Biofuel Research Journal-BRJ

Biofuel Research Journal is an open access journal founded in 2014 and published by Alpha Creation Enterprise, covering biofuels, bioproducts and the wider transition to a bio-based economy, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.5《生物燃料研究杂志》（Biofuel Research Journal）是 2014 年创办的开放获取期刊，由（Alpha Creation Enterprise）出版，覆盖生物燃料、生物基产品与生物经济转型，2025 年影响因子为 7.5。

Scope

• Biofuels and bioproducts include biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas and algal fuels, alongside bio-based smart materials, biocomposites and bio-based chemicals生物燃料与生物基产品涵盖生物柴油、燃料乙醇、沼气与藻类燃料，以及生物基智能材料、生物复合材料与生物基化学品。
• Innovative bio-based strategies for carbon reduction are included under a deliberately broad reading of what counts as a biofuel支撑减碳的创新生物基策略被纳入范围，期刊对“生物燃料”采取刻意宽泛的界定。
• Biomass valorisation covers efficient conversion routes, biorefineries and bioprocesses aimed at maximising energy output and value-added products生物质增值板块覆盖高效转化路线、生物炼制与生物工艺，目标是最大化能量产出与高附加值产品。
• Biomass-derived materials for energy and storage systems include fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors and photovoltaics面向能源与储存系统的生物质衍生材料包括燃料电池、电池、超级电容器与光伏器件。
• Biomass-derived materials for environmental sustainability address carbon capture, pollution mitigation and circular use of resources面向环境可持续的生物质衍生材料涉及碳捕集、污染治理与资源的循环利用。
• Sustainable applications in food and medicine run from packaging and functional ingredients to drug delivery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine食品与医药中的可持续应用从包装与功能性配料，延伸到药物递送、组织工程与再生医学。
• Techno-economic and environmental assessment, including life cycle assessment, exergy, emergy and risk analysis, is required to anchor claims about sustainability技术经济与环境评价，包括生命周期评价、㶲分析、能值分析与风险评估，被用来为可持续性主张提供依据。

History

• It was launched in March 2014, and 2026 is volume 13, so the journal has kept one volume per year since its founding该刊于 2014 年 3 月创刊，2026 年为第 13 卷，自创刊起保持每年一卷。
• The publisher is Alpha Creation Enterprise, and the journal states that it charges authors nothing, with no submission or publication fee at any stage出版方为（Alpha Creation Enterprise），期刊声明不向作者收取任何费用，投稿与出版各环节均免费。
• It is indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, and its impact factor stood at 11.9 in 2024 before being reported as 7.5 for 2025期刊被（Scopus）与（Web of Science）收录，2024 年影响因子为 11.9，2025 年公布为 7.5。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranked 54th among 191 energy and fuels journals, in the second quartile, with a citation indicator in the first quartile在 2025 年（Journal Citation Reports）中，该刊列 191 种能源与燃料期刊第 54 位，属第二四分位，其引用指标则位于第一四分位。
• The journal appears quarterly, with four issues to a volume, and issues carry cover art commissioned by the editorial office期刊按季出版，每卷四期，各期封面由编辑部委托制作。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Vijai Kumar Gupta of the School of Biotechnology at Dublin City University, working on biomass valorisation and microbial engineering主编为（Vijai Kumar Gupta），任职于（Dublin City University）生物技术学院，研究方向为生物质增值与微生物工程。
• Eighteen associate editors are listed, from University College London and Cambridge to Cornell, Ohio State and the Korea University期刊列出 18 位副编辑，任职机构从（University College London）与（University of Cambridge）延伸到（Cornell University）、（The Ohio State University）与（Korea University）。
• Five senior editors, among them Yusuf Chisti, Michael Kessler, Mattheos Koffas, Manjusri Misra and Kevin O'Connor, handle review quality and commissioning五位高级编辑负责评审质量与约稿，其中包括（Yusuf Chisti）、（Michael Kessler）、（Mattheos Koffas）、（Manjusri Misra）与（Kevin O'Connor）。
• A managing editor based at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences coordinates the workflow, and an advisory board links the journal to industry一位常驻（Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences）的管理编辑协调流程，顾问委员会则把期刊与产业界连接起来。
• Manuscripts are submitted online and judged on whether the bio-based route is genuinely sustainable and can be scaled, not only on conversion yield稿件经在线系统提交，评审不仅看转化率，更看生物基路线是否真正可持续并具备放大前景。