''Acta Biomaterialia'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
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published by
Elsevier. It is published on behalf of Acta Materialia, Inc., and is sponsored by
ASM International and
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. The journal was established in January 2005. The
editor-in-chief is W.R. Wagner (
University of Pittsburgh). The journal covers research in
biomaterials 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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Chemical Abstracts Service
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EMBASE
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EMBiology
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Elsevier BIOBASE
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MEDLINE/
PubMed
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Materials Science Citation Index
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Science Citation Index Expanded
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Scopus
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor of 10.633.
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/702994/description
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