Trends in Biotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology is a monthly peer-reviewed review journal published by Cell Press (Elsevier), founded in 1983, covering innovative applications of biology as useful technologies, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 16.6（Trends in Biotechnology）是由（Cell Press）（Elsevier）出版的月刊同行评审综述期刊，1983 年创办，刊载把生物学用作实用技术的创新应用，2025 年影响因子为 16.6。

Scope

• It publishes innovative applications of biology as useful technologies刊载把生物学用作实用技术的创新应用。
• Articles should describe biobased solutions to important problems and emphasise engineering or adapting living systems for societal benefit论文须阐述重要问题的生物基解决方案，并着重工程化或改造生命系统以造福社会。
• Application areas include human health and well-being, renewable energy and food and agriculture应用领域包括人类健康与福祉、可再生能源以及食品与农业。
• Other areas are natural resources and production of bulk and fine chemicals其他领域包括自然资源以及大宗化学品与精细化学品的生产。
• Scientific topics include synthetic biology, genome editing and tissue engineering and biofabrication科学议题包括合成生物学、基因组编辑以及组织工程与生物制造。
• It also covers metabolic engineering, cellular and microbial engineering and plant trait improvement还涵盖代谢工程、细胞与微生物工程以及植物性状改良。
• Themes also include biomanufacturing, biosensors and bioelectronics, biofuels and microbial fuel cells, and cellular agriculture主题还包括生物制造、生物传感器与生物电子学、生物燃料与微生物燃料电池，以及细胞农业。^[1]

History

• It was founded in 1983该刊创办于 1983 年。^[2]
• It is published by Cell Press, the life-science imprint of Elsevier该刊由（Cell Press）出版，后者是（Elsevier）的生命科学品牌。
• It appears monthly该刊为月刊。
• Its content ranges from concise reviews and opinions to original research articles and reports其内容从精炼综述与观点到原创研究论文与报告。
• Its impact factor was 19.536 in 2021, 21.942 in 2022, 14.9 in 2024 and 16.6 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 19.536，2022 年为 21.942，2024 年为 14.9，2025 年为 16.6。
• It is indexed in SCIE and ranks Q1 in Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology with a 2025 JIF rank of 3 out of 180该刊被（SCIE）收录，在生物技术与应用微生物学类别位列 Q1，2025 年 JIF 排名为 180 名中的第 3。

Editors

• Its Editor is Matthew Pavlovich其编辑为（Matthew Pavlovich）。
• He earned a BS in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a PhD at the University of California at Berkeley他本科毕业于（Georgia Institute of Technology）化学工程专业，博士毕业于（University of California at Berkeley）。
• He studied the biological effects of air plasmas, did postdoctoral research at Northeastern University and joined Cell Press in early 2016他研究空气等离子体的生物效应，曾在（Northeastern University）从事博士后研究，并于 2016 年初加入（Cell Press）。
• Its Advisory Board includes Robert Langer and Gregory Stephanopoulos of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology其顾问委员会包括（Massachusetts Institute of Technology）的（Robert Langer）与（Gregory Stephanopoulos）。
• Other board members include Caixia Gao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Yongjin Zhou of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics其他委员包括（中国科学院）的（Caixia Gao）与（中国科学院大连化学物理研究所）的（Yongjin Zhou）。
• The board also includes Cees Dekker of Delft University of Technology and Mark van Loosdrecht, also of Delft委员还包括（Delft University of Technology）的（Cees Dekker）与同样任职于（Delft）的（Mark van Loosdrecht）。