Journal profile · BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Biotecnia
ISSN 1665-1456
Biotecnia: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 86 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biotecnia is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant and soil sciences, Botanical Research and Applications and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, together about 30.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista Biotecnia es una publicación electrónica continua que publica aportaciones científicas nacionales e internacionales en español e inglés, bajo el entendido de que todo manuscrito sometido debe ser original e inédito. El contenido científico y calidad de los artículos recibidos son evaluados en la modalidad de doble ciego por al menos dos árbitros especializados en la materia, los cuales pueden ser del banco de árbitros de la propia revista, o bien, externos. El proceso de arbitraje se realiza bajo estricto anonimato. Los artículos o contribuciones son productos de investigaciones originales o revisiones bibliográficas, en las áreas de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Química, Bioquímica y Ciencias Asociadas, Biomédicas, Nutrición, Cultura Física y Deportes, Toxicología, Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos, Biología, Recursos Naturales Terrestres, Acuáticos y Conservación de Recursos Naturales. Biotecnia NO publica reportes técnicos, críticas u opiniones, biografías, etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.3%
- Botanical Research and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.3%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine6.1%
- Agricultural and Food Production StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 90.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 86LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 815 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78 | 78 | 2 |
| 2025 | 86 | 86 | 50 |
| 2024 | 81 | 81 | 100 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 76 |
| 2022 | 79 | 79 | 250 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 250 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Model summary
Biotecnia se encuentra bajo la licencia Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Doble ciego, al menos dos árbitros, anonimato estricto Model summary
El contenido científico y calidad de los artículos recibidos son evaluados en la modalidad de doble ciego por al menos dos árbitros especializados en la materia, los cuales pueden ser del banco de árbitros de la propia revista, o bien, externos. El proceso de arbitraje se realiza bajo estricto anonimato.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 1665-1456
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biotecnia
What CAS zone is Biotecnia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Biotecnia is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Biotecnia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biotecnia is indexed in ESCI.
Is Biotecnia open access, and what is the APC?
Biotecnia is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .