Aim
Medicine and Materials is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to research at the interface of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical engineering, and materials science. The journal provides a multidisciplinary platform for the publication of high-quality research addressing the development, characterization, biological evaluation, clinical application, and translational use of materials and materials-based technologies in healthcare.
Priority is given to manuscripts in which materials, biomaterials, medical devices, material–biological interactions, or materials-based technologies constitute a central scientific component of the study. The journal welcomes contributions from researchers, clinicians, engineers, pharmacists, dentists, and other specialists working in interdisciplinary areas connecting materials science with medical and healthcare applications.
The journal promotes scientifically rigorous, ethically conducted, and clinically or technologically relevant research that contributes to improved diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, and healthcare technologies.
Scope
The journal particularly welcomes manuscripts in the following areas:
- Biomaterials and Biocompatibility — development, characterization, biological evaluation, and clinical application of metallic, ceramic, polymeric, composite, natural, and hybrid biomaterials.
- Dental and Oral Biomaterials — restorative and preventive dental materials, dental implants, prosthetic materials, bioactive materials, surface treatments, and materials used in oral and maxillofacial applications.
- Orthopaedic and Surgical Biomaterials — materials for orthopaedic implants, fixation systems, grafts, sutures, surgical adhesives, meshes, reconstructive devices, and related clinical applications.
- Implants, Prostheses, and Medical Devices — design, development, surface modification, performance, degradation, safety, and clinical evaluation of implantable and non-implantable medical devices.
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Materials — scaffolds, hydrogels, bioactive materials, cell–material interactions, regenerative strategies, and materials supporting tissue repair and regeneration.
- Biointerfaces and Material–Biological Interactions — interactions between materials and cells, tissues, biological fluids, microorganisms, and biochemical environments, including biocompatibility, cytotoxicity, bioactivity, and host response.
- Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Materials — materials for controlled and targeted drug delivery, pharmaceutical coatings, carriers, nanomaterials, excipients, delivery platforms, and related therapeutic applications.
- Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications — nanoscale materials and nanostructured systems for diagnosis, therapy, drug delivery, imaging, antimicrobial applications, and regenerative medicine.
- Surface Engineering for Biomedical Applications — functional coatings, surface modification, corrosion and degradation control, antimicrobial surfaces, biofunctionalization, and surface treatments intended to improve biomedical performance.
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials — materials and material-based technologies used in biosensing, imaging, diagnostics, monitoring, therapeutic devices, and personalized healthcare applications.
- Biomedical Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites — development, processing, characterization, performance, degradation, and medical application of engineering materials intended for healthcare use.
- Materials for Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine — dressings, membranes, hydrogels, antimicrobial systems, bioactive materials, and other materials designed to support healing and tissue regeneration.
- Clinical and Translational Applications of Materials — clinical studies and translational research in which a biomaterial, medical device, implant, prosthetic material, pharmaceutical material, or materials-based technology represents a central component of the investigation.
- Biomedical and Forensic Materials Analysis — analytical characterization of medically or forensically relevant materials where materials science constitutes a substantial component of the study.
Priority of Publication
Medicine and Materials gives priority to original and review manuscripts that demonstrate a clear and substantial connection between materials science and medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical engineering, or healthcare technology.
Particular consideration is given to studies addressing:
- development and characterization of novel biomedical materials;
- biocompatibility, bioactivity, biodegradation, and biological response;
- medical implants, devices, prostheses, and associated surface technologies;
- materials for regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, and wound healing;
- pharmaceutical materials and materials-based drug-delivery systems;
- clinical or translational evaluation of materials and medical devices;
- interdisciplinary research that integrates materials science with clinically relevant medical questions.
Out of Scope
Manuscripts dealing exclusively with general clinical medicine, epidemiology, healthcare administration, social or behavioural medicine, medical education, pharmacotherapy, or other healthcare topics without a clear and substantial materials, biomaterials, medical-device, pharmaceutical-material, or biointerface component are generally outside the primary scope of the journal.
Purely descriptive clinical studies that do not investigate or evaluate a material, device, implant, prosthesis, delivery system, biomaterial, or materials-based healthcare technology are normally not considered for publication.
Types of Contributions
The journal accepts the following types of contributions:
- Original Research Articles
- Review Articles
- Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses
- Short Communications
- Case Reports — only when the case has a clear and substantive relevance to biomaterials, medical devices, implants, prostheses, pharmaceutical materials, or materials-based healthcare technologies.
- Book Reviews and Project Reviews — when directly relevant to the scientific scope of the journal.
Medicine and Materials encourages interdisciplinary research and collaboration across materials science, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical engineering, and related healthcare disciplines. The journal is committed to scientific rigor, publication ethics, transparent reporting, open access dissemination, and the responsible advancement of materials-based innovation in healthcare.