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| Discipline | Biotechnology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Inge Russell, PhD and Graham Stewart, PhD |
| Publication details | |
| History | First published 1978 |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| No | |
| 9.062 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Crit. Rev. Biotechnol. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0738-8551 (print) 1549-7801 (web) |
| Links | |
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology is an academic journal that publishes comprehensive review articles that organize, evaluate and present the current status of issues in biotechnology.
The journal covers:
The journal is owned by Taylor and Francis Group a United Kingdom-based publisher.
The co-editors are Inge Russell, who co-founded the journal in 1978, [1] [2] and Graham Stewart [3] Emeritus Professor in Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. [4]
The journal publishes 4 issues per year in simultaneous print and online editions and is available on a subscription basis and as individual articles All back-issues of the journal are available online on the publisher's website.
Subscribers to the electronic edition of Critical Reviews in Biotechnology receive access to the online archive, as part of their subscription. [5]
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