About this journal

Aims and scope

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation publishes high quality research on the application of biological catalysts for the synthesis, interconversion or degradation of chemical species.

Papers are published in the areas of:

  • Mechanistic principles
  • Kinetics and thermodynamics of biocatalytic processes
  • Chemical or genetic modification of biocatalysts
  • Developments in biocatalyst's immobilization
  • Activity and stability of biocatalysts in non-aqueous and multi-phasic environments, including the design of large scale biocatalytic processes
  • Biomimetic systems
  • Environmental applications of biocatalysis
  • Metabolic engineering

Types of articles published are; full-length original research articles, reviews, short communications on the application of biotransformations, and preliminary reports of novel catalytic activities.

Peer Review Policy

All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor in Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, are peer reviewed by independent, expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 34K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.4 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.8 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 4.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.452 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.351 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 38 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 59 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 30% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors in Chief
Antonio O. Ballesteros 
Department of Biocatalysis
CSIC Institute of Catalysis
28049 Madrid
Spain  

Andres R. Alcantara  
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Executive Editors
Tom Desmet - University of Gent, Belgium
Roberto Fernandez-Lafuente - Institute of Catalysis, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Virinder S. Parmar - Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India
Roger A. Sheldon - The University of Witwatersrand, South Africa and TU Delft, The Netherlands
Maria F. Villegas-Torres - Icesi University, Cali, Colombia
Roland Wohlgemuth - Technical University of Lodz, Poland

Associate Editors
Andreaus J - Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Brasil
Arroyo, Miguel - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
De Lacey, Antonio L. - Institute of Catalysis, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Dominquez de Maria, P - Sustainable Momentum, Spain
Fernandez-La Fuente, R. - Institute of Catalysis, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Fonseca, Luis P - Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Gotor-Fernandez V - University of Oviedo, Spain
Jiang, Guangde - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Herradon, Bernardo - CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Jacobsen, Elisabeth E - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Mukherjee, Monalisa - Amity University, India
Martinkova, Ludmila - Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Nidetzky, Bernd - Technical University Graz, Austria
Sastre, Enrique - Instituto de Catalisis y Petroquimica - CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Secundo, Francesco - Institute of Chemistry of Molecular Recognition ICRM, Italy
Valero, Francisco - Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain

Editorial Board

Alcalde M - CSIC Institute of Catalysis, Madrid, Spain
Baldessari A - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Basri M - Universiti Putra, Malaysia
Bialecka-Florjanczyk E - Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Bielecki S - Technical University of Lodz, Poland
Cabral JMS - Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Cavaco-Paulo A - University of Minho, Portugal
Dordick JS - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA
Eijsink VGH - Agricultural University of Norway, Aas, Norway
Findrik Z - University of Zagrev, Croatia
Garcia-Arellano H - Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico
Gardossi L - Universitá degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
Halling PJ - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Kanerva L - University of Turku, Finland
Klibanov AM - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Kolisis FN - National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Krieger N - Universidade Federal do Parana, Brasil
Leak DJ - University of Bath, UK
Littlechild JA - University of Exeter, UK
Lye GJ - University College London, UK
Miyamoto K - Keio University, Japan
Miyazawa T - Konan University, Japan
Plou FJ - Institute of Catalysis, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Poppe L - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Reetz MT - Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Remaud-Simeon M - INSA Toulouse, France
Shukla P - Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana, India
Soetaert W - University Gent, Belgium
Svedas V - Moscow State University, Russian Fed.
Turner NJ - University of Manchester (CoEBio3), UK
Vikso-Nielsen A - Novozymes, Denmark
Woodley JM - Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Abstracting and indexing

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation is abstracted in;

  • Thomson Reuters - Science Citation Index
  • CABI
  • Chemical Abstracts Service
  • IFIS
  • Technical Information Centre of Denmark
  • BIOSIS Previews
  • Scopus
  • PubMed


Open access

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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
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  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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