eCM Scope
eCM provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for publication
and discussion for research in the cells and matrices of the connective
tissues of the musculoskeletal system and dental field, and the
materials used in the replacement, repair or regeneration of these
tissues. Cross-disciplinary papers that go across our scope areas
are particularly welcomed.
NEW: The clinical relevance
of the work must be included within the abstract, Introduction and
Discussion (regardless from which field below). Incremental steps
in research will not be entertained by eCM journal.
• Assessment of materials for biomedical use in the
musculoskeletal system or dental field & interaction with tissues/
prokaryotic / eukaryotic cells.
Manuscripts must have an important biological dimension reporting
effects at the cellular, tissue or organismic levels; clinical data
are acceptable. Papers focussing purely on material properties,
including descriptions of physical, chemical and mechanical characteristics,
will not be entertained. In vitro cytocompatibilty studies should
use primary cells or more than one cell line and provide more than
just simple descriptions of cell spreading, proliferation etc.
• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
Manuscripts concerning aspects of the repair or regeneration of
connective tissues within the musculoskeletal system or dental field
with tissue engineering approaches of all types will be considered.
• Structure, function, biology of connective tissues.
Manuscripts concerning the structure of bone, teeth, cartilage,
intervertebral discs & other related connective tissues will
be considered.
• Stem and Progenitor Cells.
All manuscripts concerning stem cell characterization and mechanisms
of differentiation as they relate to the connective tissues of the
musculoskeletal system or dental field will be considered.
eCM carries original research papers, reviews and tutorials on
the advances made within the journal scope. All articles are peer-reviewed
and reviewer comments, together with responses by authors, are published
as an integral part of the paper.
Ten good reasons for publishing a paper in eCM
1. World-wide ‘True Open
access’: No submission, publication or reading charges.
2. 10419 registered
readers (100 countries).
3. Authors retain copyright to their articles.
4. Impact Factor
5.378.
5. Indexed by ISI
within: Science
Citation Index Expanded, Materials
Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports /Science Edition,
Biosis
Previews and Biological
abstracts. Also indexed in CAS,
Index
Medicus, Medline
and Scopus
databases and can be searched directly from Pubmed,
Biomedsearch,
DOAJ
and Open J Gate.
6. Open high standard peer reviewing minimises both favouritism
and prejudice.
7. Discussion with reviewers feature allows sensible arguments included
in the paper.
8. Speed of publication (Usually 3 weeks after acceptance).
9. No payment for reprints: simply mail colleagues the web page
address of the paper.
10. Founded by scientists for the benefit of Science rather than
profit.
All papers are available in Portable Document File (PDF) format
and require Adobe
Acrobat Reader installed to be able to read them. No paper version
is published.
eCM is the Official Journal of Swiss Society for Biomaterials
(SSB) and Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES)
The SSB is the assembly of people in Switzerland working or interested
in the field of biomaterials, be it on the industrial or the university
level. Our Charter
and Bylaws
describe the goals of our Society. We welcome everybody interested
in the wide field of biomaterials to join our Society and to participate
in our annual meetings in Switzerland. The SSB is officially affiliated
with the European Society for Biomaterials.
The Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES),
based in the United Kingdom has the aim of furthering knowledge,
research and dissemination of information on Cell and Tissue Engineering.
It covers the whole field of cell and tissue engineering from materials
and biocompatibility issues via the use of engineered devices used
to address cell biological questions to attempts in whole organ
fabrication. We welcome everybody interested within the field to
join our Society and participate in our meetings in Britain.
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