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Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering · South Korea · Est. 1996

ISSN1226-8372eISSN1976-3816

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.532

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.652

Total Worksi

2,912

Total Citationsi

51,784

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering is a bimonthly journal devoted to the advancement across wide areas of biotechnology, bioengineering and biomedical engineering. Features applied molecular and cell biology, engineered biocatalysis and biotransformation, metabolic engineering and systems biology, bioseparation and more. Welcomes research articles and review from all relevant fields. Official journal of Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,912

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1226-8372 / 1976-3816

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

107

1.8k

2019

107

1.9k

2020

1.2k

2021

100

1.1k

2022

709

2023

120

665

2024

148

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ3

BioengineeringQ3

Biomedical EngineeringQ3

BiotechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBioengineeringBiomedical EngineeringApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationBiofuel production and bioconversionEnzyme Production and CharacterizationViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in InsectsAlgal biology and biofuel productionProtein purification and stabilityMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyPlant tissue culture and regenerationTransgenic Plants and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Is Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering?

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.65.

Is Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.