About the Journal
Coffee Science is an open-access journal with the mission to publish high quality research in all scientific areas of coffee. Papers published by the journal represent important contributions to the development of coffee science in the fields of agricultural, biological, food science, waste management, health and social sciences. Information about the common editorial policies of Coffee Science is available at coffeescience.ufla.br
Open Science Compliance
The journal publishes under the Open Access model and therefore, articles are free for anyone to read, download, copy, and disseminate for educational purposes. The journal also requires an indication of the role of each of the authors in articles with multiple authorship. The name of the editor is published in each article. Upon previous acceptance by the reviewer and author(s), the content of the reviewer's suggestions might be open for access. All articles are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and all authors must be registered with an Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) number.
Ethics in Publication
The journal complies with the SciELO Guidelines Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication as well as the ethical principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Manuscript that involves experimentation with living animals must provide evidence that it was performed under local ethical guidelines. This evidence must be officially stated in the Material and Methods section, describing that the study was evaluated and approved by an appropriate ethical committee.
Focus and Scope
Articles published in Coffee Science cover research areas of coffee science, as
agricultural, biological, food science, waste management, health and social
sciences. Submission of a manuscript to the journal requires that it has neither been
published nor it is under consideration for publication elsewhere, except in the
case of articles deposited in preprint repositories. Concepts and affirmations
included in articles are the entire responsibility of the author(s).
The journal is published online in a continuous flow mode. Original research
articles and reviews (by invitation only) are the main publication formats.
Digital Preservation
The journal follows the Digital Preservation Policy of the SciELO Program
Indexing Sources
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
SCOPUS - Elsevier
Sumários.org - Sumários de Revistas Brasileiras
Bibliographic Journal Information
- Title: Coffee Science
- Abbreviated title: Coffee Sci.
- Publisher: Editora UFLA
- eISSN: 1984-3909; ISSN: 1809-6875
- Periodicity: Annual
- Publication model: Continuous publication
- Year of journal start: 2006
Websites and Social Media
https://coffeescience.ufla.br/index.php/Coffeescience/index
Editorial Policy
Received manuscripts are forwarded to the editorial board to be initially evaluated in terms of comparative relevance to other manuscripts of the same research area that were submitted for publication. If considered as relevant, the manuscript is submitted for peer review. If considered as not relevant, the manuscript is rejected without further review.
Preprints
Preprints (previously deposited at the SciELO Preprints repository) may also be published. If the preprint is accepted for publication, it is the responsibility of the corresponding author to report the fact to the preprint repository.
Peer Review Process
The submitted manuscripts will be forwarded to the editorial board to be initially evaluated in terms of comparative relevance to other papers of the same area that were submitted for publication. If it is considered relevant, the manuscript will be submitted to blind peer reviewers. If approved and if necessary, the manuscript may return to the corresponding author for corrections. If the corrections are not returned within the required deadline, the publication process will be automatically canceled. Requested corrections not attended without justification may also lead to cancellation. After these revisions, the manuscript will receive corrections of scientific nomenclature, English, references and international system of units. After these corrections, the manuscript will be edited and published.
Open Data
Reproducibility of research can be improved by increasing transparency of the research process and products. In this context, research data may be made available by author(s) upon request.
Fees
Coffee Science does not charge fees for submission, publication, or manuscript evaluation.
Copyright
The authors of an article hold the copyright of their work upon publication, while the journal holds the copyright as the first place of publication. Unless otherwise specified, all content in the journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license, which allows unrestricted use as long as the original article is properly cited.
Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
The journal complies with the SciELO Guidelines Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication as well as the ethical principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts must be submitted online at https://coffeescience.ufla.br/index.php/Coffeescience/user/register
A cover letter, signed by all authors, must be sent to the Editor requesting the publication. It must contain the author's full name with no abbreviations, and work address (institution, city, state, and country). At submission, this letter must be attached in the field "Cover Letter". Any further insertion, exclusion or alteration in the authorship must be agreed by all authors (including the excluded author, if the case).
Manuscripts must be written in English using US orthographic and grammatical rules and edited using the program Microsoft Word for Windows on paper size A4 (21 cm x 29.7 cm), double spaced using Times New Roman font, size 12, with a 2.5 cm margin on both left- and right-hand side, and on upper and lower margins, heading and footnote. It must be organized in sections as follows:
a) TITLE sufficiently clear; conspicuous and complete, without abbreviations and superfluous words, written in English. It is recommended to begin with the term that represents the most important aspect, with other terms in decreasing of importance; unless there is no common name, scientific names of most common plants and animals must not be used. Do not initiate with the words “effect”, “evaluation“ or “influence”.
b) AUTHOR(S) full name(s) without abbreviations on the right side with one name beneath the former with their respective Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) number and work address (institution, department, city, state, and country).
c) ABSTRACT must be written continuously in one paragraph and it must not exceed 250 words. It must contain a brief introduction, objectives and main results; statistical design maybe mentioned only if it is the essential result of the developed research.
d) KEY WORDS with 3 to 5 keywords that express the content of the paper and different from those used in the title and separated by semicolon (;).
e) INTRODUCTION including literature review and objectives.
f) MATERIAL AND METHODS must be combined and not separated.
g) RESULTS should be separated in the text. Tables and figures should be inserted in the text after their first citation.
h) DISCUSSION should be separated in the text. Tables and figures should be inserted in the text after their first citation.
i) CONCLUSION(s) must be written continuously in one paragraph stating the main result of the research and it must not exceed 80 words.
j) AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION describes the individual engagement of authors within the research in terms of Conceptual idea, Methodology design, Data collection, Data analysis and interpretation, and Writing and editing. Each of these topics must be followed by the names(s) of contribution author(s) [e.g. Conceptual idea: Arrow, B.; Bartow, J.D.; Methodology design: Arrow, B.; Brawn, J.P.; Data collection: Arrow, B., Data analysis and interpretation: Brawn, J.P.; Stanfield, R.J., and Writing and editing: Arrow, B.; Brawn, J.P.; Stanfield, R.J.].
k) ACKNOWLEDGMENT(s) (optional, however, highly recommended) with a serious and clear written style, indicating the reason(s) for the recognition(s).
m) REFERENCES without citation of thesis, dissertation and/or abstracts.
Original articles should be divided into sections presented in the following order:
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- Authors' Contributions
- References
Citations and References
Coffee Science prohibits authors from citing conference or workshop abstracts, dissertations, and theses.
Please follow the styles:
Two authors: Davis and Jones (2014).
Three authors: Silva, Pazeto and Vieira (2013).
More than three authors: Ribeiro et al. (2014).
- Note: When two authors of the same work are cited in the sentence, they must beseparated by "and". If the work citation is not included in the sentence, the author’s name must be separated by " ; ". Other cites in the same text, must present the authors in an alphabetic order of their last names, followed by date and separated by “;” : Leroy et al (2006); Nunes Junior (2011); Pereira et al (2019); Souza (2013).
- Journal paper:
Up to three authors
PEÑUELA-MARTÍNEZ, A. E.; ZAPATA-ZAPATA, A. D.; DURANGO-RESTREPO, D. L. Performance of different fermentation methods and the effect on coffee quality (Coffea arabica L.). Coffee Science, 13(4):465-476, 2018.
More than three authors
DAMAT, D. et al. Dietary fiber and antioxidant activity of gluten-free cookies with coffee cherry flour addition. Coffee Science, 14(4):493–500, 2019.
Non-English references
HENDROKO, R. et al. Biogas dari limbah kopi [Biogas from coffee waste]. Majalah Gula Indonesia. 4(5):17–25, 2016. [in Bahasa Indonesia]
Book:
Complete book
HII, C. L.; BORÉM, F. M. Drying and roasting of cocoa and coffee. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2020. 356p.
Book chapter with specific authors
BERGEN, W.G.; MERKEL, R.A. Protein accretion. In: PEARSON, A. M.; DUTSON, T. R. Growth regulation in farm animals: Advances in meat research. London: Elsevier Science, v.7, p.169–202, 1991.
Book chapter without specific authors
GUIMARÃES, R. J. et al. Coffee growing and post-harvest processing. In: GUIMARÃES, R. J. et al. Coffee production, quality and chemistry. 1.ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019. 836p.
Electronic documents:
Studies only published online are referenced according to the specific rules for each type of document with the addition of the electronic address information presented in (<>) preceded by the expression “Available at” and the date the document was accessed, preceded by the expression: “Accessed on:”. Note: It is not recommended to reference electronic material of short duration on the web. According to international standards, the division of electronic address at the end of the line should be always after the slash (/).
Complete book
TAKAHASHI, T. Tecnologia em foco. Brasília, DF: Socinfo/MCT, 2000. Available at:<http//www.socinfo.org.br>. Accessed on: August, 22, 2000.
Part of a book
TAKAHASHI, T. Mercado, trabalho e oportunidades. In: TAKAHASHI, T. Sociedade da informação no Brasil: livro verde. Brasília, DF: Socinfo/MCT, 2000. cap.2. Available in: <http//www.socinfo.org.br>. Access in: August, 22, 2000.
Journal paper (online access):
AVELAR, A.E. de; REZENDE, D.C.de. Hábitos alimentares fora do lar: um estudo de caso em Lavras MG. Organizações Rurais & Agroindustriais. 15(1):137- 152, 2013.
Preparation of Figures, Tables, Symbols and formulas and Scientific nomenclature
Tables: The title must be placed above the table. No vertical lines must be used. The table must be made using Microsoft Word (TABLE/INSERT TABLE). Each content must be inserted in distinct cells, centered.
Figures: The title must be inserted below the figure. They can be colored or in black and white and must be sharp and with contrast in “JPG” format, with a resolution of 300 dpi.
Symbols and formulas: must be in accordance with the International System of Units (SI) including the rules and style conventions related to the printing of numbers.
Scientific nomenclature: The scientific nomenclature must be in accordance with the criteria established in the International Codes of each area. Weight and measurement units must follow the International System of Units.
