Article Type

Manuscript Types & Scientific Article Requirements

Article Types

Journal of FoodSecure Indonesia prioritizes original research that demonstrates clear scientific novelty, rigorous analysis, and a substantive contribution to food security, food systems, food availability and access, nutrition security, food resilience, agricultural supply chains, food policy, food technology, sustainable food production, and related fields.

ORIGINAL RESEARCH PRIORITY NOVELTY REQUIRED NON-RESEARCH TYPES LIMITED

The journal gives priority to original research articles. Review articles, case studies, and short communications are accepted selectively when they are strongly aligned with the journal's Focus and Scope and provide clear scientific, nutritional, technological, socioeconomic, policy, environmental, or food-system contributions.

Core Scientific Requirements

Regardless of manuscript type, articles should demonstrate the following core elements:

✓ Clear food-security or food-system problem and significance ✓ Adequate state of the art
✓ Explicit research gap / novelty justification ✓ Clearly stated research objective
✓ Appropriate nutritional, agricultural, socioeconomic, technological, or policy method ✓ Findings, analysis, and conclusion supported by evidence
Editorial Priority: Manuscripts without a clear state of the art, research gap or justification of novelty, explicit research objective, and clear relevance to food security or food systems may receive lower editorial priority or be returned before peer review.
1 Original Research Article PRIMARY TYPE

Original Research Articles are the primary and preferred manuscript type. They must report original findings derived from a systematic research process and demonstrate a clear contribution to food security, nutrition security, food-system resilience, sustainable food production, food access, food utilization, or related areas.

Required characteristics:

  • Relevant food-security, nutritional, agricultural, socioeconomic, technological, or policy background and clearly defined research problem;
  • Adequate review of current scholarship, food-system evidence, policies, technologies, or state of the art;
  • Explicit identification of the research gap;
  • Clear justification of novelty or scientific contribution;
  • Explicit research objective(s), research question(s), or hypotheses where appropriate;
  • Appropriate and sufficiently described quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method, nutritional, agricultural, survey, food-system, policy-analysis, laboratory, or other relevant research method;
  • Clear description of study population, households, communities, food commodities, supply chains, sampling, indicators, instruments, or datasets where applicable;
  • Clear presentation of findings supported by appropriate nutritional, agricultural, economic, statistical, technological, or policy evidence;
  • Critical analysis and comparison with relevant food-security, nutrition, agricultural, and food-system literature; and
  • Conclusion that directly responds to the research objective and explains relevant nutritional, social, economic, technological, environmental, or policy implications.
Recommended Structure:
Introduction → Methods → Results → Discussion → Conclusion → Declarations → References
2 Review Article SELECTIVE

Review Articles are considered selectively and must provide a comprehensive, critical, and original synthesis of a clearly defined body of literature in food security, nutrition security, food systems, food resilience, sustainable food production, agricultural supply chains, food policy, or related fields.

A high-quality review article should:

  • Present a clearly defined review question or analytical objective;
  • Explain the literature-search and selection approach;
  • Use adequate, relevant, and sufficiently current references;
  • Critically compare previous food-security frameworks, nutritional findings, food-system interventions, technologies, policies, and empirical evidence;
  • Identify inconsistencies, methodological limitations, access barriers, nutritional challenges, supply-chain vulnerabilities, emerging trends, and research gaps;
  • Provide original analysis or synthesis by the authors; and
  • Develop a research agenda, conceptual framework, food-system model, policy synthesis, or substantive conclusion.
Not Acceptable: A literature review that only summarizes previous food-security studies, nutrition programs, food policies, technologies, or publications without critical analysis, synthesis, or an original scholarly contribution.
3 Case Study LIMITED

Case Studies are considered when the case provides significant scientific, nutritional, socioeconomic, agricultural, technological, community, or policy relevance within food security and food systems.

A Case Study must include:

✓ Clear research or food-system objective ✓ Case-selection justification
✓ Nutritional, socioeconomic, agricultural, or policy analytical approach ✓ Findings and substantive evaluation
✓ Comparison with relevant food-security literature ✓ Clear nutritional, social, economic, technological, or policy contribution
Not Acceptable: Purely descriptive community food profiles, food-distribution reports, agricultural production narratives, nutrition-program descriptions, or food-policy cases without a clear research objective, systematic analytical method, evaluation, and scholarly contribution.
4 Short Communication LIMITED

A Short Communication presents concise but important original findings, emerging food-security evidence, nutrition findings, food-supply disruptions, community food-system observations, technological developments, food-resilience insights, or timely policy results relevant to the journal's scope.

Although shorter than a full Original Research Article, a Short Communication must still contain sufficient scientific substance and demonstrate a clear contribution to food-security knowledge, policy, or practice.

Minimum Scientific Elements:
Objective Method Results Analysis Conclusion

Manuscript Type Priority

Manuscript Type Journal Priority Main Requirement
Original Research Article HIGH Original findings + state of the art + research gap + novelty + food-security analysis
Review Article SELECTIVE Comprehensive review + current references + critical synthesis + original analysis
Case Study LIMITED Objective + case justification + analytical method + evaluation + food-system contribution
Short Communication LIMITED Concise but complete evidence, food-security analysis, and practical or policy relevance

Manuscripts Not Considered

  • Purely descriptive food-security or food-system articles without substantive analysis;
  • Opinion articles without a clear scholarly method or evidence base;
  • Literature summaries without critical synthesis;
  • Descriptions of food programs, food-distribution activities, nutrition initiatives, or agricultural production without systematic research or evaluation;
  • Community or household food-security profiles that only present descriptive data without adequate analytical interpretation;
  • Food-policy descriptions without a clear analytical framework, evidence base, or evaluation;
  • Food technology or product-development reports without a clear connection to food security, accessibility, nutrition, sustainability, or food-system outcomes;
  • Food availability or supply-chain studies without appropriate data analysis, indicators, and interpretation;
  • Nutrition interventions without clearly described objectives, methods, outcome measures, and evaluation;
  • Conference abstracts submitted without substantial development;
  • Articles outside the journal's Focus and Scope;
  • Previously published manuscripts; and
  • Manuscripts simultaneously submitted to another publication.
Editorial Principle

The journal prioritizes original research that advances understanding and practice related to food security, nutrition security, sustainable food systems, and food resilience. Non-original research formats are considered selectively and must demonstrate clear scientific objectives, methodological rigor, analytical depth, originality, measurable food-system or nutritional relevance, and strong alignment with the journal's Focus and Scope.