Metabolic Engineering

Aims & Scope

Metabolic Engineering (MBE) is devoted to the publication of original research papers on the directed modulation of metabolic pathways for metabolite over production or the improvement of cellular properties.

Papers describing native pathway engineering and synthesis of heterologous pathways for converting microorganisms into microbial cell factories are also welcome.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.8
2024	6.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.771

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	156

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1779

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3143

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering and Immunology and Microbiology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The effects of alternate optimal solutions in constraint-based genome-scale metabolic models

  Citation: 1070

  Authors: R., C.H.

• Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for 1-butanol production

  Citation: 730

  Authors: Shota, Anthony F., Michael R., Claire R., Kevin M., Mark P., Katherine J.Y., Taizo, James C.

• 13C Metabolic Flux Analysis

  Citation: 668

  Authors: Wolfgang

• Engineering the push and pull of lipid biosynthesis in oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for biofuel production

  Citation: 615

  Authors: Mitchell, Gregory

• Engineering a platform for photosynthetic isoprene production in cyanobacteria, using Synechocystis as the model organism

  Citation: 529

  Authors: Pia, Sungsoon, Anastasios

• From zero to hero—Design-based systems metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for l-lysine production

  Citation: 510

  Authors: Judith, Oskar, Stefan, Hartwig, Christoph

• A comparative view of metabolite and substrate stress and tolerance in microbial bioprocessing: From biofuels and chemicals, to biocatalysis and bioremediation

  Citation: 474

  Authors: Sergios A., Stefan M., Eleftherios T.

• Elementary metabolite units (EMU): A novel framework for modeling isotopic distributions

  Citation: 471

  Authors: Maciek R., Joanne K., Gregory

• Biorefineries for the production of top building block chemicals and their derivatives

  Citation: 462

  Authors: Sol, Chan Woo, Jae Ho, Sang Yup

• Metabolic Fluxes and Metabolic Engineering

  Citation: 450

  Authors: Gregory

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