Journal of Biotechnology
The Journal of Biotechnology is a scientific journal in the field of biotechnology, which is released by the publisher Elsevier and has been published since 1984. In 2013, the output 164 will appear, with one output each of four individual issues there. The publication frequency is 24 single issues per year. In addition, each issue one or two special issues on specific topics or conferences.
Chief editor of the Journal of Biotechnology is Alfred Pühler.
Content
The journal contains both original contributions to research as well as so-called " short communications " on current topics in biotechnology. The magazine covers all areas of biotechnology, the spectrum of contributions to biochemistry, physiology and molecular biology, biochemical engineering, industrial, medical and agricultural biotechnology to bioinformatics and genomics. The articles are subjected to peer review, of over 5 years average impact factor of the journal in 2011 was at 3,288.