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Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (Codon) — Author Guideline Skill

Publisher: Codon Publications · ISSN: 1757-8361 · Source: Submissions · Verified: 2026-07 (confirm at source). Gold open access.

Aims & scope

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.

Article types

Original Research Articles; Reviews; Short Communications.

Manuscript structure

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.

• Abstract: unstructured, ≤250 words.
• Keywords: 4–6.

Reference style

Numbered (Vancouver-style) citation-sequence (confirm current Codon/journal style). In-text bracketed numbers [1]; numbered list with DOIs.

Example:

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

Figures & tables

Figures ≥300 dpi; TIFF/JPEG/PNG/EPS; RGB online; editable tables; cite in order.

Submission checklist

• Abstract ≤250 words · [ ] 4–6 keywords · [ ] Numbered references with DOIs
• Conflict of Interest statement · [ ] Ethics/consent where applicable
• Figures ≥300 dpi · [ ] Cover letter

Formatting constraints

journal: Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods
publisher: Codon Publications
reference_style: numbered-vancouver
abstract_words: 250
keywords_max: 6
open_access: gold
figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000}