About the Journal

Research Horizons: Innovations and Applications in Applied Food Research is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research, comprehensive reviews, and selected high-impact reprints in the scientific and technological applications of food science and engineering. The journal emphasizes application-driven studies in food manufacturing, process engineering, and production optimization. It welcomes research on regional and specialty products, as well as systematic review articles. Studies reporting food property data using standardized or validated methodologies are also encouraged, providing a bridge between scientific innovation and practical application in the food industry.

Published half-yearly, the journal is available in both print and electronic formats, ensuring wide accessibility to the research community.​

Scope:

The journal welcomes high-quality submissions in all aspects of food and process engineering, emphasizing innovation, technological application, and process optimization. Key areas include, but are not limited to:

  • Advanced and emerging food processing technologies: including hurdle and minimal processing, thermal and non-thermal methods, extrusion, value addition, dehydration, separation technologies, refrigerated and frozen systems, electro-technologies, irradiation, intelligent packaging, and associated process engineering frameworks.
  • Bioactive compound extraction and valorisation: development and implementation of conventional and novel methodologies for the isolation and stabilization of nutrients, bioactives, and functional ingredients for incorporation into foods, nutraceuticals, or dietary supplements.
  • Product formulation, process design, and optimization: leveraging systematic optimization strategies to enhance sensory attributes, nutritional quality, shelf-life, sustainability metrics, and energy/resource efficiency.
  • Computational and predictive modelling: application of mathematical, statistical, and machine learning approaches, including Response Surface Methodology, Artificial Neural Networks, and process simulation techniques, to model, predict, and optimize food processing operations.
  • Non-conventional and frontier technologies: research on innovative, interdisciplinary, and cutting-edge technologies that advance food processing, process control, automation, and engineering integration.