Principles of Transparency

Peer-review process
All submitted articles are evaluated at the submission to meet the structural and subject principles of Journal of food science and technology (Iran). The matched articles will go under a double-blinded peer-review process by at least 3 reviewers (expert in the field who are not part of the journal’s editorial staff) who are selected by the Editorial Board members according to their field specialties. The Editorial Board members have the final responsibility to select the articles.
 
Governing body

Journal of food science and technology (Iran) is under the scientific control of Editorial Board whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope. Some executive roles of the Editorial Board members are delegated to the Editor-in-Chief who is well-known in the journal’s scope.
 
Editorial team

Journal of food science and technology (Iran) is under the scientific supervision of the Editorial Team whose members are all experts with high number of publications in their field.
 
Author fees/Access

There are No Fees or Charges for submission and reviewing, but publishing has charges in Journal of food science and technology (Iran).
Journal of food science and technology (Iran) follows the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing.
 
Copyright
The content of Journal of food science and technology (Iran) is under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International Public License. To the extent this Public License may be interpreted as a contract, we are granted the Licensed Rights in consideration of your acceptance of these terms and conditions, and the Licensor grants you such rights in consideration of benefits the Licensor receives from making the Licensed Material available under these terms and conditions.
 
Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct

The journal is committed to maintaining the highest level of integrity in the content published. Authors require to comply with international, national and/or institutional standards of research reporting. This is particularly important for studies involving human and/or animal participants, their data and biological material, and Informed Consent.
The journal followed Publication Ethics COPE's principles for addressing misconduct. This means the journal is committed to investigating any allegations of misconduct, to maintain the integrity of research. The journal may use plagiarism detection software to screen submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the (COPE) guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.
Publisher and editors of Journal of food science and technology (Iran) are reasonable to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In doing so, Journal of food science and technology (Iran) follows COPE’s guidelines in dealing with allegations.
 
Ownership and management

Journal of food science and technology (Iran) is owned by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and is managed and published by Yekta Pub Co.
 
Conflicts of interests

All Journal of food science and technology (Iran) Editorial Board members and the Editor-in-Chief submitted articles are gone under the same reviewing process as the other authors gone. In the cases that a reviewer suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript or a reader suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article (all authors are filling the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest at the submission time) Journal of food science and technology (Iran) will follow COPE’s guidelines.
 
Revenue sources/Advertising/Direct marketing

Journal of food science and technology (Iran) is financially supported completely by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and has no other sources for earning funds. Journal of food science and technology (Iran) accepts No advertisements in the site or even as a report article.
 
Publishing schedule/Archiving

Journal of food science and technology (Iran) is published 4 issues per year. All the content from the beginning to the end will be available for ever on Journal of food science and technology (Iran) exclusive website. Also, Journal of food science and technology (Iran) is included at EBSCOhost and has the plan to enter to Scopus and Thomson-Reuters databases.