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.

《國際生物退化與生物降解》發表關于生物退化或降解原因的原始研究論文和評論。-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、變弱或液化、解毒或礦化過程。-受影響的物料可包括天然、合成或精制物料[例如金屬、碳氫化合物及油脂、食品及飲品、藥物、纖維素及木材、塑膠及聚合物、纖維、紙張、皮革、廢料或任何其他具商業價值的物料];和結構或系統[如建筑物、藝術品、加工設備等]以及危險廢物，并包括因上述生物制劑的活動而引起的環境和職業健康方面的問題。歡迎就起因、行動方式、治療、保護和預防、分析和測試、解毒、升級、商業影響、生物殺劑和替代品以及相關領域的所有方面發表論文。然而，與生物技術過程的工程方面嚴格相關的論文，以及那些旨在開發或評估用于生物技術過程設計的基于數學的預測模型的論文被排除在外。