Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (commonly abbreviated as Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng.) is a peer-reviewed review journal published by Annual Reviews, founded in the United States in 2010 and issued one volume a year. It takes no original research, surveying progress in chemical and biomolecular engineering by invited review year by year.《化学与生物分子工程年评》(Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,常用缩写为 Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng.)是由年评出版社出版的同行评审综述期刊,2010 年创刊于美国,每年出版一卷。该刊不收原创研究,只以邀稿综述的形式逐年梳理化学工程与生物分子工程的进展。
Scope
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering works from the principle that a subject is treated once a year but treated completely, each review covering the general movement of a field rather than stringing together the author's own papers. Its principal subject areas include:Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 的取稿立场是「一年只说一次,但要把这一年说完」,每篇综述须覆盖一个方向近年来的整体走势,而非作者本人工作的串联。收文范围覆盖的主要方向包括:
- Catalysis and reaction engineering: heterogeneous catalysis and catalyst design, biocatalysis with enzyme engineering, and reactor engineering with process intensification.催化与反应工程: 多相催化与催化剂设计、生物催化与酶工程、反应器工程与过程强化。
- Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering: chassis organisms and pathway design, metabolic flux and regulation, and fermentation process with scale-up.合成生物学与代谢工程: 底盘细胞与途径设计、代谢通量与调控、发酵工艺与放大。
- Biomolecular and materials: protein and nucleic acid engineering, biomaterials with tissue engineering, and soft matter with interface science.生物分子与材料: 蛋白质与核酸工程、生物材料与组织工程、软物质与界面科学。
- Systems engineering and computation: progress in process systems engineering, computational chemistry and molecular simulation, and applications of data science and machine learning.系统工程与计算: 过程系统工程的进展、计算化学与分子模拟、数据科学与机器学习的应用。
- Energy and environment: electrochemical storage and conversion, carbon capture and utilisation, and sustainable processes with water treatment.能源与环境: 电化学储能与转化、碳捕集与利用、可持续过程与水处理。
An opening retrospective and a prefatory chapter from the editorial committee explain the choice of topics for the volume, and all articles are invited, with occasional self-proposed topics requiring committee agreement first.刊内另有开篇的回顾性文章与卷首的编委前言,用于交代本卷的选题思路;所有文章均为邀约,偶有自荐选题也须先经编委会同意。
History
- Founding (2010): the journal opened with volume 1 in 2010, the first standalone chemical engineering volume from Annual Reviews, earlier surveys of the field having been scattered across general chemistry and bioengineering annuals.创刊(2010年): 本刊于 2010 年以第 1 卷创刊,是年评出版社在化工方向首次单独立卷,此前相关综述散见于化学与生物工程的综合年评之中。
- Disciplinary context: the crossing of biomolecular engineering with chemical engineering deepened quickly after 2000, and existing titles could not absorb the demand for yearly syntheses, hence this volume.学科背景: 二十一世纪初生物分子工程与化工的交叉迅速加深,既有刊物难以容纳按年梳理的综述需求,本刊由此设立。
- Growth of the volume: the first volumes were modest in size and have grown year by year, with both the number of reviews and the range of subfields covered increasing.卷帙增长: 本刊创刊时篇幅有限,其后逐年扩充,每卷的综述篇数与所覆盖的二级方向均在增加。
- Metric trend: the impact factor rose from 7.7 in 2017 to 11.1 in 2020, fell to 7.6 in 2023 and stood at 12.8 and 13.1 in 2024 and 2025, review journals fluctuating more than original research titles.指标走势: 影响因子自 2017 年的 7.7 上升至 2020 年的 11.1,2023 年一度回落至 7.6,2024 与 2025 年分别为 12.8 与 13.1,评述刊的指标波动幅度大于原创刊。
Editors
The editor-in-chief and committee choose topics jointly and authors are invited by the office, and although there is no open submission channel, manuscripts still pass through peer review, with referees carrying specific responsibility for the balance of a survey. Neither the publisher nor the board publishes an acceptance rate or review duration for the title.本刊由主编与编委会共同决定选题,作者均由编辑部邀约;稿件虽无公开投稿渠道,仍须经过同行评审,且评审人对综述的平衡性负有专门责任。出版方与编委会均未公布本刊的录用比例与审稿时长。
- Topic selection: the committee ranks topics each year by maturity and pace of progress, and the same subject usually recurs only after several years so that surveys span a reasonable period.选题机制: 编委会每年按方向的成熟度与进展速度排定题目,同一方向通常隔数年才重复出现,以保证综述的时段跨度。
- Balance: reviews must cover work from different schools and regions, and papers citing only their own school are often asked to add contrasting views.平衡要求: 编辑部要求综述覆盖不同学派与地域的工作,只引自身学派成果的稿件常被要求补充对照视角。
- Readership: articles address researchers and students entering a new field, so the office asks authors in its guidance to define terms and supply background.读者定位: 本刊的文章面向进入新方向的研究者与学生,编辑部因此在稿约中要求作者把术语与背景交代清楚。