BioMetals is a well established, international, multidisciplinary journal solely devoted to the rapid publication of articles and reviews in this unique field. BioMetals features the fundamental advances in both basic and applied research which involve the role of metal ions in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, and medicine.

BioMetals topic areas include:

structures of new metal binding ligands, their interaction with proteins and membrane receptors as well as the biosynthesis
gene regulation and metabolic pathways of intra- and extracellular metal binding compounds
Homeostasis of essential metals
the protection against metal toxicity by metalloregulatory proteins and the prevention of reactive oxygen species caused by certain metal ions
transport proteins, transcription factors and cellular sensors that play a pivotal role in the uptake, efflux and storage of metal ions like iron, zinc, copper and other metal ions
BioMetals provides a forum for new research and clinical results on the structure and function of metal ions, metal chelates, siderophores, metal-containing proteins and biominerals in all kinds of biosystems. Thus, metal ions in bacterial, fungal, plant, animal and other eukaryotic cells are all considered. Biosorption, bioremediation and environmental pollution studies may be submitted, provided that they give an insight into novel molecular mechanisms or important developments in practical applications.

BioMetals is the premier journal for the presentation of data on metals relevant to medicine, biochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, microbiology, cell biology, chemistry and plant physiology.

Note to Authors: The journal has seen a great increase in  manuscripts submitted whose primary subject matter is not really suitable for publication in BioMetals. To avoid potential disappointment we wish to remind prospective authors that BioMetals only publishes papers that highlight the role, mechanisms and biological activity of metals and their complexes. Studies of metal containing nanoparticles, disease treatment modalities etc. that do not focus on the metal ions themselves or where the metal ions activity is secondary or not elucidated at all are usually better suited to more specialized journals.

Editor-in Chief
Günther Winkelmann,Microbiology & Biotechnology, Universität Tübingen, Germany
Associate Editors
Carl J. Carrano, San Diego State University, USA
Hans Vogel, University of Calgary, Canada
Pierre Cornelis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and
guest scientist at the Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement, Université de Rouen, France
Editorial Board

G. Anderson, Queensland Institute of Medical Research PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia S.C. Andrews, University of Reading, UK 
D. Antosiewicz, University of Warsaw, Poland
P. Arosio, University of Brescia, Italy
L.L. Barton, University of New Mexico, USA
M. O'Brian, University at Buffalo, USA
H. Budzikiewicz, Universität Köln, Germany
Z. l. Cabantchik, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Israel
C. Cervantes, Universidad Michoacana, Mexico
S. Clemens, University of Bayreuth, Germany
M. Costa, New York University Medical Center, USA
G.M. Gadd, University of Dundee, UK
G. Grass, Institut für Mikrobiologie der Bundeswehr, Germany
H. Haas, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
H. Haase, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
K. Hantke, Universität Tübingen, Germany
W. R. Harris, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA
K. Haselwandter, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Austria
R.P. Hausinger, Michigan State University, USA
L. E. Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
R.C. Hider, King's College London, UK
C. Hogstrand, King's College London, UK
G. Jung, Universität Tübingen, Germany
D. Legrand, University of Lille, France
B. Lippert, Universität Dortmund, Germany
W. Maret, King's College London, UK
B.F. Matzanke, Medizinische Universität Lübeck, Germany
L. Messori, University of Florence, Italy
M.J. Miller, University of Notre Dame, USA
D. H. Nies, Universität Halle, Germany
F. W. Outten, University of Carolina, USA
K.N. Raymond, University of California, USA
C. Rensing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China
D.R. Richardson, Children's Cancer Institute Australia, Australia
B.P. Rosen, Wayne State University, USA
T. Rouault, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development / NIH, USA
I. Schalk, CNRS/Université-Strasbourg,France
B. Schwaller, Universität Fribourg, Switzerland
S. Silver, University of Illinois, USA
A. Stewart, University of St Andrews, UK
H. Sun, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
E.C. Theil, North Carolina State University, USA
F. Thévenod, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Germany
E. Walker, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
A. R. White, The University of Melbourne, Australia
G. Willsky, University at Buffalo, USA; 
P. Zalewski, The University of Adelaide, Australia.