Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authorship contribution

This journal applies the CRediT taxonomy for identifying authorship contributions based on the assignment of specific roles to research articles. For more information see "Submissions/Authorship identification".

This information should be incorporated into the document, under the heading "Authorship contribution statement", located just before the bibliography, in the following format:

Authorship contribution statement

Initial letters of first name and full last name author 01: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing.

Initial letters of first name and full last name author 02: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing.

Download HERE the Good Practice Code in PDF
Download HERE the Authorship Form in PDF

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Scope
Grasas y Aceites publishes in English original papers (neither previously published nor submitted for publication anywhere) on fats and oils from oleaginous seeds and fruits, as well as animals and fungi, relevant to the food industry, and related products of interest in the field of oleochemistry, in the form of articles, notes, reviews, and informative papers.

Preparation of the manuscript
To assist authors in preparing their manuscripts a template is provided at the following address:

DOCUMENT TEMPLATE DOWNLOAD

The use of this template is highly recommended because it contains additional instructions and the format usually employed in the journal. When using the template, just substitute the provided text in each section by your text.

Manuscripts (maximum extension 6000 words, excluding tables and figures) will be typed, double-spaced, on A-4 sheets (210 x 297 mm) leaving 30 mm margins. Lines should be numbered. The various sections of the manuscript should be assembled in the following sequence:

Title, Authorship, Abstract, Keywords and ORCID (page 1)
Introduction (page 2)
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Authorship contribution statement
References
Tables (each in a single page, with its legend)
Figure captions (all combined in one or as many pages as needed)
Figures (each in a single page)

All headings will be in bold capitals.

The first page should include the title of the paper, the authors’ names, the name and address of the institution where research was done, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and the ORCID of each of the co-authors who have participated in the manuscript in the URL format: One NI https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000 (find your ORCID in https://orcid.org/register). More information on our downloadable template.

The Abstract and Keywords will include the title of the article, a 100-150 words abstract (written in third person), and 3 to 6 keywords for indexing and aiding the reader in literature retrieval. If possible, translate this page to Spanish.

Tables and figures will be printed in separate A-4 sheets. Minimum required resolution for figures at the final reproduction size is 600 dpi.

The submission (including the title and abstract page, the other sections of the body of the paper, the tables, and the figures) should be in one file. Use of Microsoft Word 97 or higher is preferred.

Symbols, units and nomenclature
The authors should follow the rules of the Système International d’Unités (SI). Chemical nomenclature should follow as closely as possible the IUPAC rules.

Tables and figures
Results must be presented in a maximum total of 8 figures and tables, not in both forms at the same time.

Tables and figures will be separately numbered in Arabic numbers, in the order that they appear in the text. Both should have an explanatory legend.

Graphics must be clear (avoid using grids as well as shades of gray on bars or lines). Their dimensions must be such that remain clear and legible after size reduction to 8, 12, or 16 cm width. For letters and numbers use Sans-Serif characters 4 mm in height; line thickness must be 0.4 to 0.6 mm; broken lines or cycles should be 4 to 5 mm long after reduction.

Photographs should have the greatest contrast possible and be submitted as JPEG file (or similar), all of them stored in a single ZIP or RAR compressed file.

All figure legends should be combined in one list and typed on a separate sheet.

Transparencies, slides, dot-matrix computer graphics, photocopies or original instrument recordings will be rejected.

References
Please notice that Digital Object Identification (DOI) should be included into each reference whenever available. The complete Cross Reference guidelines can be found in the CrossRef web site (https://www.crossref.org).

References should be cited in the text by the authors’ names and year of publication (Harvard system). Thus, they can appear as “according to García-González et al. (2007)”, if the name of the author is cited in the text, or “(García-González et al., 2007)” at the end of a sentence.

Use a letter after the year if more than one reference for the same authors and year is given. They should be ordered by the publishing year if several references are used at the same time.

The full list of references should be typed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order, according to the following examples:

Journal articles:

Pereira JA, Casal S, Bento A, Oliveira M. 2002. Influence of olive storage period on oil quality of three Portuguese cultivars of Olea europaea, Cobrancosa, Madural and Verdeal Transmontana. J. Agric. Food Chem. 50, 6335–6340. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf011661y.

Jimenez B, Rivas A, Sánchez-Ortiz A, Lorenzo ML, Úbeda M, Callejón RM, Ortega E. 2012. Influence of fruit maturation process on the sensory quality of virgin olive oils from Picual, Hojiblanca and Picudo cultivars. Grasas Aceites 63, 403–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/gya.058212.

Bruhl L, Matthaus B. 2008. Sensory assessment of virgin rapeseed oils. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. 110, 608–610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.200700293.

Book chapters:

Moreda W, Pérez Camino MC, Cert A. 2004. Analysis of neutral lipids: Unsaponifiable, in Nollet LML (Ed.) Handbook of Food Analysis, 2nd ed, vol 1. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 313–347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b11081

Books:

Frankel EN. 2007. Antioxidants in Food and Biology. Facts and Fiction. The Oily Press, Bridgwater, UK. http://dx.doi.org/10.1533/9780857097903

Patents:

Sniderman Zachary N, Ibarra, A. Olive polyphenols concentrate. Patent no. WO 2006/005989

Submission of manuscripts
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically using the journal's web page. A cover letter is required for submissions.

Revisions, Proofs, and Reprints
The Editorial Board which will examine all received manuscripts. Those considered to be not related to the habitual topics covered by the Journal, or not meeting the standard of scientific quality or novelty, will be returned to authors.

Manuscripts will be reviewed by two (or three, if necessary) experts in the subject and, according to their reports, the Editorial Board will decide the acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. The Editorial Board may also ask the authors to revise or rewrite their manuscript according to the reviewers' suggestions or according to these instructions.

Galley proofs of accepted manuscripts will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author for correction. These corrections should be sent back by e-mail in one communication within the next 72 h of the reception to assure a quick and accurate publication.

Authors will be provided with a pdf file of their article. In addition, all articles published in Grasas y Aceites are accessible, free of charge, at the following address:

https://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Below you will find instructions for the following procedures:

- How to register at Grasas y Aceites

- How to send an original manuscript to Grasas y Aceites

- How to check a revision report and submit a revised version of a manuscript

How to register at Grasas y Aceites

1.- On the journal's website, click on the link "Register":

2.- On the registration page you will have to fill in all the fields (the "Family name" field is optional, although highly recommended) using lower case only for your email, username and password. After reading the Privacy Statement you will need to consent to the collection and storage of your data and complete the Captcha. Receiving notifications of new publications and notices is optional.

3.- You will receive a message with a link to activate your account at the provided email address. Once activated, you will be able to log in to your account with the credentials you created.

How to send an original manuscript to Grasas y Aceites

1.- On the magazine's website, log in by clicking on "Login":

2.- Enter your username and password. Once you return to the magazine's homepage, click on the "Make a Submission" button:

Before submitting, please review the "Submission Preparation Checklist" and read the "Author Guidelines", the "Copyright Notice" and the "Privacy Statement". When you have all the required documents ready, click on the link "Make a new submission".

In subsequent logins, you will be taken to your user dashboard. There press the ‘New Submission’ button to submit a new article. You will be shown any articles received and in process under the ‘My Queue’ tab):

3.- As you will see on the new submissions page, submitting a manuscript is a four-stage process, in addition to a final section with information on follow-up:

3.1.- "1. Start"

At this stage you must select the language in which the article is written and the section of the journal in which you think it would fit, you must indicate that you have prepared all the items on the "Submission requirements" list and, optionally, you may send comments to the editor. You must comply with the terms of the Copyright Statement and the collection and storage of your data as the author of the article in accordance with the Privacy Statement of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).

Then press the "Save and continue" button.

3.2.- "2. Upload submission"

In this phase, the files that make up the article and its additional documentation will be uploaded to the management module.

There are three parts to upload each file. In the first one, we will select which component of the article we are going to contribute and we will upload the corresponding file. Once uploaded, click on the "Continue" button. In the second part we will see the file metadata, with the possibility to edit them, but we will click "Continue" without making this edition.

In the third part, select "Add Another File", going back to "1. Upload file" and, without modifying the default option "This is not a revision of an existing file", select the new "Article Component" identifying what it is and uploading the file. Click "Continue" until you reach, once again, step "3. Confirm". This process must be repeated until all the files have been sent, and only when all the material has been uploaded should the "Complete" button be selected.

If after "Completing" the submission we realise that we have forgotten to upload a file, we can do so by selecting the "Upload File" button located in the upper right-hand corner of the "2. Upload Submission" tab:

Once all the submission files have been uploaded, we will press the "Save and continue" button.

3.3.- "3. Enter Metadata"

In this phase the author will enter the metadata of the article according to the journal guidelines. These are:

- Title in Spanish and English. If the article is written in another language, it will be introduced first this language and then in English.

- Summary or abstract in the same languages as the previous item.

- List of contributors. Although it was not necessary when registering as a journal user, in this section it is compulsory for authors to have their ORCID identifier and affiliation correctly indicated. If necessary, the information of additional authors will be added using the link "Add contributor":

- Keywords. The article keywords will be inserted in both languages. The entire list cannot be copied, must be entered one term at a time pressing "Enter" after each one.

- Funding data. The entities that have supported the research published in the article must be indicated. After selecting "Add funder", the name of the funder should be inserted again, which will trigger an internal search that will return the institution standardised name and DOI. If the institution does not have a DOI, it will not be able to register in this field. After entering the grant numbers, click on "Save".

To finish this phase of entering metadata, click on the "Save and continue" button.

3.4.- "4. Confirmation" y "5. Next steps"

In this last phase we will confirm the submission metadata recording linked to the uploaded files. Before clicking on the "Finish Submission" button, we can go back to the previous phases and review the information and files provided to check that they are all correct.

Once we click on the "Finish Submission" button, the article will be sent to the journal and its staff will contact you to continue with the process, as indicated in the "5. Next Steps" section.

How to check a revision report and submit a revised version of a manuscript

Once your submission has been reviewed, the journal's staff will send you a review report. Once received, you must log in to the journal and, in the "Submissions" section of your dashboard, you will be able to check that your submission is in the Review phase and, if the editorial staff has requested, whether it is necessary to make any modifications or revisions to the manuscript:

By clicking on the title of your submission, you will be taken to the workflow of your submission and you will be able to check the information related to the its review. You will find the notifications that the editorial staff has sent you, the attachments that the reviewers may have attached and, if requested, the possibility to provide a new version of the manuscript with the requested modifications by clicking on the "Upload file" button:

Research data policy

We recommend authors depositing data obtained from the research developed for the preparation of their article in repositories of recognized prestige, specific to the discipline or of a generalist nature. In any case, it must be a FAIR repository (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), preferably in open access.

There are several repositories destined to conserve and disseminate concrete data such as results of surveys, observations, interviews, simulations, automatically collected data, samples, models ... If necessary, authors can consult the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data taking into account that each repository has its own deposit rules.

Those CSIC authors who would like to deposit their datasets in Digital.CSIC may do so by following these guidelines. They can use the Servicio de Archivo Delegado made available by the Technical Office of DIGITAL.CSIC and the Red de Bibliotecas CSIC.

DIGITAL.CSIC generates DOIs for datasets and associated software and is certified as data repository in re3data and Repository Finder. More information at Política de datos en Digital.CSIC.

If the author has deposited datasets in a repository, he should mention it in the article providing a brief description of the type of data deposited, the name and URL of the repository, the identification code and the data of the license for use and distribution. This information must be included at the end of the article, immediately before the bibliographic listing, under the heading "Data availability".

Download HERE the Good Practice Code in PDF
Download HERE the Authorship Form in PDF