*Corresponding Authors: Jing-ya Li, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China. Email: [email protected]; Liang Wang, Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China. Email: [email protected]; Peng Zhou, Research Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230012, China. Email: [email protected]
Received: 16 April 2026; Accepted: 16 April 2026; Published: 5 May 2026
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The journal makes the following statement related to the above-mentioned published article:
‘The direct relevance of journal’s aims and scope’ regarding this paper’s title and content ‘is unclear’.
While at the time of submission, the quality of life was only indirectly linked to the journal’s aims and scope, and the responsible co-editor believed a discussion on it would help the general physical health and nutritional status of patients.
Nevertheless, in order to make clear our journal’s basic aims and scope and to avoid similar observations of Clarivate in future, we decided to slightly modify the journal’s aims as follows:
Instead of:
The Italian Journal of Food Science (ISSN: 1120-1770) is an international is … to the Mediterranean region.
Its expanded scope includes:
Food engineering, food production, food management, and economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the food and nutrient industry and supply chain.
Food safety and nutrition, and environmental aspects of food processing.
We modify the above statement as under:
The Italian Journal of Food Science (ISSN: 1120-1770) is an international is … to the Mediterranean region.
Its expanded scope includes:
Food engineering, food production, food management, and economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the food and nutrient industry and supply chain.
Food safety and nutrition linked to food and nutrients.
The journal confirms that these corrections are made to add clarity to the journal’s aims and scope.
The author did not respond to the journal’s repeated request to acknowledge these issues; hence, this corrigendum is published without author’s input.