Synthetic Biology
Last updated ISSN 2397-7000
Synthetic Biology is published by Oxford University Press in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $3,250.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Synthetic Biology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2397-7000 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $3,250 |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 222 |
| Publishing since | 2016 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/synbio |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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