The journal accepts original research papers and review articles, for exclusive publication with the approval of the Editor-in-Chief.

• For Research articles: Original full-length research articles that have not previously been published should not exceed 8000 words from introduction to conclusion (not counting references) combined - additional tables and figures can be submitted as supplementary material. There should be no more than 40 references in a research paper.
• For Review articles: will be accepted in areas of topical interest, will normally focus on literature published over the previous five years, and should not exceed 10,000 words from introduction to conclusion (not including references). Review articles should not contain more than 80 references.

The Guide to Contributors should be followed by authors in order to properly format their paper. The manuscript, title page information, figure(s), and/or table(s) should all be uploaded in a single word processing document.

Language - Manuscripts submitted should be written in clear and understandable English. It is the author's obligation to check for grammatical and spelling errors.

Originality - When submitting a publication to Food Technology Research Journal, the author must ensure that the manuscript for the journal must be an original work. The paper                               should be checked for plagiarism.

• < 25% Pass
• > 25% reject

- The authors must provide at least FOUR possible reviewers together with their full contact information, areas of expertise, and system and cover letter submissions. It's encouraged for authors to recommend reviewers from different universities.

Publication fees

• 1500 L.E for Egyptian Researchers
• 100 USD for Foreign Researchers

The authors must provide at least FOUR possible reviewers together with their full contact information, areas of expertise, and system and cover letter submissions. It's encouraged for authors to recommend reviewers from different universities.

Title - Concise and should be written in lower case with the first word capitalized.

Names and affiliations of the authors

• Please ensure that all authors’ names are correctly spelled. Authors’ names should be abbreviated and arrange as last name first, followed by given names in initials.
• Present the authors’ affiliation addresses below the names. Indicate all affiliations with number superscripts, before the author’s name and in front of the appropriate address.
• Please provide full postal address of each affiliation.

- Request authors to kindly submit their manuscript with continuous line numbers.

The manuscript should be divided into the following sections:

a) Abstract

• Provides essential information which includes stating the purpose of the research, the principal results, and main conclusions.
• It should be intelligible without reference to the paper itself.
• Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

b) Keywords – A minimum of 3 keywords and a maximum of only 6 words are allowed indicating the essentials of the research work. Separate the keywords with commas.

c) Introduction – Provides the aim of the investigation and a brief statement of previous relevant work with references.

d) Materials and Methods – Only new techniques need to be described in detail for reproducibility. Known or published methods must have adequate reference. Relevant modifications should be described.

e) Results and Discussions

• Clear and concise.
• Presentation of results with tables and figures may improve its clarity.
• Discussion – Explains the significance of the results. Note: Results and Discussion can be separated or combined.

g) Conclusion – Summary of results interpretation with suggested recommendations. The conclusion should not merely repeat points made in the preceding sections.

h) Acknowledgement – Should be kept to the absolute minimum

i)Table and Figures:

• Should be displayed on separate pages in the manuscript after the reference section.
• Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text.
• Tables are captioned on top of the table body and place any table notes below the table body with proper indications to the contents in the table body (if needed).
• Figures are captioned at the bottom of the figures. Scanned or digital photographs should be in high resolution.

References:

• Citation in text References should be cited in the text by the author.
• All references in the text must be listed at the end of the paper, with the names of authors arranged alphabetically, and titles of papers given.
• All references should be arranged alphabetically by author’s name, listing all authors, the full title of articles and journals, publisher, and year. Please note that journal names are not to be abbreviated. The references in text and in the list of the manuscript should be cross.

Examples

1. Journal

Goodwin, J. (2009) ‘Whatever happened to the young workers? Change and transformation in 40 years of work’, Journal of Education and Work, 22(5), pp. 417-431.

2. Book

• Connel, J. J. 1990. Control of fish quality. 2nd ed. London: Fishing News Books.
• Miriam S. 2005. Quality Enhancement in Food Processing Through HACCP. 2nd ed. Tokyo: Asian Productivity Organization.

3. Chapter in Book

Hart, R. J. 1998. Food Science and the transport of food. In Heap, R., Kierstan, M. and Ford, G. (Eds). Food Transportation, p. 1-21. London: Thomson Science.

4. Conference

Jinap, S. and Yusof, S. 1994. Development of juice from cocoa pulp. In Jinap, S., Bong, C.L., Tan, K.L. and Wan Rahimah, W.I. (Eds). Proceeding of the Malaysian International Conference, p. 351. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Cocoa Board.

Author Inquiries

• Please send any inquiries to ftrj2022@outlook.com.
• Corresponding author will be provided with PDF copy of the manuscript.

You can download the guide line template from here.