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pangenomeai/academic-skills-food-nutrition/elsevier-food
$npx -y skills add PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition --skill elsevier-foodShared author-guideline skill for Elsevier food-science journals (Trends in Food Science & Technology, Food Hydrocolloids, LWT, Food Research International, Food Control, Meat Science, Food Policy, Postharvest Biology & Technology, and ~20 more). Use to format or check a manuscri
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| 1 | # Elsevier Food Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill |
| 2 | |
| 3 | **Publisher:** Elsevier · **Verified:** 2026-07 · Confirm each journal's exact limits at its own *Guide for Authors* on ScienceDirect (pages block automated fetch; structure below reflects the common Elsevier template). |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Flagship journals with their own skill: **Food Chemistry** (`food-chemistry`), **Journal of Dairy Science** (`j-dairy-science`). Everything else Elsevier/food is covered here. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ## Applies to |
| 8 | |
| 9 | | Journal | Abbrev | Ref style* | Notes | |
| 10 | |---|---|---|---| |
| 11 | | Trends in Food Science & Technology | TRENDS FOOD SCI TECH | numbered | Reviews only; no original data | |
| 12 | | Food Hydrocolloids | FOOD HYDROCOLLOID | numbered | Colloid/structure focus | |
| 13 | | Food Hydrocolloids for Health | FOOD HYDROCOLL HLTH | numbered | Open access | |
| 14 | | Food Packaging and Shelf Life | FOOD PACKAGING SHELF | numbered | | |
| 15 | | Global Food Security | GLOB FOOD SECUR-AGR | author–date | Policy/economics; review-leaning | |
| 16 | | Current Opinion in Food Science | CURR OPIN FOOD SCI | author–date | Invited short reviews | |
| 17 | | Future Foods | FUTURE FOODS | numbered | Open access | |
| 18 | | Food Research International | FOOD RES INT | numbered | Broad food science | |
| 19 | | Current Research in Food Science | CURR RES FOOD SCI | numbered | Open access | |
| 20 | | Postharvest Biology and Technology | POSTHARVEST BIOL TEC | author–date | | |
| 21 | | Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies | INNOV FOOD SCI EMERG | numbered | Processing/novel tech | |
| 22 | | LWT – Food Science and Technology | LWT-FOOD SCI TECHNOL | numbered | Open access; broad | |
| 23 | | Food Control | FOOD CONTROL | numbered | Safety/quality management | |
| 24 | | Journal of Agriculture and Food Research | J AGR FOOD RES | numbered | Open access | |
| 25 | | Applied Food Research | APPL FOOD RES | numbered | Open access | |
| 26 | | Meat Science | MEAT SCI | author–date | Muscle foods | |
| 27 | | Food Policy | FOOD POLICY | author–date | Social science; longer articles | |
| 28 | | Food Bioscience | FOOD BIOSCI | numbered | | |
| 29 | | Food Structure | FOOD STRUCT-NETH | numbered | | |
| 30 | | Journal of Food Engineering | J FOOD ENG | numbered | Engineering/modelling | |
| 31 | | International Journal of Food Microbiology | INT J FOOD MICROBIOL | author–date | | |
| 32 | | Food Quality and Preference | FOOD QUAL PREFER | author–date | Sensory/consumer science | |
| 33 | | Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences | FOOD CHEM-MOL SCI | numbered | Open access | |
| 34 | | Food Microbiology | FOOD MICROBIOL | author–date | | |
| 35 | | Journal of Food Composition and Analysis | J FOOD COMPOS ANAL | numbered | Requires analytical rigor + data | |
| 36 | | Microbial Risk Analysis | MICROB RISK ANAL | author–date | QMRA modelling | |
| 37 | | Journal of Functional Foods | J FUNCT FOODS | numbered | Bioactives/health | |
| 38 | | Journal of Cereal Science | J CEREAL SCI | author–date | | |
| 39 | |
| 40 | *Ref style is the common default; **always confirm at the journal's Guide for Authors** — Elsevier lets journals choose numbered (Vancouver) or author–date (Harvard). |
| 41 | |
| 42 | ## Common Elsevier structure |
| 43 | Title page (title, authors, affiliations, corresponding author) → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Materials and methods → Results (and) Discussion → Conclusions → declarations → References → figure/table legends → figures/tables. Use **continuous line numbers** and page numbers. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | - **Abstract:** unstructured, typically ≤200–250 words (journal-specific). |
| 46 | - **Keywords:** usually up to 6. |
| 47 | - **Highlights:** separate file, **3–5 bullets ≤85 characters** each (most Elsevier journals). |
| 48 | - **Graphical abstract:** required or encouraged on most food journals. |
| 49 | - **Declarations:** Declaration of competing interest, CRediT roles, Data availability, funding, ethics where relevant. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | ## Reference styles (examples) |
| 52 | - **Numbered (Vancouver):** in-text `[1]`; list numbered by order of appearance. |
| 53 | > [1] A. Author, B. Author, Title, LWT 180 (2023) 114682. https://doi.org/10.xxxx |
| 54 | - **Author–date (Harvard):** in-text `(Author & Author, 2023)`; list alphabetical. |
| 55 | > Author, A., & Author, B. (2023). Title. *Meat Science*, 200, 109xxx. https://doi.org/10.xxxx |
| 56 | |
| 57 | Use the reference manager style pack named for the specific journal. |
| 58 | |
| 59 | ## Figures & tables |
| 60 | Vector (EPS/PDF) prefe |
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