Researchers at the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) have had their work accepted for publication in the top ranking review journal in the field of Polymer Science.
The article, authored by NFB scientists Suzanne O’Rorke, Michael Keeney and Abhay Pandit, is entitled ‘Non-Viral Polyplexes: Scaffold Mediated Delivery for Gene Therapy’. The focus of the paper is on polymeric systems applied as an alternative to the traditional viral–based transfection systems; an important aspect of much of the research ongoing at NFB. Progress in Polymer Science was recently listed as the journal with the highest impact factor (IF =16.82) in polymer science internationally.
Progress in Polymer Science publishes state-of-the-art overview articles by internationally recognized authorities in polymer science and engineering; one of the fastest growing disciplines. The journal provides a link between original articles, innovations published in patents, and the up-to-date knowledge of technology. It publishes review articles on subjects not only within the traditional fields of polymer science and technology - chemistry, physics and engineering involving polymers - but also within interdisciplinary developing fields such as functional and speciality polymers, biomaterials, polymers and drug delivery, polymers in electronic applications, composites, conducting polymers, liquid crystalline materials and the interphases between polymers and ceramics, and new fabrication techniques, where significant contributions are being made.
The journal impact factor rating is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is commonly used in areas of science and engineering as a relative qualitative assessment of the importance of a journal within its field: journals with higher impact factors are deemed to be more important than those with lower ones.
NFB was established with the support of Science Foundation Ireland under the Strategic Research Cluster initiative in 2007.
The article is available to read in the April edition of Progress in Polymer Science at the following link:
