Section Policies
Biomedical Engineering Reviews
Biomedical Engineering Viewpoints
Biomedical Engineering Tutorials
Development of Novel Medical Devices and Innovations for Existing Devices
Regulatory Issues and Medical Device Certification
Medical Device Adverse Events, Errors, Safety
Letters to the Editor
Editorial
Clinical engineering
Medical imaging
Cellular and tissue engineering
Genetic engineering
Computational modeling of biological processes
Biomechanics
Biomaterials
Research Letter
Research Letters present new, early, or preliminary research findings. The text should use standard research headings of Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion and should be no longer than 750 words, with a maximum of 10 references and 2 tables or figures. The APF for Research Letters accepted after peer review is lower than the standard APF.
Commentary
These are usually invited commentaries published alongside other articles. They may or may not be peer-reviewed. The abstract can be a summary sentence or up to 300 words (unstructured, narrative format). The main text should be no longer than 1000 words. The main headings within the paper can be IMRD or free. Additionally, up to 10 references and a maximum of 1 figure or table can be included.