International Journal of Food Studies

FOREWORD

The 16^th issue (vol 8 | issue 2) of the International Journal of Food Studies (IJFS), second issue of the 8^th year of publication, is now online.

The number of citations in Scopus to papers published by IJFS is steadily increasing and we expect a significant increase of the CiteScoreTracker2018 by next April 2020. At the moment the IJFS is in Q3 best quartile.

We take the opportunity to announce two main events: 1) the ISEKI E-conference on Food Texture and Rheology, next 25 and 26^th November 2019; and 2) the 6^th International ISEKI-Food  Conference, next 8 to 10 July 2020, at Nicosia – Cyprus.

We welcome you to leave your opinion and suggestions on the IJFS, by answering the online questionnaire at the IJFS site. It will take less than 5 minutes to complete. Your opinion is important for us !

We wish you appreciate this 16^th issue of the IJFS, as much as the 1^st, and we look forward to continue receiving your valuable contributions on Food Science and Technology knowledge bridging Education, Research and Industry.

Editor-in-Chief
Cristina L.M. Silva | CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa/Porto | Portugal