Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
Submission guidelines
Instructions for Authors
Types of Papers
The JCF welcomes high quality research papers presenting novel data in the fields of food, feed, commodities, crop protection products, veterinary drugs, genetic engineering and consumer protection. After peer review, new data in these areas are published as RESEARCH ARTICLES, SHORT COMMUNICATIONS and METHODS. Research papers will be accepted that have not been published previously. The JCF also accepts REVIEW ARTICLES after successful peer review.
The JCF also publishes EDITORIALS, OPINION ARTICLES, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS, and EVENTS AND NEWS which are not undergoing a peer review.
All submissions in JCF undergo an initial editorial review. The general format for all peer review manuscript types is identical but varies for Editorials, Opinion Articles, Announcements and Reports, and Events and News. The selection is based on the content of the manuscript and will be decided by the editorial office. However, authors are invited to select an appropriate type of paper and draft the manuscript according to the listed criteria. Due to limited space in JCF, all manuscript types are also limited in terms of their length.
General format for peer review articles
Manuscript sections should be presented in the following order:
Title page with abstract and keywords,
Introduction,
Material and methods (except for Short Communications),
Results,
Discussion (or Results and discussion in one section),
Conclusions,
Acknowledgment,
References,
Tables, Figure legends and Figures.
German articles should contain an English title, abstract, and keywords.
Important: Data that are not essential for understanding the content of the paper should be included only as supplementary data.
RESEARCH ARTICLES (original research, peer-reviewed) generally contain extensive advances and/or analyses. The maximal length is 28,000 characters including spaces and references but without tables and figures. The abstract should contain no more than 250 words (self-explanatory and without abbreviations). The reference list should have maximally 50 citations.
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS (original research, peer-reviewed) are concise and independent short articles representing new significant contributions. The maximal length is 14,000 characters including spaces, tables, figures and references. The abstract should contain no more than 150 words (self-explanatory and without abbreviations). The reference list should have maximally 10 citations. No sub-structures (sub-headings) are permitted. Data concerning materials and methods should be included as supplementary data.
METHODS (original research, peer-reviewed) are manuscripts focusing on novel methodology. The maximal length is 21,000 characters including spaces and references but without tables and figures. The abstract should contain no more than 150 words (self-explanatory and without abbreviations)
REVIEW ARTICLES (peer-reviewed) including meta-analyses are critical evaluations of material that has previously been published. The maximal length is 35,000 characters including spaces and references but without tables and figures. The abstract should contain no more than 250 words (self-explanatory and without abbreviations). An appropriate chapter structure should be given. No supplementary data is permitted.
General information for Editorial, Opinion articles, Announcements and Reports, and Events and News sections
Editorial, Opinion Articles, Announcements and Reports, and Events and News sections feature lively articles that present the author's opinion and insights regarding current research or other topics of interest to scientists and/or administration staff. The articles and content can either be invited by the Editors or unsolicited manuscripts; suggestions for topics and authors are welcomed. The editorial office of JCF decides about acceptance, changes or rejection.
EDITORIALS are short, invited opinion pieces that discuss an issue of immediate importance to the research community. Editorials should have a maximum length of 8,000 characters (including spaces), no abstract, no more than five references, and no figures or tables.
OPINION ARTICLES present in-depth analysis of current issues such as policy, regulatory, educational, and legislative topics. Appropriate topics include discussions of methods, one or a cluster of recently published papers or a current research topic of great interest in which an author's perspective sheds an incisive light on key findings in research. Opinions should not exceed 15,000 characters including spaces in total (including abstract, main text, references and figure legends). They should have a short pithy title, a three-sentenced abstract, no more than 10 references, and one figure (with figure legend) or table.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS are short contributions concerning administrative surveillance or other administrative activities. The articles can also spotlight recent research findings or policy issues related to a research field and should inform our interdisciplinary readership about exciting scientific developments in the author's area of expertise. The maximal length is 18,000 characters (including spaces, abstract, main text, references and figure legend). They should have a short pithy title, abstract of 100 words or less, no more than 15 references, and 1 or 2 figures (with figure legends) or tables.
EVENTS AND NEWS are various contributions that discuss meeting highlights or books. Maximal length is 10,000 characters (including space characters abstract, main text, references). They should have a short pithy title, a three-sentence abstract, no more than 5 references, and one figure (with figure legend) or table.
Editorial Procedures
Editorial Policy
The Journal of consumer protection and food safety (JCF) reports consumer protection related aspects from all fields of food and feed, crop protection compounds, veterinary drugs and gene technology. Contributions must be of general interest and not only addressed to a specialized readership. JCF encourages contributions with an interdisciplinary approach.
JCF accepts
problem-oriented full-length research papers,
concise review articles,
short communications,
methods,
opinion articles,
editorial, commentaries, announcements and reports, events and news.
Contributions from all over the world are welcome and will be published in English or German. Evaluation of the contributions is conducted by reviewers and the editor decides about acceptance, changes or rejection. No changes will be made without the approval of the author.
Manuscript Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
Online Submission
Please follow the hyperlink “Submit manuscript” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
Please ensure you provide all relevant editable source files. Failing to submit these source files might cause unnecessary delays in the review and production process.
Authorship Policy
Authorship should incorporate and should be restricted to those who have contributed substantially to the work in one or more of the following categories:
o Conceived of or designed study
o Performed research
o Analyzed data
o Contributed new methods or models
o Wrote the paper
Specific remarks
Reviewers
You can make suggestions for colleagues that are capable of reviewing your manuscript; you have also the opportunity to exclude reviewers.
English Language Support
For editors and reviewers to accurately assess the work presented in your manuscript you need to ensure the English language is of sufficient quality to be understood. If you need help with writing in English you should consider:
Getting a fast, free online grammar check.
Asking a colleague who is proficient in English to review your manuscript for clarity.
Visiting the English language tutorial which covers the common mistakes when writing in English.
Using a professional language editing service where editors will improve the English to ensure that your meaning is clear and identify problems that require your review. Two such services are provided by our affiliates Nature Research Editing Service and American Journal Experts. Springer authors are entitled to a 10% discount on their first submission to either of these services, simply follow the links below.
Free online grammar check
English language tutorial
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Please note that the use of a language editing service is not a requirement for publication in this journal and does not imply or guarantee that the article will be selected for peer review or accepted.
If your manuscript is accepted it will be checked by our copyeditors for spelling and formal style before publication.
Title Page
Please make sure your title page contains the following information.
Title
The title should be concise and informative.
Author information
The name(s) of the author(s)
The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state), country
A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author
If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)
If address information is provided with the affiliation(s) it will also be published.
For authors that are (temporarily) unaffiliated we will only capture their city and country of residence, not their e-mail address unless specifically requested.
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