Bionic humans
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
The human lifespan has almost doubled over the last century. As we live longer, concerns about rehabilitation after accidents and diseases and the natural breakdown of the body during aging have increased interest into healthy aging and the ability to enhance our natural capabilities, including the use of biomaterials. Understanding how the human body breaks down and how to best rehabilitate it is vital. In parallel with this, understanding how to augment the physical capabilities of healthy individuals can support health and prevent, reduce, or prolong the onset of deterioration. Biomaterials have allowed us to support or replace biological functions lost to traumatic injury, disease, or aging, and developments in tissue engineering have the potential to greatly improve the lifespan and quality of life among people with various conditions. These interventions might be thought of as making us “bionic” – having our capability or performance augmented or restored.
This Collection aims to explore the ways in which humans are becoming more bionic and welcomes original research on injury or disease occurrence and rehabilitation, exercise physiology, and biomaterials and tissue engineering.
Editors
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Dr Yih-Kuen Jan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Dr Marco Gervasi
University of Urbino, Italy
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Dr Silvia Todros
University of Padova, Italy
Submitting a paper for consideration
To submit your manuscript for consideration at Scientific Reports as part of this Collection, please follow the steps detailed on this page. On the first page of our online submission system, under “I’m submitting:” select the option “any other article type”. Once logged in you can submit your manuscript to a Collection by selecting “Guest Edited Collection”, under the “Choose the appropriate manuscript type” message, and clicking “Continue”. Then when filling out the manuscript information, select the "Bionic humans" Collection from the alphabetical list on the “Springer Nature Subject Category” tab. Authors should express their interest in the Collection in their cover letter.
Accepted papers are published on a rolling basis as soon as they are ready.
In addition to papers on Bionic humans, Scientific Reports welcomes all original research in the field of Biomaterials. To browse our latest articles in Biomaterials click here.
