期刊名称：ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
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About the journal
Description
Acta Biomaterialia is an international journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research reports, review papers and communications in the broadly defined field of biomaterials science. The emphasis of the journal is on the relationship between biomaterial structure and function at all length scales. The journal is committed to rapid peer-review and publication.
The scope of Acta Biomaterialia includes:
- Hypothesis-driven design of biomaterials
- Biomaterial surface science linking structure to biocompatibility, including protein adsorption and cellular interactions
- Biomaterial mechanical characterization and modeling at all scales
- Molecular, statistical and other types of modeling applied to capture biomaterial behavior
- Interactions of biological species with defined surfaces
- Combinatorial approaches to biomaterial development
- Structural biology as it relates structure to function for biologically derived materials that have application as a medical material, or as it aids in understanding the biological response to biomaterials
- Methods for biomaterial characterization
- Processing of biomaterials to achieve specific functionality
- Materials development for arrayed genomic and proteomic screening
Bibliographic & ordering Information
ISSN: 1742-7061
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Commencing publication 2005
Subscriptions for the year 2007, Volume 3, 6 issues
Institutional online access: ScienceDirect eSelect
For purchase of online access to this journal on ScienceDirect by credit card.
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607/591
Last update: 15 May 2007
Instructions to Authors
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Published on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc.
Structure-Property-Function relationships in Biomaterials
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Guide for Authors - Contents list:
Short Overview
Manuscript Preparation:
Length of papers:
Abstract:
Keywords:
Title:
Units:
Figures:
Colour costs and queries:
References:
Spellchecking:
For studies involving animals or humans:
Conflict of interest disclosure:
Copyright:
Notification:
PDF proofs:
Author benefits:
Online paper tracking:
Enquiries:
Useful Links:
Short Overview:
The entire submission and review process for Acta Biomaterialia is handled electronically, which shortens publication times. All papers should be submitted electronically through http://ees.elsevier.com/actbio
Prior to submitting your paper, please follow the instructions given below. Please note that you must have an e-mail address to use the online submission system.
Authors submit their article online by simply registering, logging-in, and submitting. Editors will then invite potential reviewers by e-mail.
Detailed instructions on the use of the online submission system are available at http://ees.elsevier.com/actbio Please read the "Hints" for information on how to register, and review the "Tutorial for Authors" for a run-through of the submission process. If you need any further help, please do not hesitate to contact our Author Support Department: authorsupport@elsevier.com
Acta Biomaterialia is an international journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research reports, review papers and communications in the broadly defined field of biomaterials science. The emphasis of the journal is on the relationships among biomaterial structure, properties and function at all length scales. Papers should be directed to those aspects of the science of materials defined in the statement of the journal's scope. Manuscripts must be written in good English. Poorly written papers will be automatically returned for rewriting before review. Communications are accepted in English only.
Manuscript Preparation:
The system will convert your manuscript to a PDF for the review process. Elsevier can accept text files in most standard word-processing formats but Microsoft Word is preferred. Alternatively, they can be in either LaTex or PostScript. Graphics should be high-resolution and the preferred formats are either TIFF or JPEG. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork please refer to the following website:  http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
Please follow the instructions below for guidance on the style of the journal. Most formatting codes are removed or replaced when your article is prepared for publication so there is no need for you to use excessive layout styling. However, please do not use options such as automatic word breaking, justified layout, double columns or automatic paragraph numbering (especially for numbered references). Do use bold face, italic, subscripts, superscripts, etc., as appropriate. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, please use only one grid for each separate table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is being used, use tabs to align columns instead of spaces.
All submissions must be accompanied by a statement regarding the originality of the research in the "Enter Comments" field. It is also recommended that you provide a brief statement regarding the significance and impact of the submitted work. Please note that when your manuscript is received at Elsevier it is considered to be in its final form. Therefore you need to check your manuscript carefully before you submit it online.
General guidelines for submission of papers:
Length of papers:
Papers submitted to Acta Biomaterialia, to be acceptable, must normally be less than 10 printed pages in length; as a rule of thumb, a paper of 20 double-spaced typescript pages, plus a typical number of figures (8 or so) reduces to 10 printed pages. Papers that are longer than 25 double-spaced typescript pages will likely be returned to the authors with a request that they be shortened before they are considered further. Shortening, almost always, is in the author's best interest: readers read short papers.
Please ensure that your manuscript is paginated, as this will help both editors and reviewers to process it promptly.
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Abstract:
An abstract is required for all papers. The abstract should indicate the content of the paper, and should describe the main conclusions. An effective abstract is brief and normally less than 200 words. Abstracts must not exceed 250 words.
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Keywords:
Authors should list four to five keywords that appropriately represent the contents of their manuscripts.
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Title and headings:
The title should be carefully chosen to indicate as clearly as possible the subject of the communication. The component parts of the main text of a research paper will normally be: Introduction, Materials & Methods, Results, and Discussion. A succinct one paragraph Conclusions section at the end of the main text is also recommended. Other manuscript sections will normally include References, Tables, Figure Legends, and Figures.
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Units:
SI units should be used throughout.
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Figures:
All submitted figures must be in digital form (minimum 300 dpi). A scale bar should appear in all micrographs. It is not acceptable to list a power of magnification. Please see http://www.Elsevier.com/artworkinstructions for more information.
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Colour:
If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version.
For colour reproduction in print, the cost of printing in colour, in 2007, is US $440 per printed colour page. You will receive information regarding the total costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
Please note: Because of technical complications that can arise from the conversion of colour figures to 'grey scale' (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) it is recommended that you submit in addition usable black and white images corresponding to all the colour illustrations.
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References:
All references to other papers, books, etc. should be given at the end of the paper. They should be numbered in sequence by their appearance in the text. The numbers should appear in the text at the appropriate places. Please include all authors for citations including seven authors or less. For citations with greater than seven authors cite the first author's name followed by et al.
Please include titles of all cited articles as in the following examples.
Examples:
1. Jeon SI, Lee JH, Andrade JD, De Gennes PG. Protein-surface interactions in the presence of polyethylene oxide. J Colloid Interface Sci 1991;142:149-158.
2. Tjia JS, Moghe PV. "Cell-internalizable" ligand microinterfaces on biomaterials: design of regulatory determinants of cell migration. In: Dillow AK, Lowman AM, Hudgins KA, editors. Biomimetic Materials and Design. New York: Marcel Dekker; 2002. p 335-374.
Spellchecking:
Be sure that your manuscripts are free of spelling errors. If you wish to check the technical spelling of your manuscript, please refer to www.sciproof.com. SCIPROOF offers a product called Scientific Dictionary Package (SDP) 2.0 that contains over 1.8 million entries and is the only spellchecking software that specifically includes materials science terms, plus chemical and biomedical terms (for biomaterials), and journal titles and abbreviations. This program is an add-on for Microsoft Office and augments the native Office spell checker.
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For Studies involving animals or humans:
When data from animal subjects are reported, institutional approval of the protocol is required and a statement should be included in the "Methods" section of the text that indicates compliance with the NIH Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals or other appropriate guidelines.
For human subject data, a statement must be added to the "Methods" section indicating that an institutional review committee approved the study (with the date of approval) and that the subjects provided informed consent.
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Conflict of Interest disclosure
Acta Biomaterialia requires authors to disclose any possible conflicts of interest. If an author has a financial relationship with one or more companies whose products are featured in a manuscript, this relationship should be briefly defined in the "Enter Comments" section of the online submission forms.
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Copyright:
It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this Journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright for their article is transferred to Acta Materialia Inc. if and when the article is accepted for publication. However, assignment of copyright is not required from authors who work for organizations that do not permit such assignment. The copyright covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microform or any other reproductions of similar nature, and translations. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists. For more information, including rights retained by the author, please go to http://www.elsevier.com/copyright and follow the link for copyright information.
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Notification:
The editor will notify authors of the outcome of the peer-review process through e-mail. The Publisher will send a notification of receipt for accepted papers as they enter production.
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PDF Proofs:
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. The corrections should be returned within 48 hours. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely the author's responsibility. Any queries should be answered in full. Please correct factual errors only, or errors introduced by typesetting.
For more information on proofreading please go to our proofreading page http://www.elsevier.com/locate/guidepublication. Please note that once your paper has been proofed we publish the identical paper online as in print.
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Author Benefits: ?I>No page charges: Publication in this journal is free of charge. ?I>Free offprints: Twenty-five offprints will be supplied free of charge. Corresponding authors will be given the choice to buy extra offprints before printing of the article. Authors who pay for colour illustrations will receive an extra fifty offprints free of charge. ?I>Author discount: Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled to a 30% discount on all Elsevier books. See http://www.elsevier.com/bookauthors for more information.
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Online Paper Tracking:
Authors can track the status of their accepted paper online at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticles using the reference supplied by the Publisher.
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Author enquiries:
All author enquiries should be made to: authorsupport@elsevier.com
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Useful links:
旳 submissions checklist can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/guidepublication
昍egister for free to receive email updates from the article tracking service at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle
旾f you are interested in submitting a book in this area, go to http://www.elsevier.com/bookauthors
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