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Bioresource Technology
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Bioresource Technology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 8 363 1429 101
Environmental Sciences 11 314 1432 102
Biology and Biochemistry 12 220 938 88

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1749
Documents by Best Scientists*: 4265
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 39
SCIMAGO H-index: 383
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.395
Impact Factor: 9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bioresource Technology?

The discussions in Bioresource Technology mainly cover the fields of Food science, Pulp and paper industry, Waste management, Biomass and Fermentation. Food science research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Botany, Hydrolysis, Biochemistry, Hydrolysate and Bacteria. The research on Hydrolysis featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Cellulose and Chromatography.

The research on Cellulose tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Lignin and Enzymatic hydrolysis. The journal holds forums on Pulp and paper industry that merges themes from other disciplines such as Wastewater, Activated sludge, Biodegradation, Bioreactor and Anaerobic digestion. The studies in Wastewater featured incorporate elements of Effluent and Sewage treatment.

The Waste management works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Raw material and Chemical engineering. Topics in Biomass were tackled in line with various other fields like Biofuel, Pyrolysis and Agronomy. The Biofuel research presented in Bioresource Technology explores the relationship between Biodiesel and the closely related topic of Transesterification.

  • Food science (18.77%)
  • Pulp and paper industry (17.42%)
  • Waste management (16.16%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Features of promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. (5036 citations)
  • Hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials for ethanol production: a review. (4734 citations)
  • Biodiesel production : a review (4620 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bioresource Technology:

The published articles investigate studies in Waste management, Biomass, Food science, Pulp and paper industry and Biofuel. While work presented in the published articles provide substantial information on Waste management, it also covers topics in Raw material and Anaerobic digestion. While the journal publications focused on Biomass, they were also able to explore topics like Pyrolysis and Agronomy.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Bioresource Technology tackles a plethora of topics, such as Biomass, Food science, Pulp and paper industry, Nuclear chemistry and Hydrolysis. The journal addresses concerns in Biomass which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Membrane, Hydrothermal circulation, Hydrothermal carbonization and Husk. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Food science, it also covered topics in Bacteria, Digestate, Anaerobic digestion, Food waste and Straw.

Some problems in Pulp and paper industry that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Wastewater, Photobioreactor, Effluent and Sewage treatment. While Nuclear chemistry is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Hydrogen production, Catalysis, Ion exchange and Biochar. Hydrolysis research featured in Bioresource Technology incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Cellulose, Lignin, Xylose and Substrate (chemistry).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The biological and abiotic effects of powdered activated carbon on the anaerobic digestion performance of cornstalk. (0 citations)
  • Revealing the mechanisms of alkali-based magnetic nanosheets enhanced hydrogen production from dark fermentation: Comparison between mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. (0 citations)
  • Enhance pore structure of cyanobacteria-based porous carbon by polypropylene to improve adsorption capacity of methylene blue. (0 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Bioresource Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Duu-Jong Lee (218 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jo Shu Chang (175 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • Huu Hao Ngo (167 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wenshan Guo (156 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • S. Venkata Mohan (137 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Bioresource Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (1131 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 97 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (636 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 50 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (385 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 26 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (355 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • South China University of Technology (342 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 3.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 50.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Biorefineries in circular bioeconomy: A comprehensive review

    Aristotle T. Ubando;Charles B. Felix;Wei Hsin Chen

    (2020)
    754 Citations
  • Recent developments in pretreatment technologies on lignocellulosic biomass: Effect of key parameters, technological improvements, and challenges.

    Shashi Kant Bhatia;Sujit Sadashiv Jagtap;Ashwini Ashok Bedekar;Ravi Kant Bhatia

    (2020)
    704 Citations
  • Bioremediation of heavy metals using microalgae: Recent advances and mechanisms.

    Yoong Kit Leong;Jo Shu Chang;Jo Shu Chang

    (2020)
    664 Citations
  • Recent advances in lignocellulosic biomass for biofuels and value-added bioproducts - A critical review.

    Veeramuthu Ashokkumar;Radhakrishnan Venkatkarthick;Shanmugam Jayashree;Santi Chuetor

    (2021)
    611 Citations
  • Techno-economic assessment of various hydrogen production methods - A review.

    R. Yukesh Kannah;S. Kavitha;Preethi;O. Parthiba Karthikeyan

    (2021)
    571 Citations
  • Microbial degradation of dyes: An overview.

    Sunita Varjani;Parita Rakholiya;How Yong Ng;Siming You

    (2020)
    519 Citations
  • Nitrogen containing functional groups of biochar: an overview

    Lijian Leng;Siyu Xu;Renfeng Liu;Ting Yu

    (2020)
    493 Citations
  • Pretreatment Strategies for Enhanced Biogas Production From Lignocellulosic Biomass

    Amith Abraham;Anil K. Mathew;Hyojung Park;Okkyoung Choi

    (2020)
    459 Citations

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