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 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
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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Editor-in-Chief
Jennifer Elisseeff, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Associate editors
Khuloud Al-Jamal, King’s College London, UK
Jianjun Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
Lino Ferreira, UC-Biotech, Portugal
Pamela Habibović, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Jöns Hilborn, Uppsala University, Sweden
Haeshin Lee, KAIST, Repubic of Korea
Matthias Lutolf, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Shyni Varghese, Duke University, USA
Fujian Xu, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Can Zhang, China Pharmaceutical University, China
Editorial board members
Cameron Alexander, University of Nottingham, UK