《國際生物退化與生物降解》發(fā)表關(guān)于生物退化或降解原因的原始研究論文和評(píng)論。-原因可能是宏觀的或微生物的，其起源可能是空中的、水生的或陸生的。-影響可能包括腐蝕、污垢、腐爛、腐爛、感染、毀容、中毒、變?nèi)趸蛞夯⒔舛净虻V化過程。-受影響的物料可包括天然、合成或精制物料[例如金屬、碳?xì)浠衔锛坝椭⑹称芳帮嬈贰⑺幬铩⒗w維素及木材、塑膠及聚合物、纖維、紙張、皮革、廢料或任何其他具商業(yè)價(jià)值的物料];和結(jié)構(gòu)或系統(tǒng)[如建筑物、藝術(shù)品、加工設(shè)備等]以及危險(xiǎn)廢物，并包括因上述生物制劑的活動(dòng)而引起的環(huán)境和職業(yè)健康方面的問題。歡迎就起因、行動(dòng)方式、治療、保護(hù)和預(yù)防、分析和測試、解毒、升級(jí)、商業(yè)影響、生物殺劑和替代品以及相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的所有方面發(fā)表論文。然而，與生物技術(shù)過程的工程方面嚴(yán)格相關(guān)的論文，以及那些旨在開發(fā)或評(píng)估用于生物技術(shù)過程設(shè)計(jì)的基于數(shù)學(xué)的預(yù)測模型的論文被排除在外。

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation publishes original research papers and reviews on the biological causes of deterioration or degradation.– The causes may be macro– or microbiological, whose origins may be aerial, aquatic, or terrestrial.– The effects may include corrosion, fouling, rotting, decay, infection, disfigurement, toxification, weakening or processes that liquefy, detoxify, or mineralize.– The materials affected may include natural, synthetic or refined materials [such as metals, hydrocarbons and oils, foodstuffs and beverages, pharmaceuticals, cellulose and wood, plastics and polymers, fibres, paper, leather, waste materials or any other material of commercial importance]; and structures or systems [such as buildings, works of art, processing equipment, etc.] as well as hazardous wastes, and includes environmental and occupational health aspects resulting from the activities of the biological agents described above.Papers on all aspects of cause, mode of action, treatment, protection and prevention, analysis and testing, detoxification, upgrading, commercial implications, biocides and substitutes and related areas are welcome. However, papers that are strictly related to engineering aspects of biotechnological processes and those that aim at developing or assessing mathematical-based predictive models used in the designing of biotechnological processes are excluded.