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name: Frontiers Food & Nutrition Journals
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description: Format and check manuscripts for Frontiers in Nutrition and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Use for article types, reference style, figure specs, and mandatory statements.
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# Frontiers Food & Nutrition Journals

Format and check manuscripts for Frontiers in Nutrition and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Use for article types, reference style, figure specs, and mandatory statements.

**Install:** `git clone https://github.com/PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition`

## README

# Frontiers Food & Nutrition Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill

**Publisher:** Frontiers Media SA · **Verified:** 2026-07 · Gold open access; use the Frontiers article template. Confirm at the Frontiers author guidelines.

## Applies to
| Journal | Abbrev | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Frontiers in Nutrition | FRONT NUTR | Nutrition, diet, health |
| Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems | FRONT SUSTAIN FOOD S | Sustainable food systems |

## Article types
Original Research, Review, Mini Review, Systematic Review, Perspective, Brief Research Report, Methods, and others per the Frontiers type list — each with its own length/structure spec on the journal site.

## Manuscript structure
Title → Authors & affiliations → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Materials and Methods → Results → Discussion → Conclusion → Conflict of Interest statement → Author Contributions → Funding → Data Availability → References.

- **Abstract:** unstructured, ≤~350 words (type-dependent; confirm).
- **Keywords:** 5–8.
- Mandatory Frontiers statements: Conflict of Interest, Author Contributions, Funding, Data Availability, and Ethics (for human/animal studies).

## Reference style
**Frontiers reference style (author–date).** In-text `(Author et al., 2023)`; alphabetical reference list with full author lists and DOIs.

Example:
> Author, A. B., and Author, C. D. (2023). Title of the article. *Front. Nutr.* 10:123456. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.123456

## Figures & tables
Figures ≥300 dpi (line art ≥600); TIFF/EPS/JPEG; RGB; editable tables; cite in order. Frontiers checks image integrity at submission.

## Submission checklist
- [ ] Correct Frontiers article type + within its spec · [ ] Abstract within limit · [ ] 5–8 keywords
- [ ] All mandatory Frontiers statements (COI, contributions, funding, data availability, ethics)
- [ ] Frontiers author–date references with DOIs · [ ] Figures ≥300 dpi

## Formatting constraints
```yaml
publisher: Frontiers Media
reference_style: author-date-frontiers
abstract_words: 350
keywords_max: 8
mandatory_statements: [conflict_of_interest, author_contributions, funding, data_availability, ethics]
open_access: gold
figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 600}
```