Open Access
Open access

Microbial Biotechnology

Wiley
Wiley
ISSN: 17517907, 17517915
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
4.8
SJR
1.185
CiteScore
11.2
Categories
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biotechnology
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Chemical Engineering
Immunology and Microbiology
Years of issue
2008-2025
journal names
Microbial Biotechnology
MICROB BIOTECHNOL
Publications
2 303
Citations
65 698
h-index
113
Publications
1 059
Citations
44 871
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota (107 publications)
Ghent University
Ghent University (57 publications)
Top-3 countries
China (449 publications)
USA (381 publications)
Spain (355 publications)
China (304 publications)
Spain (166 publications)
USA (144 publications)

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Frontiers in Microbiology
2259 citations, 3.44%
Microbial Biotechnology
1849 citations, 2.81%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
999 citations, 1.52%
Microorganisms
956 citations, 1.46%
Bioresource Technology
896 citations, 1.36%
Scientific Reports
808 citations, 1.23%
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
685 citations, 1.04%
Science of the Total Environment
671 citations, 1.02%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
611 citations, 0.93%
PLoS ONE
586 citations, 0.89%
Environmental Microbiology
525 citations, 0.8%
Microbial Cell Factories
488 citations, 0.74%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
443 citations, 0.67%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
405 citations, 0.62%
Biotechnology Advances
370 citations, 0.56%
ACS Synthetic Biology
348 citations, 0.53%
Chemosphere
343 citations, 0.52%
Molecules
329 citations, 0.5%
Fermentation
328 citations, 0.5%
Water Research
309 citations, 0.47%
Metabolic Engineering
297 citations, 0.45%
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
286 citations, 0.44%
Foods
271 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
260 citations, 0.4%
Nature Communications
259 citations, 0.39%
Microbiology spectrum
247 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
246 citations, 0.37%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
242 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Plant Science
241 citations, 0.37%
Antibiotics
239 citations, 0.36%
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
232 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Fungi
228 citations, 0.35%
Biotechnology for Biofuels
227 citations, 0.35%
Chemical Engineering Journal
209 citations, 0.32%
Environmental Science & Technology
205 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Environmental Management
203 citations, 0.31%
Marine Drugs
203 citations, 0.31%
Plants
198 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Biotechnology
188 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Applied Microbiology
186 citations, 0.28%
Polymers
176 citations, 0.27%
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
168 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
166 citations, 0.25%
Archives of Microbiology
163 citations, 0.25%
Food Research International
162 citations, 0.25%
Environmental Pollution
158 citations, 0.24%
Animals
157 citations, 0.24%
Fungal Biology
155 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Food Microbiology
153 citations, 0.23%
Microbiological Research
151 citations, 0.23%
Trends in Biotechnology
148 citations, 0.23%
Process Biochemistry
135 citations, 0.21%
Methods in Molecular Biology
134 citations, 0.2%
Nutrients
133 citations, 0.2%
LWT - Food Science and Technology
133 citations, 0.2%
BMC Microbiology
132 citations, 0.2%
Environmental Research
131 citations, 0.2%
Viruses
130 citations, 0.2%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
130 citations, 0.2%
Food Microbiology
127 citations, 0.19%
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
126 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
125 citations, 0.19%
Sustainability
125 citations, 0.19%
Algal Research
124 citations, 0.19%
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
120 citations, 0.18%
Biochemical Engineering Journal
119 citations, 0.18%
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
117 citations, 0.18%
Aquaculture
116 citations, 0.18%
Biotechnology Journal
113 citations, 0.17%
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
112 citations, 0.17%
mSystems
112 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Cleaner Production
110 citations, 0.17%
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
110 citations, 0.17%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
109 citations, 0.17%
Current Microbiology
109 citations, 0.17%
FEMS Microbiology Letters
108 citations, 0.16%
Agronomy
107 citations, 0.16%
ISME Journal
107 citations, 0.16%
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
107 citations, 0.16%
Heliyon
105 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Immunology
104 citations, 0.16%
Catalysts
104 citations, 0.16%
mBio
102 citations, 0.16%
Microbiology
101 citations, 0.15%
PeerJ
99 citations, 0.15%
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
98 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
98 citations, 0.15%
3 Biotech
98 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Bacteriology
98 citations, 0.15%
Energies
98 citations, 0.15%
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
97 citations, 0.15%
Environmental Microbiology Reports
97 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers in Marine Science
96 citations, 0.15%
Toxins
95 citations, 0.14%
Carbohydrate Polymers
94 citations, 0.14%
Food Bioscience
93 citations, 0.14%
ChemBioChem
93 citations, 0.14%
Microbiome
92 citations, 0.14%
Green Chemistry
91 citations, 0.14%
Natural Product Reports
91 citations, 0.14%
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Elsevier
18032 citations, 27.45%
Springer Nature
11075 citations, 16.86%
MDPI
7198 citations, 10.96%
Wiley
6832 citations, 10.4%
Frontiers Media S.A.
4189 citations, 6.38%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2180 citations, 3.32%
American Society for Microbiology
1871 citations, 2.85%
Taylor & Francis
1752 citations, 2.67%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1545 citations, 2.35%
Oxford University Press
1086 citations, 1.65%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
987 citations, 1.5%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
749 citations, 1.14%
Microbiology Society
267 citations, 0.41%
Hindawi Limited
237 citations, 0.36%
Pleiades Publishing
187 citations, 0.28%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
185 citations, 0.28%
Scientific Societies
172 citations, 0.26%
IOP Publishing
156 citations, 0.24%
SAGE
152 citations, 0.23%
IntechOpen
135 citations, 0.21%
Mary Ann Liebert
123 citations, 0.19%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
122 citations, 0.19%
Walter de Gruyter
120 citations, 0.18%
Annual Reviews
120 citations, 0.18%
PeerJ
115 citations, 0.18%
Portland Press
109 citations, 0.17%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
102 citations, 0.16%
Cambridge University Press
97 citations, 0.15%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
83 citations, 0.13%
IGI Global
83 citations, 0.13%
The Royal Society
75 citations, 0.11%
IWA Publishing
75 citations, 0.11%
Research Square Platform LLC
73 citations, 0.11%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
66 citations, 0.1%
AIP Publishing
57 citations, 0.09%
Wageningen Academic Publishers
52 citations, 0.08%
Canadian Science Publishing
52 citations, 0.08%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
52 citations, 0.08%
EDP Sciences
49 citations, 0.07%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
40 citations, 0.06%
Trans Tech Publications
39 citations, 0.06%
Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
39 citations, 0.06%
CSIRO Publishing
39 citations, 0.06%
King Saud University
37 citations, 0.06%
IOS Press
36 citations, 0.05%
American Society of Animal Science
36 citations, 0.05%
SciELO
35 citations, 0.05%
S. Karger AG
34 citations, 0.05%
Baishideng Publishing Group
34 citations, 0.05%
Spandidos Publications
33 citations, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
33 citations, 0.05%
Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology
33 citations, 0.05%
International Association for Food Protection
32 citations, 0.05%
Japanese Society Of Microbial Ecology
31 citations, 0.05%
eLife Sciences Publications
31 citations, 0.05%
Han-Gug Misaengmul Hag-hoe/The Microbiological Society of Korea
28 citations, 0.04%
27 citations, 0.04%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
27 citations, 0.04%
Science in China Press
25 citations, 0.04%
BMJ
23 citations, 0.04%
Water Environment Federation
22 citations, 0.03%
OAE Publishing Inc.
22 citations, 0.03%
Emerald
21 citations, 0.03%
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (NAS Ukraine)
21 citations, 0.03%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
19 citations, 0.03%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
18 citations, 0.03%
Copernicus
18 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
18 citations, 0.03%
Science Alert
17 citations, 0.03%
Academic Journals
16 citations, 0.02%
16 citations, 0.02%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
15 citations, 0.02%
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
15 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Nutrition
15 citations, 0.02%
Korean Society of Food Science and Technology
15 citations, 0.02%
American Scientific Publishers
13 citations, 0.02%
Tsinghua University Press
13 citations, 0.02%
13 citations, 0.02%
World Scientific
12 citations, 0.02%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
12 citations, 0.02%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
11 citations, 0.02%
Veterinary World
11 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Brewing Chemists
11 citations, 0.02%
Beilstein-Institut
11 citations, 0.02%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
11 citations, 0.02%
Polish Society of Microbiologists
11 citations, 0.02%
European Molecular Biology Organization
11 citations, 0.02%