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Thank you for joining us at the IUFoST Congress 2024 in Rimini, Italy. Below you will find information on some of our great free resources as well as as our powerful databases for food research.
In today’s scientific information landscape, it is relatively easy to find lots of information, but harder to identify the relevant and reliable research needed to support scientific endeavours. Our databases and free educational resources provides researchers and students with a simple and effective way to find the research and information that they need and can trust.
Find relevant, reliable research that has been published in your fieldSearch new and historical articles, patents and more, using our quality-checked databases designed especially for researchers like you.In a world of information overload, misinformation and even disinformation, reliable science is more important than ever. When you're juggling tasks and projects, efficiency is key - you need to be able to find relevant information easily and keep up-to-date with developments. And you need to know what has already been done, so you don't waste your valuable time and money repeating work. That's where we come in. We produce:
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Original research and robust articles require a comprehensive and systematic literature review. And an effective literature review is always built on the foundation of a high quality literature search.
Make sure you use the right tool for your literature searches. We're here to help!
Best Practice Guide for Literature Searching
Through explanatory notes and practical, step-by-step guidance, we aim to help you understand how to effectively plan and carry out your literature searches.
Read it on LibGuides, download and keep a copy, or add the e-learning module to your library LMS.
Good Review Practice: A researcher guide to systematic review methodology
This practical guide provides advice on comprehensive searching, and clear and unbiased reporting. It also includes advice on how to follow standard methodology practices, key tools to use, and much more.
Predatory Journals: Avoiding Fake Science
Predatory journals are a deceptive, money-making practice by unscrupulous publishers.
Our resource centre provides information and tools to help you feel confident recognising and avoiding predatory journals when researching and publishing. Learn more
Resources to help you feel confident about choosing where to submit and the process of preparing your paper for submission.
Journal Look Up Service
You don't want to accidentally cite or publish in a predatory journal, but it can be challenging to know for sure that a journal is trustworthy.
Search the journal name in our database of journals. Every journal included in the FSTA database has gone through IFIS's quality checks, so if we index it, you can be confident it is peer-reviewed and not a predatory journal.
Guide to getting published in journals
A companion to help you navigate the process of selecting appropriate journals, and understand factors which might influence your decision of where to submit.
Learn about types of open access, Impact Factors and other metrics, predatory journals, what to expect from peer review, and more.
Our mission as a not-for-profit publisher and educational charity is to understand and meet the information needs of the food community. It was why the International Food Information Service was created in 1968 and it still drives us today.
We are excited to share that we will soon launch a new FSTA Trend Analytics platform and an expert Systematic Review Guide. Sign up for alerts to hear about these as soon as they're released, as well as other news and developments.
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