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Biodegradation publishes papers, reviews and mini-reviews on the biotransformation, mineralization, detoxification, recycling, amelioration or treatment of chemicals or waste materials by naturally-occurring microbial strains, microbial associations, or recombinant organisms.

Coverage spans a range of topics, including Biochemistry of biodegradative pathways; Genetics of biodegradative organisms and development of recombinant biodegrading organisms; Molecular biology-based studies of biodegradative microbial communities; Enhancement of naturally-occurring biodegradative properties and activities. Also featured are novel applications of biodegradation and biotransformation technology, to soil, water, sewage, heavy metals and radionuclides, organohalogens, high-COD wastes, straight-, branched-chain and aromatic hydrocarbons; Coverage extends to design and scale-up of laboratory processes and bioreactor systems. Also offered are papers on economic and legal aspects of biological treatment of waste.

"Waste treatment" papers are expected to contain something novel as regards to one or more of the following: (a) microbiology, (b) molecular biology, (c) biochemistry, (d) ecology, or (e) engineering. The simple reporting of a new isolate or process that does the same thing as reported many times by others is not sufficient.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Claudia K. Gunsch
Impact factor
3.6 (2022)
5 year impact factor
3.6 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
38 days
Downloads
161,628 (2023)

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    As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.

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    Types of papers

    Mini Reviews
    Mini reviews should be short updates (3-5 journal pages) concerning the very latest progress in any field covered by BIODEGRADATION. Please send questions related to the relevance of a particular topic to the Mini Review Editor.

    Useful Resources for Authors and Editors:

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1572-9729
Print ISSN
0923-9820
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. AGRICOLA
  2. BFI List
  3. BIOSIS
  4. Baidu
  5. Biological Abstracts
  6. CAB Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  11. Chimica
  12. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  13. Dimensions
  14. EBSCO
  15. EI Compendex
  16. EMBiology
  17. Engineering Village – GEOBASE
  18. Google Scholar
  19. IFIS Publishing
  20. INIS Atomindex
  21. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  22. Medline
  23. Meta
  24. Naver
  25. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  26. Portico
  27. ProQuest
  28. SCImago
  29. SCOPUS
  30. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  31. TD Net Discovery Service
  32. UGC-CARE List (India)
  33. Wanfang
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