: 5.6
An official scientific journal of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST) and the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST).Food Control is an international journal that publishes manuscripts resulting from original scientific investigation into significant food safety and food quality concerns and preventative control measures that improve public health. Manuscripts submitted to this journal should document the problem of concern, proper hypothesis, experimental design, data analysis, and interpretation of the observed results, supported by relevant statistical analysis. The research should have an international scope, not limiting to local issues.The journal focuses on postharvest human food safety and quality issues and welcomes submissions related to the areas of interest listed below: Microbial contaminants and food safety - causes and control measures, including isolation, detection, and intervention methodsChemical and biochemical contaminants (mycotoxins included) - causes and control measures, including isolation, detection, and intervention methodsFood safety preventative control measures, including process development, HACCP, food safety objectives, quality assurance, and good manufacturing practicesFood safety risk assessmentCodes of practice, legislation and international harmonizationConsumer training and educationFood Authentication and TraceabilityThe scope of Food Control is comprehensive and includes original research papers, authoritative reviews, short communications, comment articles that report on new developments in food control, and position papers.The work described should be innovative either in the approach or in the methods used. The significance of the results either for the science community or for the food industry must also be specified. Contributions that do not fulfil these requirements will not be considered for review and publication.Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support Center.
Food Control

Food Quality and Preference

  • ISSN: 0950-3293
  • 5 Year impact factor: 5.3
  • Impact factor: 4.9
A journal devoted to sensory, consumer and behavioural research in food and non-food products.An official journal of the Sensometric Society and the official journal of the European Sensory Science Society Food Quality and Preference is a journal devoted to sensory, consumer and behavioural research in food and non-food products. It publishes original research, critical reviews, and short communications in sensory and consumer science, and sensometrics. In addition, the journal publishes special invited issues on important timely topics and from relevant conferences. These are aimed at bridging the gap between research and application, bringing together authors and readers in consumer and market research, sensory science, sensometrics and sensory evaluation, nutrition and food choice, as well as food research, product development and sensory quality assurance. 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 or the routine application of sensory, consumer or econometric analysis will not be considered unless they specifically make a novel scientific contribution in line with the journal's coverage as outlined below.The journal's coverage includes:Sensory and motivational studiesFood choice studies of cultural, sensory and environmental factorsInnovative consumer and market researchGeographical, cultural and individual differences in perception and preferencesHealth and wellbeing studiesMathematical modelling in relation to acceptability and food qualitySensometric analyses and models of sensory and acceptance parametersConsumer psychology and behavior, including the study of emotionsConsumer-driven product developmentProduct experience and contextual influencesMethodological papers on personal care and other consumer productsBenefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support Center
Food Quality and Preference