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Biomat.net is an organized and meaningful Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering communication resource for scientists, researchers, members of the business community, government, academia, and the general public. Biomat.net is widely recognized as the main website dedicated to this field.

Biomat.net is the recommended information resource, by the leading journal in the field - Biomaterials -, for those looking for information on specific and related scientific events. Also, it constitutes the recommended information resource by the most important reference book in the field - Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine, Edited by BD Ratner et al. -, concerning information on books on the subject. Furthermore, Biomat.net was distinguished many times by several distinct printed and online resources, such as Science, BioMedNet and Medical Device Link. For instance, recently, Biomat.net won the first “Pearl of the Web” award, by Swissbiomat.ch, being considered "the most efficient site dedicated totally to biomaterials", and the "chief instrument for a timely look at the latest and most meaningful developments in biomaterials". For further information please see other achievements and details about Biomat.net in the news in the About us section.

This renewed Biomat.net sells online advertising space directly on its website, offering a range of advertising and sponsorship options that allow you to reach a wide but targeted audience of people interested in science-, technology- and health-related topics. The demographics of our readers allows you to reach several thousands of scientists around the world.

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If you are interested to learn more about our audience and our advertising opportunities please contact us at info@biomat.net.

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Biomaterials world news, articles, book reviews, endorsed meetings and other relevant information are published in the monthly Biomat.net Newsletter (10 issue per year). It is sent by email (text only version) to over 5500 registered members and then published online and stored as an HTML document. It will be converted to a color PDF document in the near future. The newsletter is further distributed by several international worldwide societies. The newsletter sponsorship type includes email and full- or half-page ads on the online version of the newsletter.

Biomat.net does not send broadcast emails to its membership nor rents its mailing list in any circumstance.

Homepage sponsorship is a very efficient way of reaching the users of a particular site, since everyone goes to the homepage in order to navigate around a site.

Advertising using banner and tower ads is available on Biomat.net's homepage. According to Fig. 1, two ad sizes are available (no more than 30K in file size): 400x50 pixels for a top banner, and 200x100 for a right tower ad. Banners are operated on a random rotational basis. All banner and tower ads must be in *.GIF or *.JPG format. Animation is available for no additional fee and we accept most forms of rich media including flash. Positioning of ads is indicated in Fig. 1. The ad costs are the following:

Biomat.net sections where targeted ads are available are the following: Resources, Academic, Events, Journals, Books, Industry, Market, Glossary, Forum, Newsletter, Members, Jobs, and Top site. According to Fig. 1, two ad sizes are available (no more than 30K in file size): 400x50 pixels for a top banner, and 200x100 for a right tower ad. Banners are operated on a random rotational basis. All banner and tower ads must be in *.GIF or *.JPG format. Animation is available for no additional fee and we accept most forms of rich media including flash. Positioning of ads is indicated in Fig. 1. The ad costs are the following:

Several possibilities exist for advertising in these popular sections, as well as the possibility to request Biomat.net's free endorsement of Events and free reviews of relevant books. Please contact us for further details.

These sections are among the most highly rated targeted sections for advertising since they constitute some of the most popular features of Biomat.net. For instance, Biomat.net is the recommended information resource, by the leading journal in the field - Biomaterials -, for those looking for information on specific and related scientific events. Our list of events is constantly updated and most events on the field are part of that list. Also, it constitutes the recommended information resource, by the most important reference book in the field - Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine, Edited by BD Ratner et al. -, concerning information on books on the subject. The Journals section contains specific and closely related journals in this wide area. The Biomaterials Forum is a new feature of Biomat.net and aims at becoming the most popular communication gateway for everyone working or with an interest in the field.

These sections consist in specific links to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering websites on each subject: Resources include organizations and other web resources; the Academic section includes research centers and educational institutions; Industry is based on industrial organizations; the Market section includes market and investment analyses; the Glossary is aimed at providing the basis for understanding this scientific field. The Newsletter section is a searchable depository of our newsletter, which is published on a monthly basis since 2000. The members section allows members to search for scientific partners, searchable by keyword. The also very popular Jobs section allows members to post a job offer or look for job seekers, employers and recruiters. The Top site section includes the present and the past websites awarded with this Biomat.net’s selection.

Below are three recommended ad packages that we believe may benefit our advertisers. You can basically "own" Biomat.net for 1 month, 3 months or for a whole year. If none of these meets your needs, we’ll be happy to work with you to create a custom package.

Reader demographics

Biomat.net reaches an undetermined number of readers from the scientific as well as non scientific community, which is estimated at several thousands scientists, academics, students, physicians, industrialists, consultants, the general public, among others. It is also a highly targeted, high-quality readership, which has been consistently growing over time.

Below are three recommended ad packages that we believe may benefit our advertisers. You can basically "own" Biomat.net for 1 month, 3 months or for a whole year. If none of these meets your needs, we’ll be happy to work with you to create a custom package.

Biomat.net presently accounts for around 5600 members from over 100 countries, and almost 1000 institutions. Pageviewers come from over 150 countries. Biomat.net has already endorsed more than 315 international meetings, mainly through the dissemination of information, besides advertising over 3500 jobs.

Total Subscribers: 5552

60% Academia   18% Industry   6% Government   4% Hospital

1% Publisher   18% Industry   11% Others (including Research/R&D and Consultancy)

Main Access Regions and Countries:

43.6% Europe (mostly from the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal)

30.8% North America (mostly from the United States - 26.2% of total pageviewers)

16.7% AustralaAsia (mostly from China, Australia, India, Singapore, and Japan)

3.5% South America (mostly from Brazil)

5.4% Other Regions

Placement of Biomat.net on search engines

In terms of ease in finding Biomat.net on search engines, on Google – the most popular one -, Biomat.net is the first or second site to appear when using the keyword "biomaterials" (Fig. 2). The same applies to other popular search engines, such as Yahoo, Excite and Lycos. Also according to Google, thousands of sites link to Biomat.net.

Advertising policies

All pricing, terms, and conditions outlined in the contract apply, as do banner ad and advertising policies listed here. Online sponsorship payment terms will be noted on the signed contract. Payment should be made by VISA, and its terms are net 30 days from receipt of invoice with established credit. Penalty after 60 days is 1.5% per month. Before a banner ad can be posted or E-mail newsletter issued, Biomat.net must have a signed contract, including a billing address and telephone number.

Ads will be posted as noted on signed contract. All necessary material for banner ads and E-newsletter must be received from the client by the day 15th of the ad's posting month. The contract and invoice will indicate the time period and/or number of impressions. All materials from advertisers will be posted online for the specified period and then removed from the Biomat.net server unless otherwise instructed in writing. Advertising schedule is subject to change. Invoices will be issued at the beginning of the posting period.

All advertising is subject to the Editor's approval. The advertiser and/or its advertising agency agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Biomat.net and its employees and agents against any liability and costs, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees incurred in connection with any third-party claim arising out of the appearance of the ad. Biomat.net reserves the right to remove any ad which is inaccurate, misleading, defamatory, or otherwise violates the rights of Biomat.net or third parties.

All rates are subject to change

Submitting an ad for Biomat.net

Submit information for online advertising - including banner and tower ads, and E-newsletter sponsorships - using any of these formats:

E-mail via: info@biomat.net, or

CD-ROM to: Biomaterials Network.

Contact Biomat.net Advertising

Technical questions concerning electronic files, formatting, and other online advertising issues should be directed to:

José Paulo Pereira, Editor

BIOMAT.NET

INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica
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4150-180 Porto, Portugal

Phone: + 351 226074982/00

Fax: +351 226094567