Biomaterials (journal)
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| Discipline | Materials science, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Kam W. Leong |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Clinical Materials |
| History | 1980-present |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Frequency | 36 per year |
| 8.806 (2017) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Biomaterials |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0142-9612 |
| LCCN | 84641712 |
| OCLC no. | 612263690 |
| Links | |
Biomaterials is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the physical, biological and chemical sciences involved in engineering biomaterials. It is published by Elsevier. The Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Kam W. Leong (Columbia University, USA),[1] while the managing editor is Dr. Chai Hoon Quek. Publishing formats include original research and review-type articles (reviews and leading opinion papers).
The journal is a leading journal in the field. According to Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 8.806, ranked top 1 in both Biomaterials (1/33) and Biomedical Engineering (1/78) categories.[2] Publishing in Biomaterials is therefore competitive; the journal's acceptance rate from 2015-2018 is around 15%.[3]
Coverage
The journal is relevant to areas such as cancer diagnosis and therapy, implantable devices, drug delivery systems, gene vectors, bionanotechnology and tissue engineering. The major research areas covered by the journal include:
- Polymer synthesis and characterization
- Drug and gene vector design
- Biology of the host response, immunology and toxicology
- Nanoscaled self assembly
- Clinical applications (therapies of medical technology and regenerative medicine in all clinical disciplines)
- Diagnostic systems
Editorial Board
Biomaterials currently has 14 associate editors handling the submission and the review process:[4]
- Prof. Youngro Byun, Seoul National University, Korea
- Prof. Barbara P Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Prof. Chong-Su Cho, Seoul National University, Korea
- Prof. Andre J. Garcia, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Prof. Stuart B. Goodman, Stanford University, USA
- Prof. Xingjie Liang, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
- Prof. Zhuang Liu, Soochow University, China
- Prof. Haiquan Mao, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Prof. Yukio Nagasaki, University of Tsukuba, Japan
- Prof. Abhay Pandit, National University of Ireland, Ireland
- Prof. Ana P. Pêgo, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
- Prof. Laura A. Poole-Warren, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Prof. Hsing-Wen Sung, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
- Prof. Hanry Yu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
External Links
Abstracting and indexing
- MEDLINE
- BIOSIS
- BIOBASE
- Chemical Abstracts Service
- Current Contents
- EMBASE
- FIZ Karlsruhe
- INSPEC
- Scopus
See also
References
- ^ "Editorial". Biomaterials. 36: 5. 2015-01-01. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.10.047. ISSN 0142-9612.
- ^ "InCites Journal Citation Reports". apps.clarivate.com. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
- ^ "Elsevier Journal Metrics Visualization. Helping Authors. Visualizing Key Metrics. Delivering Journal Insights". journalinsights.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
- ^ Biomaterials Editorial Board.