期刊名称：EMIRATES JOURNAL OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ISSN： 2079-052X 出版频率： Monthly 出版社： UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIV, P. O. BOX 17551, AL AIN, U ARAB EMIRATES,   出版社网址： http://cfa.uaeu.ac.ae/ 期刊网址： http://cfa.uaeu.ac.ae/en/research_innovation/ejfa/ 影响因子： 1.041 主题范畴： AGRONOMY;    FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 变更情况： 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture Overview The "Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture [EJFA]" is a unique, peer-reviewed Journal of Food and Agriculture publishing basic and applied research articles in the field of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Sciences (Plant Production & Protection, and Animal Sciences), Human Nutrition, Agribusiness, Consumer Sciences and the Environment. Interdisciplinary articles in the fields of food, agriculture and environment are also welcome. The refereeing process of EJFA has been streamlined and the journal is continuing in its efforts to provide peer-reviewed best quality academic research in Agriculture, Food Science, Nutrition, Biotechnology and other inter related scientific disciplines. Through this, EJFA aims to be a cited journal in near future. The streamlined blind review process helps the journal to maintain its high integrity and provide high quality peer-reviewed academic and professional research to the scientific society throughout the world. Having published 24 Volumes since 1989, the frequency increased from 6 issues to 12 issues per year starting with volume 25. The EJFA is the first monthly scientific journal in this field from the region. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture Indexing The EJFA has received the attention from a good international audience during the last couple of years and the rankings of the journal is progressing well. The SJR (SciMago Journal Rankings) value for 2012 is 0.153 and SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) for 2012 is 0.220. The indexing/abstracting for the journal is now 166. There was a drastic increase in the indexing during 2013. The Index Copernicus Value (ICV) increased to 7.61 and the NAAS rating was 4.6 out of 6 for 2011. The Google Scholar Metrics also increased in 2013 with the h5-index value of 7 and h5-median value of 10. The SCOPUS data indicates that the journal articles are being cited worldwide.   Instructions to Authors The Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture [EJFA] is a peer-reviewed international journal publishing basic and applied research articles in the field of agricultural sciences by the College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates. The journal also publishes invited reviews relevant to current agricultural and food system topics. Submitted manuscripts are reviewed and edited by two reviewers and the Editorial Board. The Journal’s full-text articles are published both in print and online, and are accessible electronically via the journal's main page www.ejfa.info. Having published 26 volumes since 1989, the frequency increased from 6 issues to 12 issues per year starting with volume 25. The EJFA is the first monthly scientific journal in this field from the region. Issues will appear online prior to printing, and soon after final acceptance, the article with abstract and doi numbers will appear in the e-Preview issues section. All articles should be original works and not already published, nor submitted for publication elsewhere. Author(s) is/are solely responsible for authenticity of cited literature and originality of data being reported. The editorial office will not be responsible for any plagiarism. View EJFA's plagiarism policy here. The submitted papers will pass through initial screening in the editorial office followed by internal review by the Internal Board of Reviewing Editors. Then the paper will be checked through the advanced plagiarism detection software (CrossCheck by iThenticate). After this, the paper will be assigned to a senior editor for conducting the External Peer Review by two reviewers. After revision, the paper will again undergo the CrossCheck screening. Manuscript Submission: Before submission, please ensure that the manuscript is in accordance with the EJFA policies. Manuscripts should be submitted to the Editorial Office of EJFA through the advanced online submission, Peer Review and Tracking System available at Online Submissions on the top of this page. Journal Language: Only English language articles submitted for publication will be considered. Manuscript Preparation: Manuscripts should be typed single-spaced and with lines numbered. A font size of 12 points (Times New Roman) text is preferred. Manuscripts should be written in sound, clear and concise language. Page numbers should be located on the bottom-center of every page of the manuscript including the title page, references, tables etc.  The title should be centered at the top of page 1 of the manuscript. Capitalize only the first letter of the first word and any proper nouns or abbreviations that require capitalization. The title should not be more than 100 characters followed by the author(s) name(s), affiliation(s), and address(es) and additional contact information (e-mail). For authors’ names use only initials for all but the family or last name. Indication of other professional titles should not be used. Structure of Manuscripts: Abstracts: Abstract should be concise, clear and include an objective description of the contents and the major significant findings of the article. Each abstract should not exceed 1250 characters plus spaces in one paragraph. Keywords: At the end of abstract list, in alphabetical order, up to five key words that best describe the research. Introduction: Should reflect a brief background of the research and the purpose of its initiation. Extensive discussion of relevant literature should be included in the discussion of results, not in the introduction. Materials and methods: A clear description or specific original reference is required for all procedures including statistical procedures. Results and discussion:  These can either be pooled together or presented under separate sections. Conclusions: The conclusion should not be more than 1000 characters plus spaces in one paragraph. Acknowledgement(s): If necessary. References: References should be arranged alphabetically by author’s last name then chronologically per author. Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be listed by year followed by the letters a. b. c. etc. (e.g. 2002a. 2002b, 2002c.). Examples of reference listing formats Journal articles Jenkins, T. G., C. L. Ferrell and A. Roberts. 2000. Lactation and calf weight traits of mature crossbred cows fed varying daily levels of metabolizable energy. J. Anim. Sci. 78:7-14. Proceedings Johnson, E. H., D. Muirhead, R. Al-Busaidy and B. E. Musa. 1998. The ultrastructure of the camel eosinophil. In: proceedings of the third annual meeting for animal production under arid conditions ‘the international conference on camel production and future perspectives’. Publisher United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates. p.88-95. Abstracts from conferences and meetings Hymadan,  H. S. 1983. Impact of seedborne pathogens on international movements of seeds.  Phytopathology. 73:784. (Abstr.). Books and chapters within edited books AOAC. 1990. Official Methods of Analysis. 15th ed. Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Arlington, VA. O'toole,  J. C. and T. T. Chang. 1979. Drought resistance in cereals: Rice-a case study, In: H. Mussel and R. C.  Stafle (Eds.). pp. 373-406. Stress Physiology of Crop Plants.  Wiley-Interscience.  N.Y. Handbooks, Technical bulletins and Dissertation Goering, H. K. and P. J Van Soest. 1970. Forage fiber analyses (apparatus, reagents, procedures, and some applications). Agric. Handbook No. 379. ARS, USDA, Washington, DC.  Nouri, L. K. and A. R. Hassan. 1973. Studies on soil fertility and fertilizers in Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 43. Ministry of higher education and scientific research. Baghdad.  Iraq. Alhadrami, G. A. 1991. Effect of preservatives and maturity on the nutritional value of alfalfa hay for lactating dairy cows. Ph. D. dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson. Tables: Should be organized similar to the text, so that the table can be read without turning the page sideways (if possible). Large tables should be avoided. They should be typed on separate pages and numbered sequentially according to the order of their respective appearance in the text.  Each table should have a brief and self-explanatory title. Column headings should include the International Standard abbreviations(s) of their respective units of measurement included between parentheses. Footnotes should be indicated by superscript letters starting with (a) in each table and kept as short as possible. Illustrations: Drawings and photographs should be numbered sequentially according to their respective order of citation in the text. Explanations should be given in the typewritten legend, which should contain sufficient details to permit figure interpretation without reference to the text. Colored and black and white photographs are accepted. All illustrations should be limited to an A4 size paper. In case of using MS Excel program for diagrams, the original MS Excel file should be sent also. Footnotes: Footnotes are permitted in the tables but not in the rest of the text. Citations: Citations should be referenced in the text in one of two ways, depending on the sentence structure: 1) At the beginning of the sentence [Alhadrami et al. (2001)]; 2) At the end of the sentence [(Alhadrami et al., 2001)]. When a citation has one or two authors, cite the reference using the name(s) and the date. The name of the first author should be used followed by ‘et al’ when there are more than two authors in the citation. However, ‘et al’ should not be used in the list. Review articles and short communication: Can also be published in the journal and they need not be divided into the above-mentioned sections. The subheadings in Review article can be numbered. Normally, original papers and review articles should not exceed 20 typewritten single spaced pages while short communications should be limited to a maximum of five pages. Proofs: One set of galley proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for typographical checking only. It should be returned within three days of receipt. Reprints: Corresponding author will receive a complimentary copy of journal upon request. Submission Preparation Checklist As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed. The article submitted is in adherence to the EJFA policies listed in http://ejfa.info/index.php/ejfa/pages/view/journal_policies section.  Copyright Notice Published by United Arab Emirates University; Printed in United Arab Emirates. All works published are under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The views expressed in this issue are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board or the policies of the United Arab Emirates University. Privacy Statement The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. Editorial Board Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture Editorial Board Editorial Advisors Name Institution Aisha Abushelaibi, Acting Dean College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, UAE Ghaleb Ali Alhadrami, Deputy VC for Student Affairs & Enrollment United Arab Emirates University, UAE Shri Mohan Jain Helsinki University, Finland    Executive Editor Name Institution Abdul Jaleel Cheruth College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, UAE   Senior Editor Name Institution Ahmed Hussein College of Food and Agriculture, United Arab Emirates University, UAE Faye Bernard FAO/CIRAD-ES, France Fernando Cebola Lidon New University of Lisbon, Portugal Luca Rastrelli University of Salerno, Italy Morrie Craig Oregon State University, USA Zafar Iqbal Carleton University, Canada   Reviewing Editors Food Science and Nutrition Name Institution Angela M. Fraser Clemson University, USA Art J. Ragauskas Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Asim K. Duttaroy University of Oslo, Norway Dalia El Khoury University of Toronto, Canada Dele Raheem University of Helsinki, Finland Ivanka Petrova University of Food Technology, Bulgaria Jesus Simal-Gandara University of Vigo, Spain Jinn-Tsyy Lai Food Industry Res. Development Institute, Taiwan R.O.C. Kimberly Heidal East Carolina University, USA Maria Manuela A. da Silva Grupo Universidade Lusófona, Portugal   Reviewing Editors Plant Science Name Institution Alev Tosun Ankara University, Turkey Angelos Patakas University of W. Greece, Greece David J. Walker Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, Spain Dimitrios J. Bilalis Agriculture Univ of Athens, Greece Éva Hideg Szeged University, Hungary Fernando Reboredo New University of Lisbon, Portugal Francesca Sparvoli Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Italy Jameel M. Al-Khayri King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia Jaradat A. Abdullah University of Minnesota, USA Klaus-J. Appenroth University of Jena, Germany Koyro Hans-Werner Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany Lidiya Moklyachuk Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences, Ukraine  Luigi Milella University of Basilicata, Italy Marc Janssens University of Bonn, Germany Marcel A. K. Jansen University College Cork, Ireland Maria F. Guedes Pessoa Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Peter A. Roussos Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Rebecca J. Trueman Algonquin College, Canada Sinan Battah University of Essex, U.K Sreeramanan Subramaniam Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia Tjasa Jug Nova Gorica Institute for Agriculture and Forestry, Slovenia Tsvetelina D. Stoilova Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Bulgaria Zlatko Zlatev Agricultural University-Plovdiv, Bulgaria   Reviewing Editors Animal Science Name Institution Daniel Cozzolino The University of Adelaide, Australia El-Khasmi Mohammed University Hassan II - Mohammedia, Morocco Giulia Guerriero Federico II University Naples, Italy Ignacy Kitowski State School of Higher Education in Chelm, Poland Jerzy Lechowski University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland Jone A. Stanley Texas A & M University, USA Luqia Hou Stanford University, USA Mofleh S. Awawdeh Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan Mohamed Hammadi Institut des Régions Arides, Tunisie Muyldermans Serge Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium   Reviewing Editors Agricultural Economics Name Institution Samir Mili Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Spain Khalid Siddig University of Hohenheim, Germany   Editorial Office Managing Editor Name Institution Mohammed A Salem Assistant Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, College of Food & Agriculture, UAEU   Internal Reviewing Editors Name Institution Aydin Basarir Department of Agribusiness and Consumer Sciences, College of Food & Agriculture, UAEU Eihab Fathelrahman Safdar Mohammed Sajid Maqsood Department of Food Sciences, College of Food & Agriculture, UAEU Sidiga Washi Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Food & Agriculture, UAEU Taoufik Saleh Ksiksi College of Science, UAEU   Editorial Assistants Name Institution Magdi A. Hassan College of Food and Agriculture, UAEU Shaikha Hareb Al Neyadi