Biofouling

Journal Title：Biofouling

Biofouling is an international, peer-reviewed, multi-discliplinary journal which publishes original articles and mini-reviews and provides a forum for publication of pure and applied work on protein, microbial, fungal, plant and animal fouling and its control, as well as studies of all kinds on biofilms and bioadhesion.

Papers may be based on studies relating to characterisation, attachment, growth and control on any natural (living) or man-made surface in the freshwater, marine or aerial environments, including fouling, biofilms and bioadhesion in the medical, dental, and industrial context.

Specific areas of interest include antifouling technologies and coatings including transmission of invasive species, antimicrobial agents, biological interfaces, biomaterials, microbiologically influenced corrosion, membrane biofouling, food industry biofilms, biofilm based diseases and indwelling biomedical devices as substrata for fouling and biofilm growth, including papers based on clinically-relevant work using models that mimic the realistic environment in which they are intended to be used.

Biofouling 是一本国际性、同行评审、跨学科的期刊，发表原创文章和小型评论，为发表关于蛋白质、微生物、真菌、植物和动物污垢及其控制的纯理论和应用研究以及各种关于生物膜和生物粘附的研究提供论坛。

论文可以基于与淡水、海洋或空中环境中任何天然（生物）或人造表面的特征、附着、生长和控制有关的研究，包括医疗、牙科和工业环境中的污垢、生物膜和生物粘附。

具体感兴趣的领域包括防污技术和涂层，包括入侵物种的传播、抗菌剂、生物界面、生物材料、微生物影响的腐蚀、膜生物污垢、食品工业生物膜、基于生物膜的疾病和留置生物医学设备作为污垢和生物膜生长的基质，包括基于使用临床相关工作的论文模拟其预期使用现实环境的模型。

Biofouling创刊于1988年，由Taylor and Francis Ltd.出版商出版，收稿方向涵盖生物 - 海洋与淡水生物学全领域，此刊是中等级别的SCI期刊，所以过审相对来讲不是特别难，但是该刊专业认可度不错，仍然是一本值得选择的SCI期刊 。平均审稿速度 较慢,6-12周 ，影响因子指数2.6，该期刊近期没有被列入国际期刊预警名单，广大学者值得一试。