Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering is published by Elsevier and 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 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Biofuel production and bioconversion and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, together about 31.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (JBB) is published by the Society for Biotechnology, Japan and distributed outside Japan by Elsevier.JBB aims to contribute to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge and technology in the fields of bioscience and biotechnology.It publishes papers on a broad range of topics in the areas of:Genetics, molecular biology, and gene engineeringEnzymology, protein engineering, and enzyme technologyMicrobial physiology and biotechnologyBrewing and food technologyEnvironmental biotechnologyBiochemical engineeringPlant biotechnologyCell and tissue engineeringBiomedical engineeringBioinformaticsGenomics, systems biology, and structural biology, which hold much promise for the future, are also within the scope of JBB.The journal only considers submissions that report on the most significant and fundamental advances in the field of bioscience and bioengineering. Manuscripts that describe optimizations related to phenomena of narrow interest using conventional statistical approaches and/or describe exclusively computer simulation with conventional enzyme reaction models or molecular dynamics, will be rejected without peer review.The brewing and food technology section welcomes research that provide fundamental advances on fermentation, fermented foods and their process developments. Basic studies solely treating the chemical and/or medicinal aspects of food derivatives prepared by conventional pretreatment techniques are not appropriate for JBB.The cell and tissue engineering section covers research on cell culture engineering as it relates to regenerative medicine. Topics include the technologies for stem cell culture such as mass production, differentiation control, and tissue reconstruction. Studies in the field of pure cell biology and embryology are not appropriate for JBB.The biomedical engineering section covers topics related to bioprocess engineering in the field of medicine, including biomaterials, scaffolds, artificial organs, drug delivery systems, microfluidics, and micro-fabrication, but not deals with the topics mainly focusing on mechanical engineering. Studies in the field of basic medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, dentistry, and surgical technique are not suitable for JBB. The journal does not consider pathological, clinical, and epidemiological research.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Editor-in-chief Akira ItoPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 10%); most named Japan 23, Germany 5, Mainland China 4, Taiwan, China 2, United States 2 (42 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.45LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

2.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

5.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

5.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.58LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.77LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

97LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

144OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

4,299OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.47OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

1.32%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

113LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 1.2 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

43.75%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

2 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

31 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

95 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Elsevier

Country or region

JAPAN

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1999

ISSN

1389-1723

Electronic ISSN

1347-4421

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website