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Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
File:Biotechnol Appl Biochem cover (Nov 2007).jpg
DisciplineBiotechnology
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
HistoryJ Appl Biochem (1979–85); Biotechnol Appl Biochem (1986–date)
Publisher
Frequency9 per year (print); 12 per year (online)
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1.903 (2006)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4'Biotechnol Appl Biochem'
Indexing
ISSN0885-4513 (print)
1470-8744 (web)
Links

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of biotechnology applied to medicine, veterinary medicine and diagnostics. Topics covered include the expression, extraction, purification, formulation, stability and characterization of both natural and recombinant biological molecules.

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry is currently published by the Biochemical Society from editorial offices in London, UK and La Jolla, USA, on behalf of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.[1]

History

The journal was first published in 1979 under the title Journal of Applied Biochemistry (ISSN 0161-7354), becoming Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry in 1986.[2] It was previously published by Academic Press.[2][3]

Modern journal

There are currently nine print issues per year, in three volumes; from 2007, the journal has appeared monthly online. Content from 1998 is available online in PDF and HTML formats, with papers from 2005 also being available in an enhanced full-text format.

The journal's 2006 impact factor was 1.903.[4] Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry is indexed by BIOBASE/CABS, BIOSIS, CAB International, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Dechema, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, MEDLINE, International Food Information Service, IFIS Publishing and the Institute for Scientific Information.

As of 2007, its Editor-in-Chief is Parviz A. Shamlou (Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, USA).

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