$npx -y skills add PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition --skill foods-mdpiShared author-guideline skill for MDPI food & nutrition journals: Foods, Antioxidants, Toxins. Use to format or check a manuscript for an MDPI food journal — the MDPI template structure, abstract/keyword limits, numbered MDPI/ACS-style references, and figure specs. Triggers: subm
| 1 | # MDPI Food Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill |
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| 3 | **Publisher:** MDPI · **Verified:** 2026-07 · Sources: [Foods instructions](https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/instructions), [Antioxidants](https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antioxidants/instructions), [Toxins](https://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxins/instructions). All Gold open access; use the MDPI Word/LaTeX template. |
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| 5 | ## Applies to |
| 6 | | Journal | Abbrev | Scope | |
| 7 | |---|---|---| |
| 8 | | Foods | FOODS | Broad food science & technology | |
| 9 | | Antioxidants | ANTIOXIDANTS-BASEL | Antioxidants, oxidative stress (food/health) | |
| 10 | | Toxins | TOXINS | Toxins incl. mycotoxins/food-safety toxicology | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | ## Article types |
| 13 | Article, Review, Communication, plus Perspective/Opinion, Case Report, Protocol. Special Issues are central to MDPI; note the target Special Issue if any. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ## Manuscript structure (MDPI template) |
| 16 | Numbered sections: 1. Introduction → 2. Materials and Methods → 3. Results → 4. Discussion → 5. Conclusions. Followed by: Supplementary Materials, Author Contributions, Funding, Institutional Review Board Statement, Informed Consent Statement, Data Availability Statement, Acknowledgments, Conflicts of Interest, References. |
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| 18 | - **Abstract:** single paragraph, **≤200 words**. |
| 19 | - **Keywords:** 3–10 (aim for ~5). |
| 20 | - **Author Contributions:** CRediT taxonomy, required. |
| 21 | - All the statement sections above are **mandatory** in the MDPI template (state "not applicable" where relevant). |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ## Reference style |
| 24 | **Numbered, MDPI/ACS style.** In-text bracketed numbers `[1]`, `[2,3]` in order of appearance; numbered list. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Example: |
| 27 | > 1. Author, A.B.; Author, C.D. Title of the article. *Foods* **2023**, *12*, 1234. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12xxxxxx |
| 28 | |
| 29 | (Author names as Last, F.M.; journal name italic; year bold; volume italic.) |
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| 31 | ## Figures & tables |
| 32 | Figures ≥300 dpi (≥1000 dpi for line art); place near first citation; MDPI adds figure/table numbering; editable tables; all figures/tables cited in order. Provide high-res originals. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | ## Submission checklist |
| 35 | - [ ] MDPI template, numbered sections · [ ] Abstract ≤200 words · [ ] 3–10 keywords |
| 36 | - [ ] All mandatory statement sections completed (IRB, consent, data availability, conflicts, funding, contributions) |
| 37 | - [ ] Numbered MDPI-style references with DOIs · [ ] Figures ≥300 dpi |
| 38 | - [ ] Cover letter · [ ] Suggested reviewers (MDPI requests several) |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ## Also covers — MDPI nutrition journals |
| 41 | Same MDPI template (numbered MDPI style, mandatory statement sections). |
| 42 | |
| 43 | | Journal | Abbrev | Scope | |
| 44 | |---|---|---| |
| 45 | | Nutrients | NUTRIENTS | Human nutrition, diet, health | |
| 46 | | Dietetics | DIETETICS-BASEL | Dietetics (OA) | |
| 47 | | Obesities | OBESITIES-BASEL | Obesity (OA) | |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ## Formatting constraints |
| 50 | ```yaml |
| 51 | publisher: MDPI |
| 52 | scope: food & nutrition |
| 53 | reference_style: numbered-mdpi |
| 54 | abstract_words: 200 |
| 55 | keywords: {min: 3, max: 10} |
| 56 | mandatory_statements: [author_contributions, funding, irb, informed_consent, data_availability, conflicts_of_interest] |
| 57 | open_access: gold |
| 58 | figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000} |
| 59 | ``` |