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down. There is some concern that maybe more of these
types of paper are getting rejected. It is possible that there
may not be enough reviewers for this type of submission.
Note check this to make sure that I captured the discussion
accurately.
Administrative Editor's Report:
Didi announced some system changes. Allen Press
will no longer use AllenTrack. It is transitioning to a new
system (PeerTrack) and is slated to start late July. This
will require parallel use of the systems until all of the
manuscripts in AllenTrack are published.
Alan Press is transitioning from Pinnacle to Silver
Chair for the website. The Journal website now contains
journal articles from the 1937 to 1966. Sixteen open
access articles were published in 2018.
The impact factor of JFP has increased from 1.510
to 1.559.
New Business:
Invited reviews on hot topics were discussed by
Dr. Joshua Gurtler. He solicited idea for hot topics that
could be used for invited mini-reviews. Reviews tend to
increase the impact factor due to increased citations
that tend to occur with review articles.
The editors can target authors to invite them write
review articles. Suggestions of review article topics can
be submitted to Dr. Gurtler.
JFP Marketing Plan Report:
Judy Luther presented an update on the JFP marketing
plan. Highlights include that a strategic plan was started
in 2015. Plain language summaries are being distributed
using Kudos. Articles more than 5 years old are free
to read. The growth of JFP usage has increased from
<100,000 to nearly 800,000 from 2016 to 2018. This
increase has been due to an increased amount of content online (i.e., articles now online from 1937-1966) and
access to the content (i.e., free after 5 years). This is a
dramatic increase in usage.
The new JFP logo was unveiled. The cover of JFP
is being redesigned to incorporate the new logo.
Podcasting is the next step. There is a call for
volunteers to help with starting up the podcast and
for social media engagement.
This is the first year since the start of the strategic plan
that there has been an impact in IF. The IF has increased
in 2017 and 2018. JFP increased in rankings for the Food
category, but declined in the Biotechnology and Applied
Microbiology category.
Time from Submission to Publication:
Dr. Linda Harris brought up an experience that she
recently had. Her paper was approved and within 12 hours
a galley copy and a DOI was sent to her. She is already
getting requests for information about the article.
Competitive journals have journal articles online for
September and October (in July).
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. The Committee recommends that a comprehensive
review be conducted on the overall quality of the
experience our JFP authors are receiving through their
engagement with the Journal. This includes how long
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it takes to go from approval to publication, the quality
and calibration of reviewers comments and should
also include comparison to other journals published by
similar organizations.
2. The Committee recommends a new process be
initiated to invite targeted authors to write reviews for
JFP on specific, high impact/highly relevant and timely
topics.
Next Meeting Date: August 2, 2020, Cleveland, Ohio.
Meeting Adjourned: 12:08 p.m.
Chairperson: Sean Leighton.

Program Committee
Members Present: Manpreet Singh (Chair),
Martin Duplessis (Vice Chair), Francisco Diez,
Heidy Den Besten, Doris D'Souza, Carrie Rigdon,
Manan Sharma, Tori Stivers, Benjamin Warren,
Pamela Wilger, and Christina Wilson.
Board/Staff Present: Kali Kniel, Roger Cook,
Michelle Danyluk, and Tamara Ford.
Meeting Called to Order: 7:30 a.m., Wednesday,
July 24, 2019.
The meeting began with introductions. Outgoing Committee
Members Mark Moorman, Michelle Danyluk and Laura
Brown were recognized for their service. Tamara explained
the process for the 2020 submissions and the timeline was
reviewed.
IAFP 2019 Evaluation - The Committee provided feedback concerning IAFP 2019.
1. Technical Session Convenors need more guidance
when session schedules need to be adapted.
2. Number of roles - the Committee reinforced the idea
that speakers/panelists should have no more than
3 roles at Annual Meeting.
3. Manpreet asked if a webinar question could be added
to the submission form.
4. The topic areas help with grouping submissions for
review. The form should be revised to include Primary,
Secondary, and Additional Topic Area.
5. The Committee requested a comprehensive spreadsheet of speakers and topic areas for the last 4 years
for review.
6. Make certain that the speaker knows that the intent is
to teach something new and worthwhile. Encourage
talks beyond background information.
7. Set a stricter no photo/video policy and posting, so that
speakers can continue to share information.
Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.
Next Meeting: Conference call in late October or early
November.
Meeting Adjourned: 8:30 a.m.
Chairperson: Manpreet Singh.

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