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Bioresources and Bioprocessing
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Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 425 52 77 19
Biology and Biochemistry 460 35 41 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 117
Documents by Best Scientists*: 137
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 57
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.039
Impact Factor: 5.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bioresources and Bioprocessing?

Bioresources and Bioprocessing mostly deals with topics like Industrial and production engineering, Food science, Biochemistry, Fermentation and Enzyme. While the journal focused on Industrial and production engineering, it was also able to explore topics like Yield (chemistry), Chromatography, Bioreactor, Biomass and Pulp and paper industry. The research on Biomass discussed in Bioresources and Bioprocessing draws on the closely related field of Biofuel.

Pulp and paper industry research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Wastewater and Raw material. Some problems in Food science that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Botany, Xylanase, Yeast and Cellulase. Cellulase research discussed is linked with studies in Hydrolysis and Cellulose.

The journal concentrates on Biochemistry topics that focus on Escherichia coli, Biosynthesis, Amino acid, Mutant and Metabolic engineering. It holds forums on Fermentation that merges themes from other disciplines such as Ethanol and Glycerol. Bioresources and Bioprocessing focuses on Enzyme research which is adjacent to topics in Stereochemistry.

  • Industrial and production engineering (38.68%)
  • Food science (22.20%)
  • Biochemistry (20.22%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recent updates on different methods of pretreatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks: a review (511 citations)
  • Leaf extract mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from widely available Indian plants: synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial property and toxicity analysis (306 citations)
  • Agro-industrial wastes and their utilization using solid state fermentation: a review (247 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bioresources and Bioprocessing:

The published papers investigate areas of study like Industrial and production engineering, Biochemical engineering, Biotechnology, Food science and Laccase. While Industrial and production engineering is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Biomass, Biorefinery, Bioprocess, Chromatography and Pulp and paper industry. The journal papers explore Food science concepts, specifically Fermentation and Fruits and vegetables but expand to research in Delivery system.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Industrial and production engineering, Food science, Fermentation, Biochemistry and Biomass. In it, Yield (chemistry), Raw material, Pulp and paper industry and Bioreactor are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Industrial and production engineering research. While the primary focus in Bioresources and Bioprocessing is Pulp and paper industry, it also dissects topics surrounding Wastewater and Effluent as a whole.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Food science, it also covered topics in Hydrolysate, Hydrolysis, Enzymatic hydrolysis, Cellulase and Yeast. The work on Fermentation tackled in Bioresources and Bioprocessing brings together disciplines like Fructose, Lipase, Glycerol and Lactic acid. Bioresources and Bioprocessing explores topics in Biomass which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Ethanol, Waste management and Renewable energy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Recent advances on biomass-fueled microbial fuel cell (7 citations)
  • Green biomimetic synthesis of Ag–TiO 2 nanocomposite using Origanum majorana leaf extract under sonication and their biological activities (6 citations)
  • Optimization of cultivation medium and cyclic fed-batch fermentation strategy for enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Bacillus thuringiensis using a glucose-rich hydrolyzate (5 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 Bioresources and Bioprocessing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ju Chu (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yingping Zhuang (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jian-He Xu (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • I-Son Ng (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wen-Song Tan (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Bioresources and Bioprocessing (based on the number of publications) are:

  • East China University of Science and Technology (92 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (28 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jiangnan University (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • National Cheng Kung University (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • South China University of Technology (10 papers) published 4 papers 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 2021 edition, 7.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.68% of all publications and 32.63% 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.

Career Opportunities in Bioresources and Bioprocessing

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Although somewhat tangential to bioresources and bioprocessing, medical coding can offer a rewarding career path that combines informatics, healthcare, and biotechnology. Thus, it may appeal to those passionate about the growing intersection of these fields.

Top Publications

  • Recent advances on biomass-fueled microbial fuel cell

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • Biotechnological advances for improving natural pigment production: a state-of-the-art review

    (2022)
    53 Citations
  • A comparison of different oxidative pretreatments on polysaccharide hydrolyzability and cell wall structure for interpreting the greatly improved enzymatic digestibility of sugarcane bagasse by delignification

    Yazhu Han;Yuchen Bai;Jingzhi Zhang;Dehua Liu

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Influence of pyrolysis temperature on the physicochemical properties of biochars obtained from herbaceous and woody plants

    (2022)
    45 Citations
  • From induction to secretion: a complicated route for cellulase production in Trichoderma reesei

    Su Yan;Yan Xu;Xiao-Wei Yu

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Understanding the promoting effect of non-catalytic protein on enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of lignocelluloses

    Zhenggang Gong;Guangxu Yang;Junlong Song;Peitao Zheng

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Optimization of immobilized Lactobacillus pentosus cell fermentation for lactic acid production

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Simultaneous degradation of two mycotoxins enabled by a fusion enzyme in food-grade recombinant Kluyveromyces lactis

    Yu Xia;Zifeng Wu;Rui He;Yahui Gao

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • A novel thermophilic chitinase directly mined from the marine metagenome using the deep learning tool Preoptem

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Newly designed multi-stacked circular tray solid-state bioreactor: analysis of a distributed parameter gas balance during solid-state fermentation with influence of variable initial moisture content arrangements

    Musaalbakri Abdul Manan;Musaalbakri Abdul Manan;Colin Webb

    (2020)
    26 Citations

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