The ''Journal of Biomedical Materials Research'' is a

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s of biomedical material science. It was established in 1967. In 1974, it absorbed ''Biomedical Materials Symposium'' (1971–1974). In 1990, it absorbed the journal ''Journal of Applied Biomaterials'' (1990–1995). In 2002, it split into two parts, ''Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A'', and ''Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B''. The two parts are published by

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Part A

''Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A'' was established in 2003. It is edited by James M. Anderson.

Abstracting and indexing

Part A is

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in the following

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s: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 4.396, ranking it 25th out of 90 in the category 'Engineering, Biomedical' and 18th out of 41 in the category 'Materials Science, Biomaterials.

Part B

The ''Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials'' covers design, development, production, and application of

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s and medical devices. Publishing formats are original research papers, short reports, reviews, current concepts, special reports, and editorials. It is an official journal of the Society for Biomaterials, the

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, the

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, and the Korean Society for Biomaterials. The

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is Jeremy L. Gilbert (

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Abstracting and indexing

''Part B'' is indexed and abstracted in the following bibliographic databases: According to the ''

'', the journal has a 2020

of 3.368, ranking it 43rd out of 90 in the category 'Engineering, Biomedical' and 27th out of 41 in the category 'Materials Science, Biomaterials.

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''Part A''

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