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Microbial Cell Factories
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Microbial Cell Factories

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Microbiology 132 37 50 16
Biology and Biochemistry 150 182 279 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 378
Documents by Best Scientists*: 462
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 11
SCIMAGO H-index: 134
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.103
Impact Factor: 4.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Microbial Cell Factories?

The journal investigates studies in Biochemistry, Escherichia coli, Microbiology, Fermentation and Metabolic engineering. Microbial Cell Factories aims to address concerns in Biochemistry, specifically in the areas of Enzyme, Yeast, Recombinant DNA, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Gene. It connects the study in Yeast with the closely related area of Pichia pastoris.

The discussions emphasized the topic of Gene in an attempt to further explore the field of Genetics. It facilitates discussions on Escherichia coli that incorporate concepts from other fields like Molecular biology and Heterologous. The work on Microbiology addressed in it expands to the thematically related Bacteria.

Research in the field of Food science was used to conduct the presented Fermentation study. The journal explores topics in Metabolic engineering which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Metabolic pathway and Biosynthesis.

  • Biochemistry (56.75%)
  • Escherichia coli (18.56%)
  • Microbiology (16.76%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Soluble expression of recombinant proteins in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli (673 citations)
  • The promising future of microalgae: current status, challenges, and optimization of a sustainable and renewable industry for biofuels, feed, and other products (511 citations)
  • Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of n-butanol (470 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Microbial Cell Factories:

The most cited papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Biochemistry, Microbiology, Metabolic engineering, Biotechnology and Escherichia coli. The published papers address concerns in Microbiology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Food science and Bacteria. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Escherichia coli that incorporate concepts from other fields like Plasmid and Heterologous.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Bacteria

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Biochemistry, Metabolic engineering, Escherichia coli, Fermentation and Food science. Biochemistry, which encompasses Enzyme, Biosynthesis, Yeast, Gene and Metabolism, is the main subject of the journal. Yeast research is concerned with Saccharomyces cerevisiae in particular.

While Metabolic engineering is the focus of Microbial Cell Factories, it also provided insights into the studies of Mutant and Biochemical engineering. Studies on Escherichia coli discussed in the journal link to the field of Recombinant DNA. The journal facilitates discussions on Fermentation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Strain (chemistry), Glycerol and Bacteria.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A critical review on various feedstocks as sustainable substrates for biosurfactants production: a way towards cleaner production. (11 citations)
  • Rhamnolipid the Glycolipid Biosurfactant: Emerging trends and promising strategies in the field of biotechnology and biomedicine. (9 citations)
  • Microbial glycoconjugates in organic pollutant bioremediation: recent advances and applications (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 Microbial Cell Factories (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Neubauer (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Antonio Villaverde (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Diethard Mattanovich (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Akihiko Kondo (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jochen Büchs (24 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 Microbial Cell Factories (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (150 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jiangnan University (79 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona (75 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (62 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (59 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than 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, 2.46% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.05% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.08% of all publications and 60.10% 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 Paths in Biochemistry and Microbial Cell Research

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Top Publications

  • Postbiotics-parabiotics: the new horizons in microbial biotherapy and functional foods

    Basavaprabhu H. Nataraj;Syed Azmal Ali;Pradip V. Behare;Hariom Yadav

    (2020)
    467 Citations
  • Surface components and metabolites of probiotics for regulation of intestinal epithelial barrier.

    Qing Liu;Zhiming Yu;Fengwei Tian;Jianxin Zhao

    (2020)
    374 Citations
  • A critical review on various feedstocks as sustainable substrates for biosurfactants production: a way towards cleaner production.

    Swayansu Sabyasachi Mohanty;Yamini Koul;Sunita Varjani;Ashok Pandey

    (2021)
    227 Citations
  • Rhamnolipid the Glycolipid Biosurfactant: Emerging trends and promising strategies in the field of biotechnology and biomedicine.

    Priyanka Thakur;Neeraj K Saini;Vijay Kumar Thakur;Vijai Kumar Gupta

    (2021)
    174 Citations
  • Emerging prospects of macro- and microalgae as prebiotic.

    Anil Kumar Patel;Reeta Rani Singhania;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Sunita Varjani

    (2021)
    137 Citations
  • Pediococcus pentosaceus, a future additive or probiotic candidate.

    Shiman Jiang;Lingzhi Cai;Longxian Lv;Lanjuan Li

    (2021)
    130 Citations
  • Engineered microbial consortia: strategies and applications

    (2021)
    109 Citations
  • Advances in the human skin microbiota and its roles in cutaneous diseases

    (2022)
    96 Citations
  • Engineering probiotics as living diagnostics and therapeutics for improving human health

    Zhao Zhou;Xin Chen;Huakang Sheng;Xiaolin Shen

    (2020)
    90 Citations
  • Maximizing PHB content in Synechocystis sp . PCC 6803: a new metabolic engineering strategy based on the regulator PirC

    Moritz Koch;Jonas Bruckmoser;Jörg Scholl;Waldemar Hauf

    (2020)
    88 Citations

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