$npx -y skills add PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition --skill qas-crops-foodsAuthor-guideline skill for Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (Codon Publications, ISSN 1757-8361). Use to format or check a manuscript for this open-access journal — structure, numbered references, and figure specs. Triggers: submit to Quality Assurance and Safety of
| 1 | # Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (Codon) — Author Guideline Skill |
| 2 | |
| 3 | **Publisher:** Codon Publications · **ISSN:** 1757-8361 · **Source:** [Submissions](https://www.qascf.com/index.php/qas/about/submissions) · **Verified:** 2026-07 (confirm at source). Gold open access. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ## Aims & scope |
| 6 | Research on quality assurance and safety across the crop-to-food chain: crop quality, food safety, contaminants and residues, detection methods, processing and storage effects, authenticity, and risk. Applied and analytical work welcome. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ## Article types |
| 9 | Original Research Articles; Reviews; Short Communications. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ## Manuscript structure |
| 12 | Title page → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Materials and Methods → Results → Discussion (or combined Results and Discussion) → Conclusion → Acknowledgements → Conflict of Interest → References → Tables → Figure legends → Figures. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | - **Abstract:** unstructured, ≤250 words. |
| 15 | - **Keywords:** 4–6. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ## Reference style |
| 18 | **Numbered (Vancouver-style)** citation-sequence (confirm current Codon/journal style). In-text bracketed numbers `[1]`; numbered list with DOIs. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Example: |
| 21 | > 1. Author AB, Author CD. Title of the article. Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods. 2023;15(2):123-134. https://doi.org/10.15586/qas.vxxix.xxxx |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ## Figures & tables |
| 24 | Figures ≥300 dpi; TIFF/JPEG/PNG/EPS; RGB online; editable tables; cite in order. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | ## Submission checklist |
| 27 | - [ ] Abstract ≤250 words · [ ] 4–6 keywords · [ ] Numbered references with DOIs |
| 28 | - [ ] Conflict of Interest statement · [ ] Ethics/consent where applicable |
| 29 | - [ ] Figures ≥300 dpi · [ ] Cover letter |
| 30 | |
| 31 | ## Formatting constraints |
| 32 | ```yaml |
| 33 | journal: Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods |
| 34 | publisher: Codon Publications |
| 35 | reference_style: numbered-vancouver |
| 36 | abstract_words: 250 |
| 37 | keywords_max: 6 |
| 38 | open_access: gold |
| 39 | figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000} |
| 40 | ``` |