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Journal of Biotechnology
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Journal of Biotechnology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 246 112 136 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 333
Documents by Best Scientists*: 327
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 184
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.808
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Biotechnology?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Biochemistry, Chromatography, Molecular biology, Food science and Microbiology. Enzyme, Escherichia coli, Recombinant DNA, Fermentation and Gene are among the concentrations of Biochemistry that garnered much attention in it. The main emphasis of Journal of Biotechnology is the subject of Gene, focusing on Genome.

Molecular biology study tackled is connected to the field of Gene expression. The Microbiology study featured in Journal of Biotechnology draws parallels with the field of Bacteria.

  • Biochemistry (25.16%)
  • Chromatography (8.87%)
  • Molecular biology (8.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Interlaboratory testing of methods for assay of xylanase activity (2164 citations)
  • Housekeeping genes as internal standards: use and limits. (1320 citations)
  • Multicellular tumor spheroids: an underestimated tool is catching up again (1121 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Biotechnology:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Biochemistry, Chromatography, Enzyme, Organic chemistry and Bioreactor. While the most cited articles focused on Biochemistry, they were also able to explore topics like Food science and Bacteria. Issues in Escherichia coli were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Molecular biology and Recombinant DNA.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Bacteria

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Biotechnology covers a variety of subjects, including Biochemistry, Food science, Gene, Enzyme and Fermentation. Escherichia coli, Metabolic engineering, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biosynthesis and Amino acid are all topics related to Biochemistry research discussed. Issues in Food science were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Antioxidant, Microorganism, Fatty acid and Biomass, Photobioreactor.

The discussions emphasized the topic of Gene in an attempt to further explore the field of Genetics. More specifically, the research on Enzyme in it is related to Biotransformation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Role of nano-selenium in health and environment. (12 citations)
  • Progress in understanding salt stress response in plants using biotechnological tools. (9 citations)
  • Myco-engineered selenium nanoparticles elicit resistance against tomato late blight disease by regulating differential expression of cellular, biochemical and defense responsive genes. (8 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 Journal of Biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alfred Pühler (132 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jörn Kalinowski (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Armin Fiechter (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andreas Schlüter (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Daniel Wibberg (43 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 Journal of Biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bielefeld University (262 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (183 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (147 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • East China University of Science and Technology (147 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dalian University of Technology (124 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 2021 edition, 4.39% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.01% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.96% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.55% of all publications and 72.48% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Progress in understanding salt stress response in plants using biotechnological tools.

    Ulkar İbrahimova;Pragati Kumari;Saurabh Yadav;Anshu Rastogi

    (2021)
    155 Citations
  • Polyhydroxyalkanoate bio-production and its rise as biomaterial of the future.

    (2022)
    113 Citations
  • Exogenously Supplied Silicon (Si) Improves Cadmium Tolerance in Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) By Up-Regulating the Synthesis of Nitric Oxide and Hydrogen Sulfide

    Cengiz Kaya;Nudrat Aisha Akram;Muhammad Ashraf;Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni

    (2020)
    111 Citations
  • Potassium: A key modulator for cell homeostasis.

    Prasann Kumar;Tapan Kumar;Simranjeet Singh;Narendra Tuteja

    (2020)
    93 Citations
  • Algae biorefinery: a promising approach to promote microalgae industry and waste utilization.

    (2021)
    88 Citations
  • Effect of cell disruption methods on the extraction of bioactive metabolites from microalgal biomass.

    Wendy A. Stirk;Péter Bálint;McMaster Vambe;Csaba Lovász

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Synergistic action of silicon nanoparticles and indole acetic acid in alleviation of chromium (CrVI) toxicity in Oryza sativa seedlings.

    Aishwarya Sharma;Kanchan Vishwakarma;Nand Kumar Singh;Ved Prakash

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Biological hydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent (POME) by anaerobic consortia and Clostridium beijerinckii.

    Drielly Rosa;Adriane Bianchi Pedroni Medeiros;Walter Jose Martinez-Burgos;Jair Rosário do Nascimento Junior

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • Rapid and solitary production of mono-rhamnolipid biosurfactant and biofilm inhibiting pyocyanin by a taxonomic outlier Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain CR1

    Utkarsh Sood;Durgesh Narain Singh;Princy Hira;Jung-Kul Lee

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Rapid, high-yield production of full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike ectodomain by transient gene expression in CHO cells.

    Matthew Stuible;Christian Gervais;Simon Lord-Dufour;Sylvie Perret

    (2021)
    56 Citations

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