Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
Abbreviated title (ISO)	Crit Rev Biotech
Discipline	Biotechnology
Language	English
Publication details
Publisher	Informa Pharmaceutical Science
Open access	No
Impact factor (2009)	3.567
Indexing
ISSN	0738-8551 (print) 1549-7801 (web)
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Critical Reviews in Biotechnology is an academic journal that publishes comprehensive review articles that organize, evaluate and present the current status of issues in biotechnology.

Core Areas

The journal covers:

• applications of microbes in the biopharmaceutical, biomedical and food industries
• investigations of naturally occurring organisms for use as chemotherapeutic agents
• novel biotechnological applications of foods
• plant and animal matter as alternatives for human-made synthetic materials

The journal is owned by Informa plc a United Kingdom-based publisher.

Editors

The co-editors are Inge Russell, who co-founded the journal in 1978,^[1][2] and Graham Stewart ^[3] Emeritus Professor in Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.^[4]

Publication Format

The journal publishes 4 issues per year in simultaneous print and online editions and is available on a subscription basis and as individual articles All back-issues of the journal are available online on the publisher's website.

Subscribers to the electronic edition of Critical Reviews in Biotechnology receive access to the online archive, as part of their subscription.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Transylvania University". www.transy.edu. http://www.transy.edu/news/arch_story.htm?id=337&obj=index. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
2. ^ "Heriot-Watt University". biology.hw.ac.uk. http://www.biology.hw.ac.uk/newsDetails.php?news_id=46. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
3. ^ "Editorial Board Members". informapharmascience.com. http://www.informapharmascience.com/page/EditorialAdvisoryBoard?journalCode=bty. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
4. ^ "Heriot-Watt University". biology.hw.ac.uk. http://www.biology.hw.ac.uk/newsDetails.php?news_id=46. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
5. ^ "Informa Pharmaceutical Science brochure". informapharmascience.com. http://www.informapharmascience.com/page/brochure. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 

External links

• journal homepage