Matrix Biology Plus

Matrix Biology Plus, a companion title to Matrix Biology, is an online-only, open access, peer-reviewed journal. It offers the quality, visibility, and impact of Matrix Biology, combined with the convenience and reach of timely on-line access for the readers in the matrix biology community.

Matrix Biology Plus has a broader scope than Matrix Biology, including computational biology, biomaterials, biophysics, and bioengineering research in addition to or in combination with biology and medicine.

Matrix Biology Plus welcomes:

• Comparative and correlative studies focused on extracellular matrix and cell-matrix interactions

• New methodologies for studying extracellular matrix and cell-matrix interactions in health and disease

• New structural/biochemical and biophysical, biological or bioengineering models and tools (e.g., detailed description of novel transgenic mice, novel disease models, novel biomaterials, novel bioengineering devices and strategies focused on the matrix)

• New computational tools for matrix modeling and newly established databases and repositories focused on the matrix and its components

• Omics datasets that are novel, experimentally derived, descriptive, and comprehensive (e.g., proteomics, transcriptomics, genomics, metabolomics, and interactomics datasets). However, simple analysis of published datasets or extraction from public-access databases where no further substantive experimental or computational analysis is undertaken is unlikely to be deemed appropriate.

• Genomics/transcriptomic studies

• Matrix-targeted therapeutics (chemistry, engineering, fabrication/manufacture, target validation, drug delivery, nanomedicine) and matrix-derived therapeutics

• Clinical and population-based studies of matrix components and disease linked mutations

To be considered for publication, submitted articles must report novel findings that provide a substantive advance in the field of matrix biology without a strict requirement for novel biological mechanisms. High-quality, descriptive analyses are encouraged.

Reasons to submit your next article to Matrix Biology Plus:

• Publish articles across disciplinary boundaries, including engineering, material and computer/data sciences, epidemiology, and genetics

• Additional figures and tables can be uploaded

• Young journal with a commitment for growth

• Accessibility - Open access provides immediate and free online access to articles by anyone, anywhere in the world. No subscription needed.

• Speed - Articles are published online, quickly after acceptance. Articles are published constantly so there are no print delays or long waits for the next issue to be published.