Meat and Muscle Biology (MMB) was initiated by the American Meat Science Association as its official scientific journal in October 2016 to provide a broader scope of peer-reviewed meat science and muscle biology research than was then available to the world’s meat science and industry community. The journal’s focus is on edible products from commonly farmed and/or harvested meat animal species and further establishes AMSA as the authoritative resource of factual meat information. The papers provide research information with an immediate practical application or for knowledge in biological aspects of the discipline that will advance its usefulness in the long term. Heading up the scientific editing of the journal are Dr. Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan, Iowa State University, as editor-in-chief, and Dr. Surendranath Suman, from the University of Kentucky, as the associate editor.
MMB is an open-access, peer-reviewed, online-only journal focusing on edible products from commonly farmed and/or harvested meat animal species. Articles are available for reading and downloading at no charge as soon as they are published. The journal considers research submissions on all antemortem and postmortem factors that influence the properties of meat that are marketed for human consumption. This includes meat from domestic mammals, avians, aquaculture species, amphibians, wild-capture mammals and synthetic meat analogs. The scope of topics ranges from production, processing, composition, quality, safety and value of edible products including muscle biology and biochemistry, human nutrition, food safety, sensory evaluation, consumer science, meat analytical procedures and marketing of meat products. MMB aims to become the flagship journal in disseminating the most important and highest-quality knowledge on antemortem and postmortem factors that influence meat properties. Authors can find everything they need to submit articles at http://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/mmb/. The same address can be used to access journal content.