''Bone'' is a bimonthly

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

covering the study of bone biology and mineral

metabolism Metabolism (, from el, μεταβολή ''metabolē'', "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. The three main functions of metabolism are: the conversion of the energy in food to energy available to run cell ...

. It absorbed two journals, ''Metabolic Bone Disease and Related Research'' and ''Mineral and Bone'', during its history. It was once the official journal of the

International Bone and Mineral Society The International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS) is a learned society in the field of bone and mineral metabolism, including osteoporosis and other diseases of bone. History IBMS started as the Parathyroid Conferences, a triennial event from 196 ...

(IBMS), but has been an independently-published journal since 2012.

History

The journal has its origins in several journals which merged. ''Metabolic Bone Disease and Related Research'' was established in 1978, with a different

ISSN An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication, such as a magazine. The ISSN is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title. ISSNs ...

. According to the IBMS website, two scientific journals, ''Bone'' (with the same ISSN as this journal; 1985 onwards) and ''Bone and Mineral'' merged under the title ''Bone'', which became the official journal of IBMS, published monthly, until the relationship between the journal and IBMS ended on 31 December 2012. The website notes that ''Bone'' went on to become a leading journal in the field, "publishing top-notch, peer-reviewed content on both the basic science and clinical sides".

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''Bone'' is published by

Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', th ...

and the

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is Peter Ebeling of

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia. According to the ''

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'', the journal had an

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of 4.147 in 2019.

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