AMB Express has launched In Review, a new option that provides authors with on-demand information on the status of their manuscript, enables them to share their work with funders and their research community, and allows their colleagues to comment and collaborate - all whilst their manuscript is under review.
Featured Articles, chosen by the editorial team of AMB Express
Each month, one article is identified as ‘Featured Article’ by our editorial team. This initiative aims to highlight some of the current research results published in AMB Express that we feel will be of interest to our readers.
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging for quorum sensing
Quorum sensing (QS) is a complex communication system in bacteria, directing their response to the environment. QS is also one of the main regulators of bacterial biofilms’ formation, maturation and dispersion. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a molecular imaging technique that allows the mapping of QS molecules in bacterial biofilms. Here, we highlight the latest advances in MALDI-MSI in recent years and how this technology can improve QS understanding at the molecular level.
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New insight in molecular detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Antioxidant capacity of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm influenced by growth substrates
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Effectiveness of some plant extracts in biocontrol of induced onion basal rot disease in greenhouse conditions
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Exploring a novel GH13_5 α-amylase from Jeotgalibacillus malaysiensis D5T for raw starch hydrolysis
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Advances in utilization of renewable substrates for biosurfactant production
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Bacterial signals N-acyl homoserine lactones induce the changes of morphology and ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Supplementation in mushroom crops and its impact on yield and quality
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Antimicrobial activity of bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria isolated from cheeses and yogurts
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Comparative transcriptomic profile analysis of fed-batch cultures expressing different recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli
Announcing the launch of In Review
Applied Microbiology Mini-reviews
Mini-reviews are summaries of recent insights or advances in specific research areas. This collection features all the mini-reviews published in AMB Express and provides a great account of important issues in the field of applied and industrial microbiology.
Aims and scope
AMB Express is a high quality journal that brings together research in the area of Applied and Industrial Microbiology with a particular interest in 'White Biotechnology' and 'Red Biotechnology'. The emphasis is on processes employing microorganisms, eukaryotic cell cultures or enzymes for the biosynthesis, transformation and degradation of compounds. This includes fine and bulk chemicals, polymeric compounds and enzymes or other proteins. Downstream processes are also considered. Integrated processes combining biochemical and chemical processes are also published.
Reports on the use of new procedures or tools in a clinical setting are only considered for publication if microorganisms, viruses, enzymes or other proteins from microorganisms or metabolites of microorganisms are involved as crucial and central part of the new procedure or tool.
Editor's quote
The high quality journal, AMB Express, was founded as a fully open access sister journal to Applied Microbiology and Technology about 6 years ago. Since then, the journal has become well-known to authors and reviewers whilst steadily growing. This year, we already have more than 400,000 downloads. Meanwhile, AMB Express has had several achievements: following indexing by ISI, it has since received two consecutive Thomson Reuters Science Citation Index Impact Factors. These Impact Factors were unexpectedly high, and we are very confident that they will continue to grow. What is, however, most important is that not only the number of manuscripts is increasing, but also their volume and the quality of their contents. The editors of AMB Express, the managing editor and I, will ensure that the journal’s performance and the quality of the published papers will continue to improve and that more excellent and highly cited papers will be published in AMB Express. Papers devoted to ‘Industrial Microbiology’ and with a particular interest in ‘White and Red Biotechnology’ are highly welcome; this also includes short papers in which important achievements are communicated.
Alexander Steinbüchel, Editor-in-Chief
(October 2018)
University of Münster
Annual Journal Metrics
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2022 Citation Impact
3.7 - 2-year Impact Factor
4.0 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.019 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.693 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)2023 Speed
10 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
68 days submission to accept (Median)2023 Usage
1,061,137 downloads
284 Altmetric mentions
- ISSN: 2191-0855 (electronic)