GIDA-The Journal of Food is a peer-reviewed journal where the original research and review articles in the field of food science and technology are published. The journal is published bimonthly by the Food Technology Association (Kavaklıdere, Ankara, Turkey). The journal established the following guidelines to improve the scientific quality of the journal.

Editorial Policy

General Guidelines stated in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers are followed by all papers submitted to GIDA-The Journal of Food. The authors are highly recommended to read the Journal’s Instructions to Authors before submission. They should also follow the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be Published in English. For any research involving human or animal data, the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors should be followed by the authors of the manuscripts.

Peer-review policy

All submissions are evaluated according to the criteria of originality and quality of their scientific content.

· All manuscripts go through an initial checking process (technical and overall quality evaluation) in the editorial office followed by an internal review by the technical and scientific editors.

· After the first evaluation, editors have the right to decline a formal review of a manuscript if it is (i) on a topic outside the scope of the Journal, (ii) lacking technical merit, (iii) fragmentary, and provides marginally incremental results or (iv) poorly written.

· If the manuscript is considered suitable for further evaluation, manuscripts are single-blind-reviewed by a peer review system involving at least two independent reviewers to ensure the high quality of manuscripts accepted for publication.

· If requested, the revised version is evaluated by the reviewers, and editors make a decision about final acceptance based on their suggestions. If necessary, further revisions can be asked to fulfill all the requirements of the reviewers.

· The final version is then sent to the technical editor in order to produce a galley proof, and the authors receive this proof for a final check before publishing.

· All manuscripts are posted online as pdf files in their final form, indexed in databases with the assigned DOI numbers.

Confidentiality

Editors handle all papers submitted to Akademik GIDA in strict confidence. With the exception of reviewers, they do not disclose any information regarding submissions to third parties, unless in case of suspected misconduct, where COPE recommendations are followed. Submissions are also confidential for reviewers and they are not allowed to share or distribute any part of the manuscripts which they receive for evaluation to third parties. For a case of suspected misconduct, reviewers are encouraged to contact the editorial office immediately in a confidential manner. Reviewers can also recommend a particular course of action in their confidential comments to the editor, following the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers. GIDA-The Journal of Food conducts a single-blind peer review process, i.e. the names of the reviewers are confidential to ensure the critical evaluation of the work. Reviewers are asked not to disclose their names or contact details in their comments for authors.

Authorship

An author is an individual who substantially contributed to the idea or design of research, acquisition of data, analysis or interpretation of data, and was involved in drafting, writing, or revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. Other contributors should be mentioned in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and cannot be considered as authors of the study. Correct and full names of all authors and their ORCID IDs should be on the title page of the manuscript. Names of authors must be supplemented with their affiliations and a valid address of the corresponding author. The phone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses of the corresponding author should be stated on the first page of the manuscript. All authors must guarantee that the submitted manuscript is not published anywhere previously and will not be submitted anywhere before the editorial board makes a final decision on the manuscript.

Funding sources

Details for all funding sources of the research must be stated in the Acknowledgements section. Authors should provide the full official funding agency name(s) and grant number(s).

Alteration in authorship

An Alteration in authorship after the submission of the manuscript to Akademik GIDA can be justified only by the additional work required during the revision. Any change is not allowed after the acceptance of the manuscript for publication. Alteration in authorship should be indicated in the responses to reviewers and should be accepted by all authors. The corresponding author is primarily responsible for any alteration in the revised version of the manuscript, including the order of authors.

Correction of data

All authors should be responsible for the accuracy of the published data. For the correction of data, the corresponding author receives the galley proof of the paper and is asked to correct it carefully before publication.

Retraction of an article

A retraction of an article is used to correct errors in submission or publication. Authors can retract the paper and should follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) retraction guidelines. In case of a duplicate or overlapping publication, fraudulent use of data, plagiarism, or unethical research, the paper will be retracted by the editor, and a retraction notice will be included in the electronic database while all links to the retracted article will be maintained.

Ethical considerations

Conflict of interest

It is the sole responsibility of authors to disclose any affiliation or involvement, either direct or indirect, with any organization with a financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscripts that may affect the conduct or reporting of the work submitted. Information about potential Conflicts of Interest should be clearly stated on a separate page (cover page) at the time of submitting the manuscript. If deemed appropriate by the Editor, a general statement regarding disclosure will be included in the Acknowledgement.

· Authors should declare any conflict of interest in their submission form. Authors are requested to suggest at least three potential reviewers before submission, and these reviewers cannot be their colleagues, collaborators, or members of their institutions.

· Reviewers should notify the editors of any conflict of interest which prevents them from reviewing the paper, and they are recommended to follow the COPE guidelines.

· For the manuscripts submitted by the members of the Editorial Board or their collaborators, peer-reviewing is modified to exclude them from the entire evaluation process in order to minimize any bias during the evaluation.

· During revision, the editors follow the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers.

Research involving human subjects, animals, or plants

· If the research involves humans or animals, the authors are recommended to follow the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

In case of this situation, "THE JOURNAL OF FOOD" will only accept manuscripts in which there is Evidence of the Ethical Use of animals or harmful substances. When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should also indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration (revised) of 1983.

· In studies involving human subjects, their informed consent to participate in the study should be supplied by the authors. For subjects under the age of 18, their parents or guardians should give permission for their participation in the study.

· For all tested subjects, the manuscript must accompany a statement detailing compliance with relevant guidelines and/or appropriate permissions or licenses.
· Any research on animals must comply with institutional, national, or international guidelines and, where possible, should be approved by an ethics committee.

· Any experimental research on plants, including a collection of plant materials, must comply with institutional, national, or international guidelines.

· Field studies should be conducted in compliance with local legislation, and a statement specifying the appropriate permissions and/or licenses should be included in the manuscript.

Publication misconduct

· The Journal follows the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers.

· In the case of suspected misconduct such as redundant or duplicate submission, plagiarism, text recycling, violation of ethical norms, etc., researchers, reviewers, or readers are encouraged to contact the Editorial Office (gidadergisi1976@gmail.com).

· The Journal of Food uses iThenticate to check the plagiarism. The overlapping in the manuscript is highly restricted to a maximum of 25% with no more than 10% from a single source; otherwise, the manuscript will be rejected. If these terms are violated, COPE recommendations will be followed and all parties involved will be notified.

Copyright

GIDA-The Journal of Food applies the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license to all published papers, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. Before publication, the Copyright Transfer Form must be signed by the corresponding author and returned to the editorial office of the journal. Copyright of published papers is retained by the Food Technology Association (Kavaklıdere, Ankara, Turkey). Authors have the right to use their published article freely and for non-commercial purposes, as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details, and publisher are clearly stated. Individual users may access, download, copy, display, and adapt the manuscripts published in GIDA-The Journal of Food, provided that the authors’ intellectual and moral rights, reputation, and integrity are not compromised. Users must ensure that any reuse complies with the copyright policies of the owners. If the content of the published manuscripts is copied, downloaded, or otherwise reused for noncommercial research and educational purposes, a link to the appropriate bibliographic citation (authors, journal title, manuscript title, volume, year, and page numbers, and the link to the published version on the Journal’s website) should be provided. Copyright notices and disclaimers must not be deleted.