I am pleased to present Applied Food Science Journal (AFSJ) is an open access academic journal that publishes peer-reviewed research publications focused on updating research reports on various aspects of food science, food biotechnology, food processing and development, genetically modified food, microbial food health, biochemical development and bioprocessing. We have been started in year 2008. Applied Food Science Journal is growing continuously. It is our pleasure to announce that during year 2019, all issues of Volume 3 were published online on time and the print issues were also brought out and Shipped online within 30 days of publication of the issue.
All published articles of this journal are included in the indexing and abstracting coverage of CAS Source Index (CASSI), Index Copernicus, Google Scholar, Sherpa Romeo, Academic Journals Database, GenamicsJournalSeek, JournalTOCs, CiteFactor, Electronic Journals Library, RefSeek, Hamdard University, EBSCO A-Z, Directory of Abstract Indexing for Journals, World Catalogue of Scientific Journals, OCLC- WorldCat, Scholarsteer, SWB online catalog, Virtual Library of Biology (vifabio), Publons, Dtufindit, Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
During the calendar year 2019, International Journal of 2008 Applied Food Science Journal received a total of 30 papers, out of which 6 articles were rejected in the preliminary screening due to plagiarism or being out of the format and peer review process. During 2020 around 16 articles were subjected for publication of Volume 3 published during the year 2020, a total of 16 articles were published (at an average of 3 articles per issue of which, Articles from writers all over the world were published. A total of 30 research scientists from all over the world reviewed the 16 articles published in volume 12. Average publication period of an article was further reduced to 14-21 days.
During the calendar year 2020, a total of three Editors, ten Reviewers joined the board of IJAV and contributed their valuable services towards contribution as well as publication of articles, And their useful reviewer feedback would be helpful in publishing the content of the Journal post.
I take this opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of Editor-in-chief and Associate Editor during the final editing of articles published and bringing out issues of AFSJ in time. I would also like to express my gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, the publisher, language editor, honorary editors, the scientific advisory and the editorial board of AFSJ, the office bearers for their support in bringing out the new volume (Volume 4) of AFSJ for the calendar year 2020 and look forward to their unrelenting support further to release more issue 4 for Applied Food Science Journal AFSJ in scheduled time.
