eCM Journal (Eur Cell Mater) provides an interdisciplinary forum for publication in the musculoskeletal field (Orthopaedics, Trauma, Maxillofacial (including dental) and Spine) of preclinical research, including the field of tissue engineering & regenerative medicine. eCM journal is published by AO Research Institute Davos, a Not-for-Profit foundation in Switzerland. All revenues are used to run and develop the journal for our readers

eCM Journal Impact Factor 2020: 3.942. JCR 5-year Impact Factor : 4.784. SJR H index: 83.

Just released: Scopus CiteScore 2020: 6.8

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Tendons and Ligaments Special Issue: this Special Issue aims to deliver an up-to-date synopsis on tendon stem/progenitor cell biology under degenerative and regenerative conditions, cell-to-matrix/material interactions controlling cell behaviour, 3D niches/models, tendon engineering and biofabrication strategies as well as repair/regeneration models.
Submission deadline: 31st of October 2021

Bone Mechanics and Mechanobiology Special Issue: This Special Issue aims to provide a current overview of the complex interplay between the mechanics and biology of bone health, highlighting novel insights across all scales from the protein through the cell to the tissue and organ, afforded by advances in imaging, experimental mechanics, simulation, in vitro and in vivo model systems. Researchers studying all aspects of bone mechanics and mechanobiology, with a strong link to bone metabolism, are encouraged to submit original research or review articles to this Special Issue.
Submission deadline: 31st of October 2021

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• Correlation between magnetic resonance, X-ray imaging alterations and histological changes in an ovine model of age-related disc degeneration
  N Bouhsina, C Decante, JB Hardel, S Madec, J Abadie, A Hamel, C Le Visage, J Lesoeur, J Guicheux, J Clouet, M Fusellier
  
  
• IgG4-specific responses in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bone infections are not predictive of postoperative complications
  JR Owen, MP Campbell, MD Mott, CA Beck, C Xie, G Muthukrishnan, JL Daiss, EM Schwarz, SL Kates
  
  
• Editorial – Infectious-disease research during a pandemic: the importance of global unity 
  W-J Metsemakers, HC van der Mei, RG Richards, TF Moriarty
  
  
• Application of a BMP2-binding heparan sulphate to promote periodontal regeneration 
  BQ Le, JH Too, TC Tan, RAA Smith, V Nurcombe, SM Cool, N Yu
  
  
• Therapeutic assessment of N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) in reducing periprosthetic joint infection
  JL Hamilton, MF Mohamed, BR Witt, MA Wimmer, SH Shafikhani
  
  
• Helical plating – a novel technique to increase stiffness in defect fractures
  M Lenz, P Varga, D Mischler, B Gueorguiev, K Klos, A Fernandez dell’Oca, P Regazzoni, RG Richards, SM Perren
  
  
• New quantitative automated model to simulate bacterial dissemination in human tissue during irrigation of contaminated wounds
  C Brochhausen, F Froschermeier, V Alt, C Pfeifer, A Mayr, I Weiss, M Babel, H Siegmund, M Kerschbaum
  
  
• NF-kB decoy oligodeoxynucleotide preserves disc height in a rabbit anular-puncture model and reduces pain induction in a rat xenograft-radiculopathy model
  K Kato, K Akeda, S Miyazaki, J Yamada, C Muehleman, K Miyamoto, YA Asanuma, K Asanuma, T Fujiwara, ME Lenz, T Nakazawa, H An, K Masuda
  
  
• Muscle insulin-like growth factor-I modulates murine craniofacial bone growth
  HJ Kok, CN Crowder, L Koo Min Chee, HY Choi, N Lin, ER Barton
  
  
• Dentine sialophosphoprotein signal in dentineogenesis and dentine regeneration
  MM Liu, WT Li, XM Xia, F Wang, M MacDougall, S Chen
  
  
• Non-contact induction heating and SAAP-148 eliminate persisters within MRSA biofilms mimicking a metal implant infection
  M Verheul, JW Drijfhout, BG Pijls, PH Nibbering