Submission
Submission Preparation Checklist
- Starting from January 2022, all new submissions will be subjected to processing fees of 300$.
The processing time will be 2 to 3 months. Once you submit your article, you will receive an email with the money transaction details. Please pay attention to the emails in your spam folder. - The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- You have read the journal template carefully and followed all the requirements when creating the final layout of your article.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Author Guidelines: FOFJ Template
Research papers should comprise four sections: Title page, abstract (350 words), main body (introduction, theoretical framework, methodology, findings and discussion, conclusion [with recommendation]), and references.
General structure
- The full paper should be 8 to 10 pages excluding the title page, abstract, references and annexe.
- The preferred font of the journal is Cambria. The font size and space varies from section to section. See below.
- The referencing style to be used is APA (American Psychological Association), sixth edition.
- All documents should be submitted as MS Word 2010 ‘doc’ file.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
Following the COPE guidelines, if any AI tool (such as ChatGPT) is used in any part of the manuscript, including: the writing of the manuscript, full or partial generation of images used in the manuscript, collecting data, or analysing data, the authors must fully disclose this in the Acknowledgements section, and also state in the Materials and Methods section how the AI tool was used, which tool was used, and what parts of the text or images were affected. Note that an AI tool cannot be listed as an author of a manuscript.
Title
Author(s) name(s)
Wimal Rohana*, Department of Food Science, University of Kassel, Germany
E-mail: food@imaginaryaddresss.com
(*means the corresponding author)
The font size is 12pt, central. Any description of authors should be given as an endnote on the first page.
Abstract and keywords
A maximum of six keywords should be given below the abstract in bold and italic (Font size 11pt)
Main content
- The main content should be structured using subtitles including introduction, literature review, case study or theoretical discussion, findings and conclusion. The font size of subtitle is bold in 13pt.
- Minor titles can be used under the subtitles. The font size of minor titles is 12pt and bold.
- The text should be in 12pt with space 1.0.
- Also please avoid using footnotes. If you have endnotes for further explanations, you are recommended to place them after the conclusion.
- The journal language is English (UK). You can easily set the language by highlighting the text of the entire document (Ctrl A) and selecting UK (English).
- Authors are advised to follow citation as in APA 6th system (see below).
- In the text, please set the text wrapping on the inserted figures at “In line with text” and set its alignment to the centre. Please, do not use low-quality photos or diagrams.
- After the conclusion, you may add the “Acknowledgement”.
Referencing
You can see more details about APA 6th system from the following links.
http://www.apastyle.org
https://www.ltu.se/cms_fs/1.78649!/file/APA_6th_ed.pdf
You are highly recommended to use a citation program for better citation outlook.
For example citavi 4® at http://www.citavi.com/en/download.html
Examples of how the references are to be listed is given below.
References
Book:
Deb, D. (2009). Beyond developmentality: Constructing inclusive freedom and sustainability. New Delhi: Daanish Books.
Peet, R., & Hartwick, E. (2009). Theories of development: Contentions, arguments, alternatives (2nd ed.). London: The Guilford Press.
Edited Book:
Munda, R. D., & Mullick, S. B. (Eds.). (2003). Jharkhand movement. Indigenous peoples’ struggle for autonomy in India. Copenhagen: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.
Chapter in an Edited book:
Sreedevi, T. K., & Wani, S. P. (2009). Integrated farm management practices and upscaling the impact for increased productivity of rainfed systems. In S. P. Wani, J. Rockström, & T. Oweis (Eds.), Rainfed agriculture: Unlocking the potential (pp. 222-257). Wallingford: CAB International.
Journal Article:
Huang, B., Shi, X., Yu, D., Öborn, I., Blombäck, K., Pagella, T. F., Wang, H., Sun, W., & Sinclair, F. L. (2006). Environmental assessment of small-scale vegetable farming systems in peri-urban areas of the Yangtze River Delta Region, China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 112(4), 391-402. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2005.08.037
Website – Magazine, Journal or Newspaper Article:
Ross, A. (2017, August 22). UK condemned over ‘shocking’ export of deadly weedkiller to poorer countries. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/22/uk-condemned-shocking-export-deadly-weedkiller-poorer-countries-paraquat
Technical and research reports:
FAO. (2019). The state of the world’s biodiversity for food and agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/3/CA3129EN/CA3129EN.pdf
Unpublished symposium:
Birkenberg, A., & Birner, R. (2016, September 18). Carbon neutral certified coffee as an innovation for solidarity with future generations. In R. Mansberger (Chair), Climate change, remote sensing and GIS tools. Oral presentation conducted at Tropentag 2016, Vienna, Austria. Retrieved from http://www.tropentag.de/2016/abstracts/abstracts.php#Subgroup_3c
Internet Data or Report:
FAO (2014). What are the environmental benefits of organic agriculture? Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/organicag/oa-faq/oa-faq6/en/
For more details
Please follow for further information on enriched web learning page on APA citation style by The Library of the Cornel University, USA at
https://www.library.cornell.edu/research/citation/apa
Reports and Analysis, Book Reviews and submissions for the Alternative Views section (video/photography/prose/poetry/art)
Managing Editors
Email: managingeditors@fofj.org
Postal address
Future of Food: Journal on Food, Agriculture and Society
c/o Prof. Dr. Angelika Ploeger
University of Kassel
Specialized Partnerships in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty
Nordbahnhofstrasse 1a
D-37213 Witzenhausen, Germany
Telephone: +49 5542 98-1722
Fax: +49 5542 98-1713