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General Instructions

Manuscripts to be considered for publication should be submitted in duplicate to Dr. Fergus M. Clydesdale, Editor, Department of Food Science, Chenoweth Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources and are required to sign an agreement for the transfer of copyright to the publisher. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become the property of the publisher.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Manuscripts must be typewritten and double-spaced. Times New Roman is the preferred typeface for printouts of manuscripts. Copies made by a clearly legible duplication process are preferred. All pages should be numbered consecutively, starting with the title page and including pages containing tables and figure legends. References, tables, figure legends, and furnished art should be grouped together at the end of the manuscript, and not embedded within the text.

Authors should write in clear, concise English. The responsibility for all aspects of manuscript preparation rest with the authors. Executive changes for rewriting of the manuscript will not be undertaken by the Editor.

All manuscripts should be accompanied by an abstract not to exceed 200 words as well as a list of keywords. Three to six keywords not found in the title will assist indexers in cross-indexing your article.

References and Abbreviations

Citations in the text should list the author's last name and the year in parentheses. In case of more than two authors, et al., should be used following the first author's name. In the reference list, references should be alphabetized. References should be arranged and punctuated as follows:

Aksoy, M., Erdem, S, and Dincol, G. (1976). Types of leukemia in chronic benzene poisoning. Acta Haematol. 55: 66-75.
Macaluso, P. (1969). Hydrogen sulfide. In: Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. pp. 199-201. Mark, H. F., McKetta, I. J., and Othinarm, D. J., Eds., John Wiley, New York.
Zar, J. H. (1984). Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Italic or boldface typeface should be clearly indicated, and Greek or unusual characters should be written plainly or explained by annotations. Simple fractional expressions should be written with a slant line rather than in the usual manner, so that only a single line of type is required.

Tables

Tables should be used only when they can present information more efficiently than running text. Care should be taken to avoid any arrangement that unduly increases the depth of a table, and the column heads should be made as brief as possible, using abbreviations liberally. Lines of data should not be numbered nor run numbers given unless those numbers are needed for reference in the text. Columns should not be used to contain only one or two entries, nor should the same entry be repeated numerous times consecutively. Tables should be grouped at the end of the manuscript on separate sheets.

Figures and Graphs

Figures and graphs should be carefully prepared line drawings on plain/high quality paper or scan-ready halftones. Do not embed figures, equations, or other art in the context of the text within the text of the article. All art should be submitted electronically, separate of the text, labeled, and saved in a folder as tif or jpg files. Symbols (open or closed circles, triangles, squares) and lettering (typewriter labeling is not acceptable) should be compatibly sized for optimum reproduction. All furnished art must be complete. Compound numbers and other material to appear in the copy should be lettered, not typewritten. This material will not be added to original art. Figures should be numbered in series and all captions should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. Both figures and captions should be grouped at the end of the manuscript.

Formulas and Equations

Empirical and structural formulas and mathematical and chemical equations should be arranged to fill adequately the width of a single or double column. Subscripts and especially superscripts should be written with care and exponents should be set up in a single line. All signs such as + - = < > should be spaced, but the components of mathetical products should not be spaced. Organic structural formulas should be submitted as copy suitable for direct photographic reproduction. Do not use structures when a simple formula matter can be carefully arranged and executed (preferably typewritten) with special attention to corrections of symbols, location of subscripts, superscripts, and electric charges, and the placing and close-up of single and multiple bond lines. Use a copy of the structure in the text as the point of proper citation, but when originals are provided, group these at the end of the manuscript.

Offprints/Reprints

Each corresponding author will receive one copy of the issue in which the article appears. Reprints of an individual article are available at the time authors review page proofs. A discount is available to authors who order before print publication.