Sensory and Consumer Sciences
A section of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158).
Section Information
This Section embraces all aspects of sensory and consumer science involving human perception relevant to food and food products.
The focus is on publishing work aimed at understanding food quality and perception via various cross-disciplinary synergies of multisensory human food analysis, experimental psychology, physiological responses and cognitive science. With an overall focus on highlighting the applicability in research, this Section is further focused on contributions that cover the design and development of high-quality, better-tasting, more stimulating, more memorable, and healthier food and drink experiences.
Moreover, manuscripts that utilize instrumentation in relation to food perception and sensory assessment, including digital sensory science tools, methods and applications in sensory and consumer research, are welcomed. Methodologies are also a focus; here, we include work on the development, application and evaluation of unique approaches to measure and analyze food properties based on human perception from a mind and mouth and physiological perspective.
All food product categories are of interest across the food chain, from primary production to food processing and over to eating, retailing and marketing scenarios with the consumer, including both fundamental perspectives on the human senses to understanding eating applicability in food quality.
All studies must include human responses that have an association with food and food products.
Innovative work will be considered if it meets the requirements listed above and features the keywords, as noted below.
Keywords
- Fundamentals of the human senses;
- Sensory science and food perception;
- Food acceptance and preference;
- The senses in cross-disciplinary contexts;
- Multisensory effects;
- Cross-modal interactions;
- Intrinsic and extrinsic sensory cues;
- Sensory method development;
- Sensory and product design;
- Food and beverage product quality;
- The senses in nutrition and eating;
- The senses and appetite;
- Sensometrics and data science;
- Digital and instrumental sensory science;
- Food choice and consumer behavior;
- Cross-cultural sensory research and emerging markets;
- Sensory marketing.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Sensory and Consumer Science in the Green Transition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Analysis and Characterization of Food Flavor Components and Sensory Evaluation (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Potential Application of Sensory and Consumer Studies on Products of Animal Origin (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Effects and Implications of COVID-19 for the Human Senses, Consumer Preferences, Appetite and Eating Behaviour: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Factors Influencing Public Acceptance of Innovative Food Technologies and Products (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Consumer Behavior and Food Choice—4th Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- The Human Senses in Food and Healthy Eating: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Sensory Analysis and Consumer Preferences of Novel Ingredients and Foods (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Sensory and Consumer Testing of Novel Methods and Novel Foods (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- The Role of Taste, Smell or Color on Food Intake and Food Choice (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Recent Advances in Statistical Research of Food Sensory Evaluation and Preference (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Advancements in Sensory Analysis and Their Impact on Nutrition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Individual Differences in Sensory Perception with Implications for Food Choice, Eating Behavior, and Health (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Food Perception: Mechanism and Applications (Deadline: 18 October 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence in Sensory Science: Innovations in Food Quality and Consumer Perception (Deadline: 23 October 2025)
- Flavor, Palatability, and Consumer Acceptance of Foods (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Food Sensory Characteristics and Their Impact on Consumer Acceptance and Behavior (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Impact of Processing Technologies on Food Quality and Sensory Properties—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2026)