Biomaterials is an international journal covering the science and clinical application of biomaterials. A biomaterial is now defined as a substance that has been engineered to take a form which, alone or as part of a complex system, is used to direct, by control of interactions with components of living systems, the course of any therapeutic or diagnostic procedure. It is the aim of the journal to provide a peer-reviewed forum for the publication of original papers and authoritative review and opinion papers dealing with the most important issues facing the use of biomaterials in clinical practice. The scope of the journal covers the wide range of physical, biological and chemical sciences that underpin the design of biomaterials and the clinical disciplines in which they are used. These sciences include polymer synthesis and characterization, drug and gene vector design, the biology of the host response, immunology and toxicology and self assembly at the nanoscale. Clinical applications include the therapies of medical technology and regenerative medicine in all clinical disciplines, and diagnostic systems that reply on innovative contrast and sensing agents. The journal is relevant to areas such as cancer diagnosis and therapy, implantable devices, drug delivery systems, gene vectors, bionanotechnology and tissue engineering.

《生物材料》是一本涉及生物材料科學和臨床應用的國際期刊。生物材料現在被定義為一種被設計成單獨或作為復雜系統一部分的形式的物質，通過控制與生物系統組成部分的相互作用來指導任何治療或診斷程序的過程。該雜志的目的是提供一個同行評審的論壇，以發表原始論文和權威的評論和意見論文，處理臨床實踐中使用生物材料面臨的最重要問題。該雜志的范圍涵蓋了廣泛的物理、生物和化學科學，這些科學為生物材料的設計和使用它們的臨床學科提供了基礎。這些科學包括聚合物合成和表征、藥物和基因載體設計、宿主反應生物學、免疫學和毒理學以及納米級的自組裝。臨床應用包括醫療技術和再生醫學在所有臨床學科的治療，以及對創新的造影劑和傳感劑作出反應的診斷系統。該雜志與癌癥診斷和治療、植入式裝置、藥物輸送系統、基因載體、生物納米技術和組織工程等領域有關