The Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology

The Instructions to Authors for Food Science and Technology Research have been revised.
The following instructions apply to manuscripts submitted from January 2025.

Copyright　
　All materials published in FSTR are copyrighted by the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology and should not be reproduced or released online in whole or part without permission from the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology. Copyright transfer may be conducted after acceptance using the Copyright Transfer Form. Authors who wish to reproduce materials should submit a Reproduction Authorization Form to the editor-in-chief. Published articles will be available under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) with re-use rights for readers.

Creative Commons license URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en

Open access
　FSTR offers two choices for authors to publish their research: delayed open access (12 months embargo period) or immediate open access. The extra fee for immediate open access publication should be payable by the authors, their institution, or a funding organization.

 Appendix Table 3  Extra fee for immediate open access publication

*The corresponding author and/or first author must be members of the Society.

The PDF file of the published paper is provided to the corresponding author from FSTR editorial office.
 * Corresponding author and/or first author must be members of the Society.　

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