World Mycotoxin Journal: a not-to-be-missed research journal

Wageningen Academic Publishers in co-operation with Bastiaanse Communication and the World Mycotoxin Forum have published a new peer-reviewed scientific journal named ‘World Mycotoxin Journal’.

The new journal is intended to serve the needs of researchers and professionals from the scientific community and industry, as well as of policy makers and regulators.

The Journal contains original research papers and critical reviews in all areas dealing with mycotoxins, together with opinions, a calendar of forthcoming mycotoxin-related events and book reviews. The Journal takes a multidisciplinary approach, and it focuses on a broad spectrum of issues, including toxicology, risk assessment, occurrence, modelling and prediction of toxin formation, genomics, molecular biology for control of mycotoxigenic fungi, pre-and post-harvest prevention and control, sampling, analytical methodology and quality assurance, food technology, economics and regulatory issues.

The creation of ‘World Mycotoxin Journal’ witnesses the continuous and intensive interest of the scientific community for the multi-faceted subject area of mycotoxins, and of the many activities that take place, e.g. those undertaken by international organisations and within thematic interlaboratory research and networking projects.

The Journal aims to bring together those active in various disciplines and to offer a platform for the publication of scientific work on mycotoxins, and for the discussion and debate of its contents. It has the ambition of strengthening the networks of mycotoxin experts and of contributing significantly to the combat of these silent threats to human and animal health. ‘World Mycotoxin Journal’ has the ambition to be the most up-to-date international journal for those who need to be informed of the latest and most important developments in the field.

Topics dealt by 'World Mycotoxin Journal' are:

* International developments and regulatory issues
* The economic impact of mycotoxins
* The latest information on major mycotoxins and emerging problems in the food and feed chain
* Human and animal nutrition and health effects
* Latest discoveries in mycotoxin toxicology and toxicokinetics
* Trends in modelling and prediction of mycotoxin formation
* Strategies for pre- and postharvest prevention and control
* Application of genomics in mycotoxin research
* Molecular biology for control of mycotoxigenic fungi
* Decontamination and detoxification solutions
* New developments in mycotoxin sampling analysis and analytical quality assurance, including reference materials
* Worldwide cases of occurrence and exposure to mycotoxins

The Journal is issued 4x per year (Febr/May/Aug/Nov). The first issue will be available in February 2008. The editorial board is formed by well known experts from all over the world.

Call for papers

Researchers can contribute their work to ‘World Mycotoxin Journal'. Submitted papers must follow the authors guidelines to be considered for review and publication. Refereeing of papers is conducted anonymously and the identity of the referees is not disclosed. For more information about submitting papers, please visit Wageningen Academic website.