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Bio-Design and Manufacturing

Bio-Design and Manufacturing is an interdisciplinary journal focused on advanced manufacturing, biomaterials, tissue and organ engineering, medical and diagnostic devices and applications, and bioproduct design. It is published bimonthly, indexed by SCI-E, SCOPUS and Current Contents Engineering, Computing & Technology, and publishes Research Articles, Reviews, Reports and Short Papers with an interdisciplinary editorial board and a focus on 3D bioprinting and biomanufacturing.

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Subject Engineering, Biomedical
Impact Factor 7.6
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 2096-5524
eISSN 2522-8552
Invitation Only No
Cost Range The journal levies page charges for publishing articles, handled by the editorial office rather than Springer Nature. Open Choice APCs vary by journal.

Submission Instructions

Bio-Design and Manufacturing accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required and must be 150 to 250 words. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Structured abstract is not required.
Manuscript Research Articles are approximately 10 to 11 pages. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, three non-technical 'Article Highlights' bullet points beneath the abstract, a 'Statements and Declarations' section with headings retained and marked 'Not applicable' when irrelevant, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods or suitable alternative section, a disclosure statement, and a Data Availability Statement explaining access to supporting data including links or citations to publicly archived datasets.
References Citations must be numbered in square brackets with a consecutively numbered reference list. Reference list must include only cited works that are published or accepted for publication, with DOI links included when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures uploaded separately only if manuscript file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals in consecutive order, each table must have a caption, each figure must have a concise descriptive caption, and reused material must be credited in the caption.
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Reviews

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Structured abstract is not required.
Manuscript Reviews should be approximately 14 to 15 pages. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, three non-technical Article Highlights bullets beneath the abstract, a statements/declarations section with any non-applicable headings marked 'Not applicable', documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods or suitable alternative section, an authorship-contribution statement identifying who conceived the article, performed the literature search and data analysis, and drafted and/or critically revised the work, and a disclosure statement.
References Citations must be numbered in square brackets. Reference list must contain only cited published or accepted works, be numbered consecutively, and include full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures uploaded separately only if file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals and cited in consecutive numerical order, each table must have a caption, and each figure must have a concise descriptive caption provided in the manuscript text file rather than inside the figure.
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Reports

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Abstract may be unstructured because a structured abstract is not required.
Manuscript Reports are approximately 5–6 pages. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, three non-technical Article Highlights bullets beneath the abstract, a Statements and Declarations section, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or a suitable alternative part of the manuscript.
References Citations must use numbered references in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, with full DOI links when available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, although large figures may be submitted separately if upload problems occur. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals and cited in consecutive numerical order, with each table and figure accompanied by a caption.
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Short Papers

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is not required for Short Papers.
Manuscript Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, three non-technical 'Article Highlights' bullet points beneath the abstract, a 'Statements and Declarations' section, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or a suitable alternative part of the manuscript.
References References must be cited in the text by numbers in square brackets and listed consecutively in a numbered reference list containing only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if manuscript file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order cited in the text, each table must have a caption, and each figure must have a concise descriptive caption included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure file.
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Letters

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is not required.
Manuscript Manuscript should be approximately 2–3 pages. Letters are submitted as Short Papers without abstract. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, three 'Article Highlights' bullet points beneath the abstract, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods or suitable alternative section, and a 'Statements and Declarations' section with all declaration headings included and marked 'Not applicable' when irrelevant.
References Citations must use numbered references in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures uploaded separately only if manuscript file size causes upload problems. Figures and tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals and cited in the text in consecutive numerical order, and each must have a concise caption.
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Case Reports

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is not required because Case Reports are submitted without an abstract.
Manuscript Manuscript should be approximately 3–5 pages. Case Reports are submitted as Short Papers without abstract. Manuscript must include three short non-technical bullet points under the heading 'Article Highlights', and a section headed 'Statements and Declarations' with all declaration headings included and marked 'Not applicable' if irrelevant.
References Text citations must use numbers in square brackets and the reference list must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if upload file size causes problems. Tables and figures must be numbered in Arabic numerals in consecutive order, each table must have a caption, and each figure must have a concise descriptive caption provided in the manuscript text file rather than inside the figure itself.
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Recent Publications

X-muscle actuator with selective regional contraction for a biohybrid rotatable joint

Guoqiang Yan, Ziwei Liu, Shaodong Li, Sujiao Li, Liuhe Li, Changliang Chi, Lin Gao

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Modulus-matched epidermal biointerfaces for robust surface electromyography sensing

Guoxi Luo, Jiabao Tan, Wei Luo, Jiaqi Xie, Wenyan Li, Zhikang Li, Min Li, Ping Yang, Ryutaro Maeda, Pengjun Zhao, Libo Zhao, Zhuangde Jiang

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Dual-targeting by rotating magnetic field-driven superparamagnetic bionic nanorobots for enhanced triple-negative breast cancer therapy

Wei Song, Zhongxin Liu, Jia Xu, Zhihong Wang, Guixing Zhou, Jianfeng Wang, Quan Zhou, Kaiting Zhao, Ayesha Younas, Shuanghu Wang, Yong Shi

10.1631/bdm.2500656
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Stimuli-responsive magnetic black phosphorus-based nanoreactor for chirality-dependent anoikis induction in cancer therapy

Yan Wang, Jin Wu, Shicheng Li, Rencai Fan, Mingjun Li, Xin Liu, Cheng-song Yuan, Yuanyuan Chang, Zequn Ma, Chunxian Guo, Chang Ming Li, Bo Chen

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Biofabrication of 3D glioblastoma–neuron models with a fiber-reinforced anisotropic extracellular matrix

Luge Bai, Junxiang Gu, Fei Wang, Ziyu Wang, Rui Lv, Sen Wang, Yingjie Liu, Siqi Yao, Chenrui Zhang, Kun Zhang, Tao Chen, Xinggang Mao, Shuhui Dai, Jiankang He, Ling Wang, Dichen Li

10.1631/bdm.2500581
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision (median): 2 days

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Is a cover letter required?

A submission letter is used when suggesting reviewers; the corresponding author must provide verification details for suggested reviewers in the submission letter. Transparency on re-use of material and any unpublished material included in the manuscript should be mentioned in a cover letter to the Editor.

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Research Topics

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