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Microbial Biotechnology
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Microbial Biotechnology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 55 116 229 33
Biology and Biochemistry 151 169 222 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 478
Documents by Best Scientists*: 553
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 21
SCIMAGO H-index: 112
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.195
Impact Factor: 5.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Microbial Biotechnology?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Bacteria, Biotechnology and Gene. Enzyme, Fermentation, Escherichia coli, Mutant and Metabolic engineering are among the concentrations of Biochemistry that garnered much attention in it. The study of Fermentation, which falls within the realm of Food science, was the main focus of the presentations.

While Microbiology is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Virulence and Biofilm. The Bacteria works, particularly on Microorganism are tackled in it. The research on Biotechnology discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Biochemical engineering.

It is concerned with the study of Gene and Genetics in general. Genetics research presented is mostly focused on the subject of Genome.

  • Biochemistry (21.98%)
  • Microbiology (16.97%)
  • Bacteria (13.83%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Chitosan and its antimicrobial potential – a critical literature survey (457 citations)
  • Siderophores in environmental research: roles and applications. (450 citations)
  • Microbial degradation of lignin: how a bulky recalcitrant polymer is efficiently recycled in nature and how we can take advantage of this (358 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Microbial Biotechnology:

The published articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Bacteria and Ecology. The most cited papers focus on Biochemistry as well as the interrelated topics of Microbial metabolism. While the published articles focused on Microbiology, they were also able to explore topics like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Virulence and Biofilm.

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

  • Bacteria
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Microbial Biotechnology primarily tackles Biochemistry, Bacteria, Gene, Microbiology and Food science. Enzyme, Metabolic engineering, Yeast, Pseudomonas putida and Biosynthesis studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Biochemistry presented. In particular, the Yeast works presented emphasize discussions on Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The journal primarily discusses Bacteria topics, particularly Biofilm, Lactic acid and Microorganism. Gene studies tackled cover an aspect of the field of Genetics. The journal emphasizes research on Food science, which includes concerns such as Fermentation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Thermophilic whole-cell degradation of polyethylene terephthalate using engineered Clostridium thermocellum (27 citations)
  • Microbial biosurfactant research : time to improve the rigour in the reporting of synthesis, functional characterization and process development (12 citations)
  • The endolysin of the Acinetobacter baumannii phage vB_AbaP_D2 shows broad antibacterial activity. (12 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 Microbial Biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lawrence P. Wackett (79 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Juan L. Ramos (34 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Willy Verstraete (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kenneth N. Timmis (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Roland J. Siezen (21 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 Microbial Biotechnology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Spanish National Research Council (151 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Minnesota (81 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre (53 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (48 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ghent University (44 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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, 3.42% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.35% of all publications and 46.06% 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

  • The bacterial community and metabolome dynamics and their interactions modulate fermentation process of whole crop corn silage prepared with or without inoculants.

    Dongmei Xu;Nian Wang;Marketta Rinne;Wencan Ke

    (2021)
    140 Citations
  • Co-occurrence of antibiotic, biocide, and heavy metal resistance genes in bacteria from metal and radionuclide contaminated soils at the Savannah River Site.

    Jesse C. Thomas;Adelumola Oladeinde;Troy J. Kieran;John W. Finger

    (2020)
    137 Citations
  • Accelerated genome engineering of Pseudomonas putida by I-SceI―mediated recombination and CRISPR-Cas9 counterselection

    Nicolas Wirth;Ekaterina Kozaeva;Pablo Ivan Nikel

    (2020)
    119 Citations
  • The soil crisis: the need to treat as a global health problem and the pivotal role of microbes in prophylaxis and therapy.

    Kenneth Timmis;Juan Luis Ramos

    (2021)
    107 Citations
  • Microbial enzymes will offer limited solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis

    (2022)
    98 Citations
  • Honey bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiota promotes host endogenous detoxification capability via regulation of P450 gene expression in the digestive tract.

    Yuqi Wu;Yufei Zheng;Yanan Chen;Shuai Wang

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Clinical evidence that the pandemic from 1889 to 1891 commonly called the Russian flu might have been an earlier coronavirus pandemic

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Biochemistry, genetics and biotechnology of glycerol utilization in Pseudomonas species.

    Ignacio Poblete-Castro;Christoph Wittmann;Pablo Ivan Nikel

    (2020)
    87 Citations
  • Scientific novelty beyond the experiment

    (2023)
    86 Citations

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