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Biomaterials Science

An international high impact journal exploring the science of biomaterials and their translation towards clinical use.

Editor-in-Chief: Jianjun Cheng

Open Access: Hybrid

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Biomaterials Science is an international high impact journal exploring the science of biomaterials and their translation towards clinical use. This is an official journal of the European Society for Biomaterials

ISSN:  2047-4849

Indexed in: MEDLINE

Journal Impact factor

5.7 (2024)

First decision time (all)

13 days

First decision time (peer reviewed)

37 days

Scope

Biomaterials Science 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 companion 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
  • 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


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Jianjun Cheng

Jianjun Cheng

Editor-in-Chief

Westlake University

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Khuloud Al-Jamal

Khuloud Al-Jamal

Associate editor

 King’s College London

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Nasim Annabi

Nasim Annabi

Associate Editor

University of California

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Lino Ferreira

Lino Ferreira

Associate editor

UC-Biotech

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Jöns Hilborn

Jöns Hilborn

Associate editor

Uppsala University

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Won-Gun Koh

Won-Gun Koh

Associate editor

Yonsei University

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Shyni Varghese

Shyni Varghese

Associate editor

 Duke University

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Matthew Webber

Matthew Webber

Associate Editor

University of Notre Dame

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Fujian Xu

Fujian Xu

Associate editor

Beijing University of Chemical Technology

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Lichen Yin

Lichen Yin

Associate Editor

Soochow University

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Chuan Zhang

Chuan Zhang

Associate editor

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Pamela Habibović

Pamela Habibović

editorial board member

Maastricht University

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Xinyuan Zhu

Xinyuan Zhu

editorial board member

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Kazunari Akiyoshi

Kyoto University

Cameron Alexander

University of Nottingham

Eric Appel

Stanford University

Edmondo Benetti

University of Padova

Mark Bradley

University of Edinburgh

Jayanta Chatterjee

Indian Institute of Science

Arabinda Chaudhuri

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata

Guoping Chen

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

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Yiyun Cheng

East China Normal University

Joel Collier

Duke University

Justin Cooper-White

University of Queensland

Honggang Cui

Johns Hopkins University

Jianwu Dai

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of CAS

Cole DeForest

University of Washington

Andrew Dove

University of Birmingham

Yizhou Dong

The Ohio State University

Hongwei Duan

Nanyang Technological University

Nicholas Dunne

 Dublin City University

Jennifer Elisseeff

Johns Hopkins University

Dong Keun Han

Cha University

Ngan Huang

Stanford

Chris Jewell

University of Maryland

Ji Jian

Zhejiang University

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Ali Khademhosseini

Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation

Won Jong Kim

Pohang University of Science and Technology

April Kloxin

University of Delaware

Christine Le Maitre

 University of Sheffield

Haeshin Lee

KAIST

Khoon Lim

University of Sydney

Matthias Lutolf

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Atsushi Maruyama

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Phillip Messersmith

University of California

Aline Miller

University of Manchester

Hyejung Mok

Konkuk University

Steve Oh

A*STAR

Shaunak Pandya

Prolong Pharmaceuticals

Ling Peng

Aix-Marseilles Université

Nicholas Peppas

University of Texas at Austin

Catherine Picart

Grenoble INP

Tilo Pompe

University of Leipzig

Amirali Popat

University of Queensland

Suzie Pun

University of Washington

Shun Shen

Tongji University

Molly Shoichet

University of Toronto

Xintao Shuai

Sun Yat-sen University

Aasheesh Srivastava

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)

Patrick Stayton, 

 University of Washington

Marcus Textor

ETH Zürich

Takafumi Ueno

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Jun Wang

South China University of Technology

Tanja Weil

 Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Stephanie Willerth

University of Victoria

Zimei Wu

The University of Auckland

Evelyn Yim

Waterloo

Can Zhang

China Pharmaceutical University

Maria Southall

Executive Editor

Cara Sutton

Editorial Manager

Molly Colgate

Assistant Editor

Katie Morton

Assistant Editor

Charu Storr-Vijay

Assistant Editor

Alison Winder

Assistant Editor

Basita Javeed

Editorial Assistant

Allison Holloway

Publishing Assistant

Sam Keltie

Publisher

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