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Impact factor: 7.590*
Time to first decision (all decisions): 8.0 days**
Time to first decision (peer reviewed only): 25.0 days***
CiteScore: 9.9****
Editor-in-Chief: Jianjun Cheng
Indexed in MEDLINE
Scope
Biomaterials Science is an international high impact journal exploring the science of biomaterials and their translation towards clinical use. Its scope encompasses new concepts in biomaterials design, studies into the interaction of biomaterials with the body, and the use of materials to answer fundamental biological questions. Papers do not necessarily need to report a new biomaterial, but should provide novel insight into the biological applications of the biomaterial. Articles that primarily focus on demonstrating novel materials chemistry and bring a molecular picture to bear on a given material’s suitability as a biomaterial are more suited to our sister journal, Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
Biomaterials Science publishes primary research and review-type articles in the following areas:
- molecular design of biomaterials, including translation of emerging chemistries to biomaterials
- science of cells and materials at the nanoscale and microscale
- materials as model systems for stem cell and human biology
- materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- (Nano)materials and (nano)systems for therapeutic delivery
- interactions at the biointerface
- biologically inspired and biomimetic materials, including bio-inspired self-assembly systems and cell-inspired synthetic tools
- next-generation biomaterials tools and methods
Official journal of the European Society for Biomaterials

Biomaterials Science Lectureship
This annually presented Lectureship recognises early career researchers, within 12 years of their PhD, who have made a significant contribution to the field of biomaterials.
Nominations are welcome from anyone and the winner is then selected by the Biomaterials Science Editorial Board.
Find out more about eligibility, how to nominate, nomination deadlines, and see all the winners of this award.
Meet the team
Find out who is on the editorial and advisory boards for the Biomaterials Science journal.
Editor-in-Chief
Jianjun Cheng, Westlake University, China
Associate editors
Khuloud Al-Jamal, King’s College London, UK
Nasim Annabi, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Lino Ferreira, UC-Biotech, Portugal
Jöns Hilborn, Uppsala University, Sweden
Won Jong Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Shyni Varghese, Duke University, USA
Fujian Xu, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Can Zhang, China Pharmaceutical University, China
Xinyuan Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Editorial board members
Pamela Habibović, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Kazunari Akiyoshi, Kyoto University, Japan
Cameron Alexander, University of Nottingham, UK
Nasim Annabi, UCLA, USA
Edmondo Benetti, University of Padova, Italy
Mark Bradley, University of Edinburgh, UK
Jayanta Chatterjee, Indian Institute of Science, India
Arabinda Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
Guoping Chen, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
Yiyun Cheng, East China Normal University, China
Joel Collier, Duke University, USA
Justin Cooper-White, University of Queensland, Australia
Honggang Cui, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Jianwu Dai, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of CAS, China
Cole DeForest, University of Washington, USA
Andrew Dove, University of Birmingham, UK
Hongwei Duan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Christine Dufès, University of Strathclyde, UK
Nicholas Dunne, Dublin City University, Ireland
Jennifer Elisseeff, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Shaoqin Sarah Gong, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Dong Keun Han, Cha University, Korea
Ngan Huang, Stanford, USA
Chris Jewell, University of Maryland, USA
Ji Jian, Zhejiang University, China
Ali Khademhosseini, Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, USA
April Kloxin, University of Delaware, USA
Christine Le Maitre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Haeshin Lee, KAIST, Repubic of Korea
Matthias Lutolf, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Atsushi Maruyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Phillip Messersmith, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Aline Miller, University of Manchester, UK
Hyejung Mok, Konkuk University, Korea
Steve Oh, A*STAR, Singapore
Shaunak Pandya, Prolong Pharmaceuticals, USA
Ling Peng, Aix-Marseille University, France
Nicholas Peppas, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Catherine Picart, Grenoble INP, France
Tilo Pompe, University of Leipzig, Germany
Suzie Pun, University of Washington, USA
Shun Shen, Tongji University, China
Molly Shoichet, University of Toronto, Canada
Xintao Shuai, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Aasheesh Srivastava, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Patrick Stayton, University of Washington, USA
Marcus Textor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Takafumi Ueno, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Jun Wang, South China University of Technology, China
Tanja Weil, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Stephanie Willerth, University of Victoria, Canada
Zimei Wu, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Evelyn Yim, Waterloo, Canada
Maria Southall, Executive Editor, Journals, ORCID 0000-0002-7935-6231
Laura Ghandhi, Deputy Editor, Journals
Emily Skinner, Editorial Production Manager, Journals
Natalie Cotterell, Development Editor, Journals
Sean Browner, Assistant Editor, Journals
Eleanor Clifford, Assistant Editor, Journals
Alison Winder, Assistant Editor, Journals
Basita Javeed, Editorial Assistant, Journals
Allison Holloway, Publishing Assistant, Journals
Sam Keltie, Publisher, Journals, ORCID 0000-0002-9369-8414
Journal guidelines
There are no specific requirements regarding formatting of submissions; we recommend using the Royal Society of Chemistry template but this is not a requirement for submission. All articles accepted for publication in our journals are edited and typeset to our house style by professional editors; we will format the final publication for you.
For guidance on preparing your article please visit our Prepare your article, Resources for authors and Experimental data guidelines pages, the content of which is relevant to all of our journals. Please note the updated guidelines for electrophoretic gels and blots.
Readership information
Academic, government and industrial scientists from materials science, biomedical science, biology, chemistry, (bio)physics and engineering.
Subscription Information
Online only 2022: ISSN 2047-4849, £2,268 / $3,850
*2021 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2022)
**The median time from submission to first decision including manuscripts rejected without peer review from the previous calendar year
***The median time from submission to first decision for peer reviewed manuscripts from the previous calendar year
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