Biofabrication (journal)

Biofabrication is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official journal of the International Society for Biofabrication (ISBF) that publishes research on the fabrication of advanced biological systems, including engineered tissues, medical therapeutic products, and non-medical biological constructs.^[1] The editor-in-chief is Wei Sun (Drexel University and Tsinghua University).^[2]

Biofabrication

Discipline	Biomaterials, Biofabrication
Language	English
Edited by	Wei Sun
Publication details
History	2009-present
Publisher	IOP Publishing (United Kingdom)
Frequency	Quarterly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	8.2 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Biofabrication
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	BIOFCK
ISSN	1758-5082 (print) 1758-5090 (web)
LCCN	2010243394
OCLC no.	316801915
Links
Journal homepage

The journal focuses on the use of cells, proteins, and biomaterials as building blocks for biofabrication, emphasizing fabrication technologies, modeling of biofabricated constructs and processes, and the maturation and functional integration of engineered biological systems for applications such as tissue and organ engineering, disease and drug-screening models, and biointegrated devices.^[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Science Citation Index
• Biotechnology Citation Index
• Biological Abstracts
• BIOSIS Previews
• PubMed/MEDLINE
• Inspec
• Compendex
• Chemical Abstracts Service
• INIS Atomindex
• NASA Astrophysics Data System
• Scopus

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 8.2.^[4]

See also

• Additive Manufacturing
• Biofabrication
• Bioengineering
• Organ-on-a-chip
• Animal disease model
• Biological material
• 3D bioprinting