I am pleased to announce the launch of Journal of Food and Animal Sciences (JFAS), a new international peer reviewed open access bi-monthly journal published by Vetinfo publishers. JFAS aims to become a leading international peer reviewed academic journal, publishing high quality research and analysis on all aspects food science and technology, veterinary medicine and animal sciences. The aim of the JFAS is to publish the research work in any field of veterinary and animal sciences viz, animal anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology, pathology, parasitology, infectious diseases, clinical sciences, alternative veterinary medicines and biomedical fields, livestock production and technologies, all aspects of veterinary technology, animal breeding and experimental animals, meat science and technology, dairy science, dairy processing, dairy engineering, and all the aspect of food science and technology including food chemistry, microbiology and biotechnology aspects of food emerging safety and toxicological issues, food and material engineering, physical / chemical / sensory properties of food, advances in sensory science, food quality and safety, nutraceuticals, functional foods and functional ingredients, biophysical analysis of food or processing operations, applied research related to food nanotechnology, emerging technologies, environmental, safety and sustainability aspects of processing, waste / by-product management in food processing on the whole life cycle. Reviews and surveys on specific topics relevant to the advance of the veterinary sciences and animal husbandry are particularly welcome.
Interdisciplinary research and communication between diverse expert communities drives the creation of the future technologies. JFAS aims to encompass all aspects of current developments in veterinary and animal sciences, especially animal based food production systems right from animal rearing to sensory quality of products consumed. JFAS is created and launched according to this objective, proposing and promoting an easy way to share innovation, works, and create connections to go further! JFAS will be competing head-on with a number of existing subscription-based journals. However, there is clearly a niche for the new journal. The reason for this is because all journal articles will be accessible without any access boundaries to all internet users throughout the world. Another major benefit of open access online journals is that anyone can contribute, and not only those in major institutions. These freedoms are coupled with rigorous, fair and prompt standards of peer review. Such a challenge involves a strong and cohesive editorial team.
As Editor of JFAS, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of our Editorial team, who trusted this adventure. Editorial team will be particularly concerned by maintaining high international scientific standards of any single post published in Journal of Food and Animal Sciences, through a careful examination, peer-reviewing process, and article selection. Second objective is selecting and bringing out innovative studies making the Journal as a source of inspiration for researchers.
I would like to thank Prof. J. Abraham, Prof. M. Mini, Prof. B. Sunil, Prof. S. Maya and other editorial team members of JFAS for their trust and perseverance, without whom this scientific adventure would not have been possible. We would like to thank our authors, their trust and hard work in disclosing their latest research, our referees in their impartial effort for keeping the highest international scientific standards, and you, our readers, for your interest and support. We are proud to propose the inaugural issue of Journal of Food and Animal Sciences, and we specially thank the contributors for their first efforts.
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