期刊名称：3 BIOTECH
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About the journal
ISSN: 2190-572X (Print) 2190-5738 (Online)
3 Biotech is a quarterly, peer-reviewed open access journal published under the brand SpringerOpen.
Continuous Article Publishing (CAP)
3 Biotech will be moving to the “Continuous Article Publishing” (CAP) in 2016, in which newly accepted papers will be published online with volume and article numbers, shortly after receipt of authors proofs. This change will alleviate the significant backlog of accepted articles that are currently available online as "published ahead of time," but are awaiting formal publication with a volume, issue number and page numbers. To achieve a smooth transition to the CAP model, all papers that have been accepted after June 2015 have been held back and will be published with volume and article numbers from January 2016 onwards. We wish to apologize for this short delay in article processing during this important transition phase, which is designed to speed up the process from acceptance of articles to final publication without the need for articles to be placed in a "published ahead of time" waiting line. In addition, a formal rapid publication from 2016 will ensure that all articles in 3 Biotech are immediately available in indexing services for researchers.
3 Biotech publishes the results of the latest research related to the study and application of biotechnology to:
- Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Agriculture
- The Environment
The focus on these three technology sectors recognizes that complete Biotechnology applications often require a combination of techniques. 3 Biotech not only presents the latest developments in biotechnology but also addresses the problems and benefits of integrating a variety of techniques for a particular application. 3 Biotech will appeal to scientists and engineers in both academia and industry focused on the safe and efficient application of Biotechnology to Medicine, Agriculture and the Environment.
Articles from a huge variety of biotechnology applications are welcome including:
- Cancer and stem cell research
- Genetic engineering and cloning
- Bioremediation and biodegradation
- Bioinformatics and system biology
- Biomarkers and biosensors
- Biodiversity and biodiscovery
- Biorobotics and biotoxins
- Analytical biotechnology and the human genome
3 Biotech accepts original and review articles as well as short research reports, protocols and methods, notes to the editor, letters to the editor and book reviews for publication. Up to date topical review articles will also be considered. All the manuscripts are peer-reviewed for scientific quality and acceptance.
NEW:
3 Biotech has been selected for coverage in Thomson Reuters' products and services in February 2015. Beginning with V. 1 (1) 2011, this publication will be indexed and abstracted in:
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS Previews
In the future 3 Biotech may be evaluated and included in additional Thomson Reuters products to meet the needs of the scientific and scholarly research community. 3 Biotech will receive its first Impact Factor in July 2016.
Best Paper Award:
3 Biotech is supported by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia. Every year KACST awards the best paper with the KACST Medal and $5,000. The editors of 3 Biotech have elected the best paper among those published in 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.
- The 2011-2012 winning paper is:
Nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite and zinc-doped hydroxyapatite as carrier material for controlled delivery of ciprofloxacin
Authors: G. Devanand Venkatasubbu and colleagues at Anna University, India.
- The 2012-2013 winning paper is:
Stress influenced increase in phenolic content and radical scavenging capacity of Rhodotorula glutinis CCY 20-2-26
Authors: Raj Kumar Salar and colleagues at Chaudhary Devi Lal University, India.
Related subjects » Agriculture - Biomaterials - Biotechnology - Cancer Research - Cell Biology - Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
Abstracted/Indexed in
Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, PubMed, PubMedCentral, EMBASE, Google Scholar, CAB International, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, DOAJ, Global Health, OCLC, Summon by ProQuest
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- Journal article
Gamelin FX, Baquet G, Berthoin S, Thevenet D, Nourry C, Nottin S, Bosquet L (2009) Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. Eur J Appl Physiol 105:731-738. doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0955-8
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Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329
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Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. doi:10.1007/s001090000086
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South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
- Book chapter
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York, pp 230-257
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Cartwright J (2007) Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007
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Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California
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Instructions to Authors
13205_3_Biotech_Instructions.pdf
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Bharat Patel (Microbial Biotechnology & Genomics, Extremophiles)
Griffith University
School of Biomelecular & Physical Sciences
Brisbane 4111
Australia
E-mail: b.patel@griffith.edu.au
Futwan A. A. Al-Mohanna (Cell Biology & Cellular Imaging)
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
MBC-03
PO Box 3354
Riyadh 11211
Saudi Arabia
E-mail: futwan@kfshrc.edu.sa
Associate Editors
Adel Abdullah Al-Oraini (Bioinformatics)
Computer Science Department, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed bin Abdullah Alkazim (Zoology)
National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ashutosh Mittal (Microbial Gene Research & Resources Facility)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA
Brian Meyer (Genetics)
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabia
Christopher Henry (Systems Biology)
Argonne National Lab, USA
Faisal Al-Allaf (Genetics & Molecular Medicine)
Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Firdos Alam Khan (Stem Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Biotechnology)
School of Life Sciences at Manipal University, Dubai, UAE
Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Ocean Biodiversity)
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan
Karim Elsawy (General Chemistry)
Chemistry Department, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Katharine Sara Collison (Diabetes Research)
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Khalid Abu Khabar (Molecular Biomedicine)
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Khalid Ibrahim Al-Nemer (Pharmacology)
Armed Forces Medical Services General Directorate, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Phillip Pope (Rumen Microbiology, Microbial Diversity, Next Generation Sequencing)
The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Prasun K. Mukherjee (Plant Pathology)
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
Roger Holmes (Mammalian Genetics, Biochemsitry & Phylogeny)
Texas Biomedical Research Institute, USA
Sadequr Rahman (Molecular Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Tropical Plants & Birds)
School of Science, Monash University Sunway, Malaysia
Sivakumar Pattathil (Plant Biotechnology)
The University of Georgia, USA
Tony Greene (Bioremediation, Extremophiles)
Griffith University, Australia
Waleed Al-Ghamdi (Proteomics & Protein Chemistry)
National Centre of Biotechnology at KACST, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Yanhe Ma (Microbial Biodiversity, Systematics & Taxonomy)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Publishing Editor
Nabil Khélifi
Springer, Heidelberg, Germany
E-mail: Nabil.Khelifi@springer.com
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