World Mycotoxin Journal

'World Mycotoxin Journal' has an Impact Factor of 1.717 and the 5 year Impact Factor is 1.810 (2017 Journal Citation Reports, Clarivate Analytics 2018). The journal's CiteScore is 1.71 (CiteScore™ 2017. Calculated by Scopus on 30 April 2018). 'World Mycotoxin Journal' is issued four times a year. Each issue contains approximately 100 pages. Editor-in-chief: Franz Berthiller ISSN 1875-0710 (paper edition) ISSN 1875-0796 (online edition) Aims and scope 'World Mycotoxin Journal' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal with only one specific area of focus: the promotion of the science of mycotoxins. 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, worldwide 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. 'World Mycotoxin 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. 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 (papers dealing with locally purchased commodities are usually not published)