''Acta Biomaterialia'' is a monthly

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published by

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. It is published on behalf of Acta Materialia, Inc., and is sponsored by ASM International and

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is a professional organization for materials scientists and engineers that encompasses the entire range of materials and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production to basic ...

. The journal was established in January 2005. The

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is W.R. Wagner (

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). The journal covers research in

biomaterial A biomaterial is a substance that has been Biological engineering, engineered to interact with biological systems for a medical purpose – either a therapeutic (treat, augment, repair, or replace a tissue function of the body) or a Medical diag ...

s science, including the interrelationship of biomaterial structure and function from macroscale to nanoscale. Topical coverage includes

biomedical Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)

and biocompatible materials. Formats of publication include original research reports, review papers, and rapid communications ("letters").

Abstracting and indexing

''Acta Biomaterialia'' is abstracted and indexed in: *

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* EMBASE *

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* Elsevier BIOBASE *

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* Materials Science Citation Index *

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According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2022

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of 9.7.

References

External links

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