About the Journal
Focus and Scope
DEMETRA: Food, Nutrition & Health, ISSN 2238-913X, is a scientific journal edited by the Institute of Nutrition of Rio de Janeiro State University. Its mission is the publication of debates, reviews and research findings relevant to the field of Food, Nutrition and Health.
We receive originals from both the Biomedical field and from the Social and Human Sciences or from the Agricultural Sciences or Engineering and others that deal with food or nutrient issues.
It is an open and free electronic journal that receives manuscripts in Portuguese, Spanish or English. After the peer review process, the journal divulges, at no cost to the authors or readers, complete original manuscripts in two versions: Portuguese and English or Spanish and English.
The abbreviated title of the journal is Demetra, which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references and bibliographic legends.
The journal has the policy of not accepting any kind of support from or associated with initiatives that are adverse or harmful to the human health. This posture is possible only because of the important financial support granted by the funding bodies that sponsor our work: Rio de Janeiro University, the Nutrition Institute, and the Graduate Program for Food, Nutrition and Health.
These are the journal’s commitments:
-proceed with maximum agility the evaluation of the originals;
- publish the accepted articles as quickly as possible:
-invest in the magazine indexing in national and international bases;
-keep free access to complete manuscripts in English (always) and also Portuguese or Spanish;
- keep the process of submitting the manuscripts, their evaluation and publication free of charge;
- constantly ensure ethical procedures in science;
- keep open channels of communication with social actors working in the field of Food and Nutrition and science as a whole.
DEMETRA: Food, Nutrition & Health is a continuation of CERES: Nutrition & Health, ISSN 1981-0881, published from 2006 to 2011.
Peer Review Process
Manuscripts meeting standardization under the "Guidelines for Authors" are forwarded for prior evaluation and, if approved, sent to ad hoc evaluators selected by the editors.
Each manuscript is sent to two ad hoc evaluators of recognized competence in the subject matter. If there is disagreement, a third opinion is requested.
The peer review procedure is confidential regarding the identity of the authors and evaluators (double blind). The original text should not include any information that allows authorship identification; authors' data should be reported on the title page.
The review states:
[a] recommended article for publication without revision;
[b] recommended article for publication with request for reformulations;
[c] article not recommended for publication.
The final decision on the publication or not of the manuscript is always issued by the editors. In any of these cases, the author will be notified.
Publication Frequency
Once a year from 2006 to 2008, every four months from 2009 to 2012. In 2013 it will be published 4 issues and in 2014 it will become quarterly. In 2019 the publication became continuous flow.
Open Access Policy
This journal offers free, immediate access to its content, following the principle that delivering free scientific knowledge to the public worldwide contributes to a greater global democratization of knowledge and know-how.
This journal is licensed under a License Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 Not Adapted.
DEMETRA: Alimentação, Nutrição & Saúde does not charge submission and/or publication fees.
Publication ethics
Studies involving human participants
The manuscript must include information regarding approval by the Ethics Committee for research involving humans, in accordance with Resolution No. 466/2012 of the Conselho Nacional de Saúde (National Health Council). The last paragraph of the "Methodology" section must clearly state compliance with Resolution 466. The manuscript must include a copy of the authorization of the Ethics Committee's normative statement.
Clinical trials
DEMETRA: Food, Nutrition & Health supports the clinical trial registration policies of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), recognizing the importance of these initiatives for the international registration and dissemination of clinical trial information in open access. Therefore, only clinical research articles that have received an identification number in one of the Registers of Clinical Trials validated by the criteria established by the WHO, ICMJE and WHO - http://www.who.int/ictrp/network/primary/en/, whose addresses are available on the ICMJE website - http://www.icmje.org/, are accepted for publication. The identification number must be registered at the end of the abstract.
Experimental investigations involving animals
In the experimental investigations involving animals, the ethical principles of animal experiments stated by Colégio Brasileiro de Experimentação Animal (COBEA) and the standards established by the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1996) must be respected. The drugs and chemical substances used in the research must be precisely identified.
Conflict of interests
When the manuscript is based on a thesis or dissertation, its necessary indicate the author's name, title, year, name of the graduate program and the institution where it was presented.
The public confidence in the peer review process and the credibility of published articles depend, in part, on how conflicts of interest are managed during the writing, peer review and decision-making by the editors.
Conflicts of interest may arise when authors, reviewers and editors have interests that, clear or not, may influence the development or the evaluation of the manuscripts. Conflict of interest can be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial in nature.
When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial conflicts or others, which may have influenced their work. Authors must acknowledge all financial support for the work and other financial or personal connections linked to the research. The reporter should disclose to the editors any conflicts of interest that could bias their opinions of the manuscript, and, when appropriate, should declare himself/herself unqualified to review it.
If the authors are not certain what may constitute a potential conflict of interest, they should contact the editorial office.Sponsors
Our thanks to the Sub-Dean of Research and Graduate Studies and to the Sub-Dean of Extension and Culture of UERJ for the academic support to this journal.
