Submissions should be made by the authors online by registering with foods2023.sciforum.net, and using the "Submit Abstract/New Submission" function once logged into the system.
Note: Institutional email address is requested especially for the corresponding author. Please submit the abstract with the institutional email address.
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Scholars interested in participating in this conference can submit their communication abstracts (about 200–250 words, not including references) online on this website until 07 July 2023 31 July 2023.
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Abstracts will be evaluated based on their scientific quality and suitability for the conference sections. All authors will be notified by 20 July 2023 20 August 2023 regarding the acceptance of their abstract for the 4th International Electronic Conference on Foods.
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Once the abstract has been accepted, the author is requested to submit their manuscript (short proceedings paper, 3–6 pages) before 14 August 2023 8 September 2023. Optionally, authors of accepted abstracts will be able to submit a poster, a slides presentation (in PDF) and/or a short video presentation (max. 3–5 minutes) as supporting material for the paper. You can submit the full paper by accessing My Submission.
The text in the abstract must match that presented in the full communication. Those abstracts that are not completed with full communication will be withdrawn by the editors. PowerPoint presentations or videos are complements to the full communication and cannot be presented as a substitute for it.
Note: Before publication, the manuscripts and/or supplementary files will be checked by using the powerful text comparison tool: iThenticate. This procedure aims to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism. Submissions will then be peer-reviewed by conference committees based on originality/novelty, quality of presentation, scientific soundness, interest to the readers, overall merit and English level. Please kindly ensure that the proceeding paper you submit is original and unpublished. Articles with a high repetition rate and lack of novelty will NOT be accepted in the conference proceedings. -
All submissions will be reviewed using the powerful text comparison tool iThenticate. This procedure aims to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism. Submissions will then be peer-reviewed by conference committees based on originality/novelty, quality of presentation, scientific soundness, interest to the readers, overall merit and English level.
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The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available on foods2023.sciforum.net for discussion and rating during the time of the conference, from 15–30 October 2023.
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The accepted proceedings papers will probably be published as one dedicated volume in MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum (ISSN 2673-9976).
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Participants of this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to a dedicated Foods Special Issue “The 4th International Electronic Conference on Foods—"Focus on Sustainable Food Systems: Current Trends and Advances”. Papers presented at the conference will be granted a 20% discount in the Special Issue.
Note: The submission to the journal is independent of the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer review, APC, etc.
Proceedings papers must be prepared in MS Word and should be converted to PDF format before submission. The manuscript should count at least 3 pages (incl. figures, tables and references) and should not exceed 6 pages. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' of the Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal and ensure that your manuscript submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must have the following organization:
Title
Full author names
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
(Acknowledgements)
References
Accepted File Formats:
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MS Word: Manuscript prepared in MS Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in MS Word, the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health Microsoft Word template file (see download below) must be used. Please do not insert any graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) into a movable frame which can superimpose the text and make the layout very difficult.
The 4th International Electronic Conference on Foods Microsoft Word template file:
Posters will be available on this conference website during and after the event. Similarly to papers presented at the conference, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters that are submitted without a paper will not be included in the proceedings of the conference.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the manuscript. Slides can be prepared the same way as for any traditional conference. They should be converted to PDF format before submission. Presentation slides that are submitted without a paper will not be included in the proceedings of the conference.
Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. This is a unique way of presenting your paper and discussing it with peers from all over the world. Videos should be no longer than 3–5 minutes and prepared with one of the following formats: .mp4 / .webm / .ogg (max size: 250Mb). They should be submitted with the full manuscript before 14 August 2023 8 September 2023 (full submission deadline). Video that are submitted without a paper will not be included in the proceedings of the conference.
All authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest." Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open-access publisher. We believe that authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting a communication paper to this conference, you retain the copyright of your paper, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this paper online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your paper to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher (if required by that publisher).