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name: MDPI Food Journal Formatting
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category: Writing
description: Format manuscripts for MDPI food and nutrition journals like Foods, Antioxidants, and Toxins. Ensures compliance with template structure, abstract/keyword limits, reference style, and figure specs.
github: "https://github.com/PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition/tree/main/journals/foods-mdpi"
language: Python
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install: "git clone https://github.com/PangenomeAI/academic-skills-food-nutrition"
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# MDPI Food Journal Formatting

Format manuscripts for MDPI food and nutrition journals like Foods, Antioxidants, and Toxins. Ensures compliance with template structure, abstract/keyword limits, reference style, and figure specs.

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

## README

# MDPI Food Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill

**Publisher:** MDPI · **Verified:** 2026-07 · Sources: [Foods instructions](https://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/instructions), [Antioxidants](https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antioxidants/instructions), [Toxins](https://www.mdpi.com/journal/toxins/instructions). All Gold open access; use the MDPI Word/LaTeX template.

## Applies to
| Journal | Abbrev | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Foods | FOODS | Broad food science & technology |
| Antioxidants | ANTIOXIDANTS-BASEL | Antioxidants, oxidative stress (food/health) |
| Toxins | TOXINS | Toxins incl. mycotoxins/food-safety toxicology |

## Article types
Article, Review, Communication, plus Perspective/Opinion, Case Report, Protocol. Special Issues are central to MDPI; note the target Special Issue if any.

## Manuscript structure (MDPI template)
Numbered sections: 1. Introduction → 2. Materials and Methods → 3. Results → 4. Discussion → 5. Conclusions. Followed by: Supplementary Materials, Author Contributions, Funding, Institutional Review Board Statement, Informed Consent Statement, Data Availability Statement, Acknowledgments, Conflicts of Interest, References.

- **Abstract:** single paragraph, **≤200 words**.
- **Keywords:** 3–10 (aim for ~5).
- **Author Contributions:** CRediT taxonomy, required.
- All the statement sections above are **mandatory** in the MDPI template (state "not applicable" where relevant).

## Reference style
**Numbered, MDPI/ACS style.** In-text bracketed numbers `[1]`, `[2,3]` in order of appearance; numbered list.

Example:
> 1. Author, A.B.; Author, C.D. Title of the article. *Foods* **2023**, *12*, 1234. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12xxxxxx

(Author names as Last, F.M.; journal name italic; year bold; volume italic.)

## Figures & tables
Figures ≥300 dpi (≥1000 dpi for line art); place near first citation; MDPI adds figure/table numbering; editable tables; all figures/tables cited in order. Provide high-res originals.

## Submission checklist
- [ ] MDPI template, numbered sections · [ ] Abstract ≤200 words · [ ] 3–10 keywords
- [ ] All mandatory statement sections completed (IRB, consent, data availability, conflicts, funding, contributions)
- [ ] Numbered MDPI-style references with DOIs · [ ] Figures ≥300 dpi
- [ ] Cover letter · [ ] Suggested reviewers (MDPI requests several)

## Also covers — MDPI nutrition journals
Same MDPI template (numbered MDPI style, mandatory statement sections).

| Journal | Abbrev | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Nutrients | NUTRIENTS | Human nutrition, diet, health |
| Dietetics | DIETETICS-BASEL | Dietetics (OA) |
| Obesities | OBESITIES-BASEL | Obesity (OA) |

## Formatting constraints
```yaml
publisher: MDPI
scope: food & nutrition
reference_style: numbered-mdpi
abstract_words: 200
keywords: {min: 3, max: 10}
mandatory_statements: [author_contributions, funding, irb, informed_consent, data_availability, conflicts_of_interest]
open_access: gold
figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000}
```