Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

General Submission Information

International Journal of Food and Nutritional Health is dedicated to publishing research in food science, nutrition, and public health. While we cannot guarantee acceptance, carefully adhering to the following instructions may help your contribution have a better chance of being accepted. We recommend reviewing the About the Journal page for section policies and Author Guidelines.

 

Authors need to register through the journal site IJFNH https://journals.kau.edu.sa/index Registration using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform prior to submitting or, if already registered, they can simply log in and begin the submission process.

 

Please do not submit your paper if it is outside the scope of the journal. After preparing all submission materials in accordance with our Author Guidelines, initiate the submission procedure by going to the journal submission link. You will be required to complete a submission form.

 

For help with submissions, contact: ijfnh@kau.edu.sa

Data Protection

This journal applies a double-blind peer review process. Authors must anonymize their manuscripts to maintain anonymity from reviewers during the reviewing process.

Information such as name, affiliation, and email might be required when submitting a manuscript or reviewing for this publication. These details will be utilized for the publication's regular operations.

 

Types of Publications

The journal accepts different types of articles for publication. The manuscript’s text should be concise and comprehensive. Full experimental details may be provided as supplementary files. You will be asked to select an article type during submission. The main article types are:

 

Original Articles: Original research manuscripts with scientific soundness and significant contributions to food and nutritional health.

Reviews: Articles providing information on recent advances in a specific field. May include scoping reviews, integrative reviews, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses. Systematic reviews should follow PRISMA guidelines.

 

Manuscript Template

A standard manuscript form, double-spaced on A4-sized paper, is requested. Use 12-point Times New Roman font. Page on one side only and number consecutively.

  • Authors are requested to create an account prior to submission.
  • For submitting a manuscript, authors should prepare two separate files.

The first file should contain the following elements:

  • Title (should be brief and expressive),
  • all author information, the authors’ full name (first name, middle initial, last name)], department, faculty, institution, city and country, and email address written in English.
  • Open Researcher Contributor ID (ORCID) for each author.
  • Author Contributions: Each author is expected to have made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; or the creation of new software used in the work; or have drafted the work or substantively revised it; AND has approved the submitted version (and version substantially edited by journal staff that involves the author’s contribution to the study); For research articles with several authors, a short paragraph specifying their individual contributions must be provided. The following statements should be used "Conceptualization, X.X. and Y.Y.; Methodology, X.X.; Software, X.X.; Validation, X.X., Y.Y. and Z.Z.; Formal Analysis, X.X.; Investigation, X.X.; Resources, X.X.; Data Curation, X.X.; Writing – Original Draft Preparation, X.X.; Writing – Review & Editing, X.X.; Visualization, X.X.; Supervision, X.X.; Project Administration, X.X.; Funding Acquisition, Y.Y.”.
  • Funding: All sources of funding of the study should be disclosed. Clearly indicate grants that you have received in support of your research work and if you received funds to cover publication costs. Please add: “This research received no external funding” or “This research was funded by [name of funder] grant number [xxx]”.
  • Informed Consent Statement: Any research article describing a study involving humans should contain this statement. Please add “Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.” OR “Patient consent was waived due to REASON (please provide a detailed justification).” OR “Not applicable.” for studies not involving humans. You might also choose to exclude this statement if the study did not involve humans.
  • Acknowledgments: In this section you can acknowledge any support given which is not covered by the author contribution or funding sections. This may include administrative and technical support, or donations in kind (e.g., materials used for experiments).
  • Conflicts of Interest: Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. If there is no conflict of interest, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest.

 

For the second file, the first page must contain the research title, abstract (cannot exceed 300 words), and keywords written in English, followed by the main text including Tables and Figures, and references. Please do not include any information that would indicate the identity of the author(s) in this file.

In the interest of complete anonymity, the author(s) should also make sure that digital copies of the study are not available online.

The study should contain the following main sections:

  • Abstract: Provide structured abstract (Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusion) with no more than 300 words. No abbreviations are permitted for use in the abstract; the full terminology of word is required.
  • Key words: Below the abstract, provide three to eight key words to assist in cross-indexing the article.
  • Introduction: This section represents an overview of the phenomenon under consideration while clarifying the bases and rules used by the author to examine the discussed phenomenon, in addition to illustrates the problem or topic addressed in the current study and the aim of study.
  • Methodology: This includes design, sampling, instruments, measurements, data collection and analysis, and the ethical considerations of the study.
  • Results: Provide a concise and precise description of the results, their interpretation, tables and figures.
  • Discussion: Authors should discuss the results and how they can be interpreted in perspective of previous studies and of the working hypotheses. The findings and their implications should be discussed in the broadest context possible and limitations of the work highlighted. Future research directions may also be mentioned.
  • Conclusions: This section is not mandatory but can be added to the manuscript if the discussion is unusually long or complex.
  • Supplementary Materials: Describe any supplementary material published online alongside the manuscript (figure, tables, video, spreadsheets, etc.). Please indicate the name and title of each element as follows Figure S1: title, Table S1: title, etc.
  • References: References must be numbered in order of appearance in the text (including table captions and figure legends) and listed individually at the end of the manuscript. References should be cited according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition (https://apastyle.apa.org).

In the text, reference numbers should be placed in square brackets [ ], and placed before the punctuation; for example [1], [1–3] or [1,3]. For embedded citations in the text with pagination, use both parentheses and brackets to indicate the reference number and page numbers; for example [5] (p. 10). or [6] (pp. 101–105).

The reference list should include the full title, as recommended by the ACS style guide. Style files for Endnote and Zotero are available.

References should be described as follows, depending on the type of work:

Journal Articles:

  1. Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C.D. Title of the article. Abbreviated Journal Name Year, Volume, page range.

Books and Book Chapters:

  1. Author 1, A.; Author 2, B. Book Title, 3rd ed.; Publisher: Publisher Location, Country, Year; pp. 154–196.
  2. Author 1, A.; Author 2, B. Title of the chapter. In Book Title, 2nd ed.; Editor 1, A., Editor 2, B., Eds.; Publisher: Publisher Location, Country, Year; Volume 3, pp. 154–196.

Unpublished materials intended for publication:

  1. Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C. Title of Unpublished Work (optional). Correspondence Affiliation, City, State, Country. year, status (manuscript in preparation; to be submitted).
  2. Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C. Title of Unpublished Work. Abbreviated Journal Name year, phrase indicating stage of publication (submitted; accepted; in press).

Unpublished materials not intended for publication:

  1. Author 1, A.B. (Affiliation, City, State, Country); Author 2, C. (Affiliation, City, State, Country). Phase describing the material, year. (phase: Personal communication; Private communication; Unpublished work; etc.)

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Author 1, A.B.; Author 2, C.D.; Author 3, E.F. Title of Presentation. In Title of the Collected Work (if available), Proceedings of the Name of the Conference, Location of Conference, Country, Date of Conference; Editor 1, Editor 2, Eds. (if available); Publisher: City, Country, Year (if available); Abstract Number (optional), Pagination (optional).

Thesis:

  1. Author 1, A.B. Title of Thesis. Level of Thesis, Degree-Granting University, Location of University, Date of Completion.

Websites:

  1. Title of Site. Available online: URL (accessed on Day Month Year).

Unlike published works, websites may change over time or disappear, so we encourage you create an archive of the cited website using a service such as WebCite. Archived websites should be cited using the link provided as follows:

  1. Title of Site. URL (archived on Day Month Year).

 

Preparing Figures and Tables

All Figures and Tables should be inserted into the main text close to their first citation and must be numbered following their number of appearance (Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, etc.).

All Figures and Tables should have a short explanatory title and caption.

All table columns should have an explanatory heading. To facilitate the copy-editing of larger tables, smaller fonts may be used, but no less than 8 pt. in size. Authors should use the Table option of Microsoft Word to create tables.

Authors are encouraged to prepare figures and schemes in colour (RGB at 8-bit per channel). There is no additional cost for publishing full colour graphics.

 

Standard Writing Style

Manuscripts should be in consistent English style, spelling, and use of abbreviations. Use either American or British English consistently. Proofreading is the author’s responsibility. Non-native English speakers should consider professional editing before submission.

 

Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing

The following guidelines focus solely on the writing phase and do not pertain to the utilization of AI tools for data analysis and insights generation within the research process. In cases where authors employ generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-supported technologies during writing, it is advised that such tools are utilized to enhance the readability and linguistic quality of the content. Human oversight and control should be maintained throughout the application of these technologies, with authors diligently reviewing and editing the output, as AI has the capacity to generate text that may sound authoritative but could be inaccurate, incomplete, or biased. AI and AI-supported technologies should not be credited as authors or co-authors, nor should they be referenced as such. Authors are encouraged to disclose in their manuscript the involvement of AI and AI-supported technologies in the writing process, in accordance with the instructions provided. A statement to this effect will be included in the published material. It is important to emphasize that authors bear the ultimate responsibility and are answerable for the content of their work.