The Journal of Biotechnology (J. Biotech.) offers publication for both full-length articles and short communications on a wide range of biotechnology-related topics. Also, review articles can be submitted if they are pre-approved by one of the editors. The journal will only accept submissions with novel scientific research results that are directly relevant to biotechnological systems and/or applications (for details, please see the list below). J. Biotech. has strict rules about plagiarism. Any submission that includes parts of already published material will be rejected. This includes any attempt to re-publish already published Materials and Methods paragraphs. The journal features a "one-pass review process," i.e., eligible submissions will be reviewed, and those that need improvements (either minor or major) can be resubmitted only once before the decision about whether to accept or reject is decided by the Chief Editor. All figures need to be submitted as high-resolution files during the initial submission. All articles must be written in English, and the quality of the English language will be one of the criteria during the review process.

Main Scope of the Journal:

Bioprocess engineering
System biology, synthetic microbiology
Metabolic engineering, microbial physiology
Biorefinery, biomass engineering
Biochemical enzyme/protein engineering
Metabolic engineering
Microbial expression systems
Biocatalyst engineering
Insect cell-based models
Multienzyme cascade reactions
Plant-based biotechnology
Outside of the Scope:

Manuscripts lacking novelty
Review articles submitted without previous invitation/confirmation by an editor
Environmental-related subjects, e.g., waste-water treatment, bioremediation, biodegradation
Reports on the cloning and/or expression of naturally occurring enzymes without direct biotechnological application
Research on natural products without biotechnological modification
Toxicological research
Pharmacological research
Food science-related research without biotechnological application
Engineering articles that do not deal with the direct improvement of biotechnological processes
Genome research, especially genome sequencing reports


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Full-length papers, Short Communications, Reviews, Special Issues

Chief Editor
Prof. Christoph W. Sensen
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria Editorial: Genome Research and Bioinformatics with relevance to Biotechnology
Technical Editor
Dr. Maria Sensen
Vasoldsberg, Austria
Editors
Dr. Paula Marques Alves
Institute of Experimental Biology and Technology, Oeiras, Portugal Stem Cells (Bioprocess Dev)In vitro models for pre-clinical research, 3D cell culture approaches, Bioprocess development, (production of recProteins, viral vectors – gene therapy, viral vaccines), Cell Metabolism
Dr. Anke Becker
University of Marburg Centre of Synthetic Microbiology, Marburg, Germany Editorial: Synthetic Biology, changing the face of Biotechnology
Dr. George Guo-Qiang Chen
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Dr. Georg M. Gübitz
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Environmental Biotechnology Department of Agrobiotechnology, Vienna, Austria
Dr. Miklos S.Z. Kellermayer
Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Akihiko Kondo
Kobe University Graduate School of Engineering Faculty of Engineering Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe, Japan
Dr. Robert Kourist
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Dr. Zoltán Magyar
Hungarian Academy of Science Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
Dr. Helmut Schwab
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Dr. Jin-Ho Seo
Seoul National University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology Food and Biotechn, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Dr. Oliver Spadiut
TU Wien University, Wien, Austria
Editorial Board
Dr. Patrick Adlercreutz
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Dr. Fengwu Bai
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Fahua Campus, Shanghai, China
Dr. Karl Bayer
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
Dr. Yusuf Chisti
Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Dr. Joao Crespo
New University of Lisbon Faculty of Science and Technology, Caparica, Portugal
Dr. Nancy A. Da Silva
University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States
Professor Bauke W. Dijkstra, PhD
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Dr. Michael M. Domach
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Dr. Pauline M. Doran
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Roberto Fernandez-Lafuente
Spanish Scientific Research Council, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Reingard M. Grabherr
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
Dr. Dietmar Haltrich
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
Dr. Hansjörg Hauser
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Department Gene Regulation and Differentiation, Braunschweig, Germany
Dr. Martin A. Hjortsø
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Dr. Karl-Erich Jaeger
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Department of Molecular Enzymtechnology, Jülich, Germany
Dr. Yong-Su Jin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Dr. Alois Jungbauer
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
Dr. Shigeo Katoh
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Dr. Christine Lang
Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Eun Kyu Lee
Hanyang University Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ansan, Korea, Republic of
Dr. Gyun-Min Lee
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
Dr. Kelvin H. Lee
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States
Dr. Wolfgang Liebl
Technical University of Munich Chair of Microbiology, Freising, Germany
Dr. Carl-Fredrik Mandenius
Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Dr. Ian Marison
Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Diethard Mattanovich
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Wien, Austria
Dr. Dario Neri
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Bernd Nidetzky
Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Dr. Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States
Dr. Jin-Byung Park
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Dr. Fritz Pittner
University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
Dr. Wim J. Quax
University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Dr. Thomas Scheper
Leibniz University Hanover, Hannover, Germany
Dr. Bernard Sonnleitner
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
Dr. Christopher M. Thomas
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dr. Xin-Hui Xing
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Dr. Young Je Yoo
Seoul National University School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Dr. Yu-Guo Zheng
Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China