WEBSITE/e-ISSN: 2603-3380, DOI suffix: 10.30721

The WEBSITE of the journal is:
https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab

Information on the journal ISSN can be found here:
https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2603-3380

Information on the journal can be found here:
https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/about

An ‘Aims & Scope’ statement can be seen on:
https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/Aims_and_Scope

NAME OF THE JOURNAL
Food Science and Applied Biotechnology

EDITORIAL AND PUBLISHING PROCESS
Schematic presentation of the Editorial and Publishing Process can be seen here:
https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/about/aboutThisPublishingSystem

PEER REVIEW PROCESS
For Peer Review Process details please click here:
https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/Peer_review_process

OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
The Academic Publishing House of University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv as a structural part of the University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv, Bulgaria:
https://uft-plovdiv.bg/upravlenie-i-struktura

GOVERNING BODY
Rector of the University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv:  Prof. Eng. Galin Yordanov Ivanov, DSc., and Vice-Rector for Scientific Activity and Mobility: Prof. Eng. Georgi Dobrev, PhD:
https://uft-plovdiv.bg/upravlenie-i-struktura

Academic Publishing House of the University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv:
https://uft-plovdiv.bg/publisher

Editorial Board:
https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/about/editorialTeam

EDITORIAL TEAM/ CONTACT INFORMATION
Editorial Board: https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/about/editorialTeam
Contacts: https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/about/contact

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING
Copyright Notice:
https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/Copyright-Notice

For authors: Open access articles are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

FEES FOR PUBLICATION

The publication fee for accepted open access articles is the equivalent of €100 excluding VAT (converting EUR to BGN at the exchange rate valid on the day of the bank transfer or online payment). The payment is in Bulgarian leva (BGN).

The Academic Publishing House of the University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv also offers the following paid services to authors, which they can use if needed:

1) Fee for manuscript preparation (draft file) and proofreading of an article already accepted for publication: €100 exclusive VAT (payable in its equivalent in Bulgarian leva (BGN)) per article;

2) Fee for stylistic and grammatical English language correction of an article submitted for publication: €10 exclusive VAT (payable in its equivalent in Bulgarian leva (BGN)) for one standard page (a total of 1,800 characters per page).

The Open Access Platform of the Academic Publishing House of the University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv optimizes the exchange of ideas and provides valuable input to authors of limited financial means, giving everyone equal chances to publish and read high-quality scientific publications.

The Academic Publishing House of the University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv reserves the right to change its financial policy regarding publication fees or readers’ charges at any time.

PROCESS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF AND DEALING WITH ALLEGATIONS OF RESEARCH MISCONDUCT
See here: https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/Identification_and_Dealing_of_Research

PUBLICATION ETHICS
See here: https://www.ijfsab.com/index.php/fsab/Ethics_and_malpractice_statements

PUBLISHING SCHEDULE
2 issues per year as follows:  in March and October

ACCESS
The journal offers platinum open access, which means permanent and 100% free of charge open access to published scientific papers for readers. All articles are published under the most flexible reusable standard, the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

ARCHIVING
In the event that the journal is no longer published, electronic archiving and preservation of access will be offered as open access on the website of the University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv.

REVENUE SOURCES
Revenues (e.g. funds for pre-press preparation and online publication of articles, subscription, advertising, reprints, institutional support and organizational support) will be accumulated by fees and supplemented by the University's research budget, which is approved on a yearly basis by the Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria and guaranteed by the Bulgarian Government. Due to the fact that the journal only offers platinum free access and charges relatively low publication fees (payable in Bulgarian leva equivalent to €100 VAT exclusive), neither acceptance nor rejection of an article for publication will be influenced by commercial motives, but will be solely guided by the decisions of the independent peer review and the Publishing Ethics Policy of the Editorial Board. Publication fee payment will in no way affect the editorial decisions to accept for publication articles that do not meet the high standards of quality and scientific content.

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DIRECT MARKETING:
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