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Author Guidelines

Scifood welcomes submissions of high-quality original research articles and review papers within the scope of the journal.

All manuscripts undergo an initial editorial assessment to evaluate scope relevance, originality, scientific quality, and compliance with ethical standards. Manuscripts that meet these criteria proceed to peer review.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that:

  • the manuscript is original and not under consideration elsewhere,
  • all listed authors meet the authorship criteria and approve the submission,
  • all necessary permissions for third-party materials have been obtained,
  • ethical approval and informed consent have been secured where applicable.

Manuscripts that do not meet the journal’s minimum scientific, ethical, or formal requirements may be rejected without external peer review (desk rejection).

Article Processing Charge (APC)

Scifood is a fully open access journal. No submission fee is charged.

An Article Processing Charge (APC) is requested only after the manuscript has successfully passed the initial editorial assessment (scope relevance, originality, and basic scientific and ethical evaluation). The peer-review process is initiated only after confirmation of APC payment.

Payment of the APC has no influence on editorial decisions, peer-review outcomes, or acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. Editorial decisions are based exclusively on scientific quality, originality, and relevance.

Authors may request an APC waiver or discount during the submission process by providing a justified request in the designated comments field. Waiver requests are evaluated independently of editorial decisions.

Detailed information on APC amounts, waivers, refunds, formatting, structure, and submission requirements is provided in the Instructions for Authors and the mandatory Article Template, which must be followed for all submissions.

Submission Preparation Checklist

By submitting a manuscript to Scifood, the authors confirm that:

  • the submission complies with the Instructions for Authors and Journal Policy,
  • the manuscript is original and not under consideration elsewhere,
  • the manuscript structure follows the Article Template,
  • all authors meet authorship criteria and approve the submission,
  • ethical approval and informed consent have been obtained where required,
  • a Data Availability / Data Access statement is included,
  • all required statements (Funding, Competing Interests, Ethical Statement, AI Statement) are provided,
  • the authors agree to the Article Processing Charge (APC) in accordance with the current APC price list published in the Instructions for Authors,
  • billing information has been provided for administrative purposes only; editorial decisions are fully independent of payment,
  • reviewer suggestions (if provided) are free of conflicts of interest,
  • the manuscript is written in clear and correct English.

Articles

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Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright of their work.

By submitting a manuscript, authors agree that:

  • the article will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0),
  • the journal is granted the right of first publication,
  • reuse and self-archiving are permitted under the terms of the license with proper attribution.

Full details are provided in the License to Publish.

Privacy Statement

Scifood is committed to protecting the personal data of its users in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR) and Act No. 18/2018 Coll. of the Slovak Republic on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended.

 

Data Controller

The data controller is:

HACCP Consulting s.r.o.
Slivková 12, 951 01 Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce, Slovakia
Company ID (IČO): 55118771
VAT ID: SK2121871257
Registered in the Commercial Register of the District Court of Nitra, Slovakia, Section Sro, Insert No. 59185/N
Official journal website: https://scifood.eu
Publisher website: https://www.haccp.sk

 

Personal Data Collected

The journal collects and processes personal data provided voluntarily by users, including authors, reviewers, and editors, such as:

  • names,
  • affiliations,
  • email addresses,
  • phones,
  • ORCID identifiers,
  • contact details,
  • authorship and contribution information.

 

Purpose of Data Processing

Personal data are processed exclusively for legitimate journal-related purposes, including:

  • manuscript submission and peer review,
  • editorial communication,
  • publication of articles and metadata,
  • journal administration and archiving,
  • indexing and abstracting services.

Personal data will not be used for commercial marketing purposes and will not be shared with third parties for purposes unrelated to scholarly publishing.

 

Legal Basis for Processing

Personal data are processed on the basis of:

  • the performance of a contract (provision of publication and editorial services),
  • compliance with legal obligations,
  • the legitimate interest of the journal in scholarly publishing,
  • explicit consent provided by the user where required.

By registering with the journal and submitting a manuscript, users acknowledge and agree to the processing of their personal data for these purposes.

 

Data Sharing and Indexing

Published articles and associated metadata (including author names, affiliations, and contact information as required by publishing standards) may be shared with:

  • indexing and abstracting services (e.g., SCOPUS, Crossref),
  • libraries and archiving services,
  • public repositories.

Such sharing is limited to what is necessary for scholarly communication and is carried out in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

 

Data Retention

Personal data related to submitted and published articles are retained for the duration necessary to fulfil publication, archiving, and indexing obligations.
Due to the nature of scholarly publishing, personal data included in published articles, metadata, and external indexing databases cannot be fully deleted after publication.

 

Rights of Data Subjects

In accordance with GDPR, users have the right to:

  • access their personal data,
  • request rectification of inaccurate data,
  • request restriction of processing,
  • object to processing where applicable,
  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

Requests concerning personal data protection may be submitted in writing to the data controller.

 

Data Security

The journal implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.