Research & Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science & Technology

Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology [2319-3409(e)] is a peer-reviewed hybrid open-access journal launched in 2011 focused on the publication of current research work carried out under Dairy Science and Technology. This journal covers all major fields of applications in Dairy Science and Technology.

• Dairy Science and Milk Technology: Research on milk production, composition, quality, physicochemical properties, processing, preservation, packaging, storage, distribution, and technological innovations across dairy systems.
• Dairy Processing and Product Development: Studies on the manufacture and optimization of milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, fermented dairy products, milk powders, protein products, nutritional formulations, and value-added dairy foods, including texture, flavor, stability, and shelf life.
• Dairy Microbiology and Fermentation: Research on dairy microorganisms, starter cultures, probiotics, prebiotics, fermentation processes, microbial quality, spoilage, food safety, bio-preservation, and the role of beneficial microorganisms in dairy products.
• Milk Biochemistry and Dairy Biotechnology: Studies on milk proteins, lipids, lactose, enzymes, bioactive components, molecular processes, dairy cultures, recombinant technologies, enzyme applications, cell immobilization, bioprocessing, and biotechnology relevant to dairy production and processing.
• Nutritional Quality and Functional Dairy Foods: Research on the nutritional composition and health-related properties of milk and dairy products, including proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, bioactive peptides, probiotics, prebiotics, functional ingredients, and fortified dairy formulations.
• Bovine and Non-Bovine Milk Science: Studies on milk from cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep, camels, yaks, donkeys, and other dairy species, including composition, yield, lipid and protein profiles, microbiology, technological properties, cheesemaking suitability, and breed- or species-specific characteristics.
• Human Milk and Lactation Science: Research on human milk composition, lactation biology, oligosaccharides, microbiome, maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, neonatal nutrition, prematurity, pasteurization, bioactive components, and the role of human milk in infant growth and development.
• Dairy Cattle Genetics and Breeding: Studies on selective breeding, crossbreeding, genomic selection, genetic diversity, milk-yield traits, fertility, longevity, disease resistance, environmental adaptability, and breeding strategies for sustainable dairy production.
• Animal Nutrition and Dairy Physiology: Research on feed, nutrients, metabolic pathways, hormones, reproductive physiology, immune function, feed efficiency, lactation biology, animal health, microbiome, and physiological factors influencing milk production and dairy-animal performance.
• Dairy Animal Behavior and Welfare: Studies on behavior, stress, housing, grazing, social interactions, adaptation, welfare indicators, reproductive behavior, management practices, and the relationship between animal welfare and dairy productivity.
• Livestock Production and Dairy Farm Management: Research on dairy-herd management, production systems, grazing, housing, breeding, feed management, health programs, productivity, farm economics, pasture-based systems, and strategies for improving efficiency and sustainability.
• Dairy Food Safety and Quality Assurance: Studies on microbial contamination, residues, adulteration, hygiene, quality control, hazard assessment, foodborne pathogens, traceability, processing safety, and analytical methods for ensuring the safety and quality of dairy products.
• Dairy Engineering and Process Technology: Research on thermal and non-thermal processing, separation, homogenization, membrane technologies, drying, refrigeration, automation, process optimization, dairy equipment, energy efficiency, and engineering solutions for milk and dairy-product manufacture.
• Dairy Waste Management and Environmental Sustainability: Studies on dairy effluents, wastewater treatment, waste valorization, greenhouse-gas emissions, water and energy use, circular-economy approaches, environmental impacts of dairy farming and processing, and sustainable dairy-production practices.
• Dairy Economics, Supply Chains, and Consumer Science: Research on dairy markets, consumer preferences, sensory quality, pricing, value chains, distribution systems, demand, food security, rural livelihoods, and economic dimensions of dairy production and processing.
• Emerging Technologies in Dairy Science: Studies on artificial intelligence, automation, biosensors, precision dairy farming, omics, nanotechnology, smart packaging, digital monitoring, rapid diagnostics, and other emerging technologies that improve dairy production, processing, safety, or quality.
• Interdisciplinary and Sustainable Dairy Systems: Research integrating dairy science with animal science, nutrition, microbiology, biotechnology, engineering, environmental science, food science, and public health, where the principal contribution advances dairy science or technology. These updated areas consolidate the journal’s existing coverage of milk science, dairy biotechnology, nutrition, breeding, animal physiology, behavior, and livestock management into clearer contemporary research domains.