Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery - Call for Papers - Advances in the valorisation of agro-industrial by-products

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery is proud to present an upcoming thematic issue, entitled:

Advances in the valorisation of agro-industrial by-products

Call For Paper

Sustainable processing requires food waste management. This could be achieved through the valorisation of agro-industrial and food waste such as fruit, vegetable, cereal, and marine by-products. Such approaches have gained more and more attention due to the potential of the valorised products. Besides, the valorisation of by-products could be beneficial for economic growth through value-added products and the reduction of waste management costs. Agro-industrial and food by-products can be used as a sustainable source for food, nutraceutical, and biofilm production due to their important compounds such as dietary fibre, protein, polyphenolic compounds, fatty acids, polysaccharides, and minerals. A variety of techniques have been used in enhancing the yield extraction of important compounds from by-products including physical, chemical, microbial, and enzymatic treatments; and the utilization of specific extracted compounds from by-products has been extensively reported, particularly in food products. This thematic issue covers a wide range of potential utilization of agro-industrial by-products from the extraction process, advanced and sustainable treatment as well as its optimization.

This thematic issue covers the following topic:

• Recent sustainable agriculture and food waste treatments including physical, chemical, microbial, and enzymatic treatments  
• Extraction of bioactive compounds from agro-food waste  
• Optimization of bioactive compounds extraction from agro-industrial 
• Utilization of agro-industrial and food by-products in food products 
• Application of emerging technologies to enhance valorisation efficiency  
• Value-added product development from agri-food by-products through innovative approaches

The focus of this thematic issue is on original research papers with novel findings and new results meetings the highest scientific standards in the research field outlined above. Review papers are typically rejected. They are only exceptionally accepted if they are tackling a clearly new question and / or providing new and in-depth insights into a specific topic. Papers must be submitted electronically via

https://www.editorialmanager.com/bcab/default2.aspx    

All manuscripts submitted to this thematic issue will go through a stringent peer review process managed by the editorial staff of the journal, and only those that are accepted after peer review will be published. The manuscripts must be prepared strictly following the guidelines of the journal; otherwise, they will be rejected, see

https://www.springer.com/journal/13399/submission-guidelines#Instructions%20for%20Authors_Open%20Choice    

Please check the instructions to authors and the guidelines for submission, see

https://www.springer.com/journal/13399    

Please also have a closer look at the rules related to self-citation as well as plagiarism. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the thematic issue, it is important to answer ‘Yes’ to the question ‘Is this submission for a special issue?’ and provide the title “Advances in the valorisation of agro-industrial by-products”.

Targeted opening and closing date for manuscript submission to the thematic issue:

Opening Date  : June 1^st, 2024
Closing Date    : December 31^st, 2024

Guest Editors:  

Dr. Joncer Naibaho (Postdoctoral Fellow) - Ashtown Food Research Center, Teagasc, Dublin, Ireland. email: Joncer.naibaho@teagasc.ie

(https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57208485636)

Dr. Mohsen Gavahian (Associate Professor)- Department of Food Science, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan email: mg@mail.npust.edu.tw

(https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=52263473800)