Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers


The Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the field of materials science, especially the use of polymers in biomedicine. its editor-in-chief is Kathryn Uhrich. The journal was established in 1986 and is published by Sage Publications.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Science Citation Index Expanded. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2013 impact factor is 2.500, ranking it 62nd out of 165 journals in the category "Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology", 10th out of 25 journals in the category "Materials Science, Biomaterials", and 14th out of 79 journals in the category "Polymer Science".