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 article - Multifunctional alkalophilic α-amylase with diverse raw seaweed degrading activities
This new article investigates the multifunctionality of Amy2587. The authors studied its substrate specificity and describe that it is the first multifunctional enzyme found to have five enzyme activities simultaneously. Their results also suggest that the novel multifunctional α-amylase Amy2587 has high potential for seaweed degradation.
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Physico-chemical characteristics and aflatoxins production of Atractylodis Rhizoma to different storage temperatures and humidities
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What do patents tell us about microalgae in agriculture?
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Identification of a novel immunological epitope on Hexon of fowl adenovirus serotype 4
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Immunoassay standardization for the detection of immunoglobulin A (IgA) against Porphyromonas gingivalis antigens in saliva of individuals with and without leprosy
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Advances in utilization of renewable substrates for biosurfactant production
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Comparative transcriptomic profile analysis of fed-batch cultures expressing different recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli
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Antimicrobial activity of bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria isolated from cheeses and yogurts
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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
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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Speed
50 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
32 days to first decision for all manuscripts
72 days from submission to acceptance
12 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
3.298 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.427 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.094 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.702 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
700,962 Downloads
311 Altmetric Mentions
- ISSN: 2191-0855 (electronic)