qas-crops-foods

# Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (Codon) — Author Guideline Skill **Publisher:** Codon Publications · **ISSN:** 1757-8361 · **Source:** [Submissions](https://www.qascf.com/index.php/qas/about/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 ...