Journal History

2016 The inaugural issue was released. Biomimetics was published as a quarterly journal.
2017 The International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE) became affiliated to Biomimetics.
2018 Biomimetics announced the first edition of the Travel award.
2019 Biomimetics was indexed in PubMed - NLM.
Biomimetics added 11 new Editorial Board Members.
2020 Biomimetics was indexed in Scopus - Elsevier, starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2021 Biomimetics was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2022 Biomimetics received its first Impact Factor (3.743).
Biomimetics received its CiteScore (2021) of 5.2.
Biomimetics established the following sections:
  • Biomimetic Processing and Molecular Biomimetics;
  • Biomimetics of Materials and Structures;
  • Biomimetic Design, Constructions and Devices;
  • Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces;
  • Bioinspired Architecture and Climatisation;
  • Locomotion and Bioinspired Robotics;
  • Bioinspired Sensorics, Information Processing and Control;
  • Biological Optimisation and Management;
  • Energy Biomimetics;
  • Development of Biomimetic Methodology.
2023 Biomimetics adopted a monthly publication schedule.
2025 Biomimetics was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2026 The year 2026 marks the 10th Anniversary of Biomimetics. The Robotics Society of Singapore (RSS) became affiliated to Biomimetics.
The Impact Factor increased to 4.2, ranked 36/178 in "Engineering, Multidisciplinary".
The CiteScore increased to 6.2.

Editor-in-Chief

2016–2021 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Josep Samitier 
2022–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stanislav N. Gorb

Section Editor-in-Chief

2021–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mehmet Sarikaya for the section on Biomimetic Processing and Molecular Biomimetics
2023–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bo Su for the section on Biomimetics of Materials and Structures
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Andrew Adamatzky for the section on Bioinspired Sensorics, Information Processing and Control
Section Editor-in-Chief: 
Prof. Dr. Yongmei Zheng for the section on Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces
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