Annual Review of Physiology

Annual Review of Physiology is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by Annual Reviews, covering significant developments in physiology. Founded in 1939, it is one of the most influential review journals in physiology, with a 2025 impact factor of 20.3, indexed in SCIE.《生理学年度评论》（Annual Review of Physiology）是由 Annual Reviews 出版的年度同行评审期刊，涵盖生理学的重要进展。该刊创刊于 1939 年，是生理学领域最具影响力的综述期刊之一，2025 年影响因子为 20.3，被 SCIE 收录。

Scope

The journal's stated aim is to cover the significant developments in the field of physiology, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为涵盖生理学领域的重要进展，官方声明的征稿范围包括：

• Cellular and molecular physiology: reviews on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying physiological processes, including ion channels, membrane transport, signal transduction, and cellular homeostasis.细胞与分子生理学： 关于生理过程背后细胞与分子机制的综述，涵盖离子通道、膜运输、信号转导与细胞稳态等。
• Systems physiology: reviews on the physiology of organ systems, including cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and reproductive physiology.系统生理学： 关于器官系统生理学的综述，涵盖心血管、呼吸、肾脏、胃肠、内分泌与生殖生理学等。
• Neurophysiology: reviews on the physiology of the nervous system, including neural signalling, synaptic transmission, sensory systems, and the neural basis of behaviour.神经生理学： 关于神经系统生理学的综述，涵盖神经信号、突触传递、感觉系统以及行为的神经基础等。
• Integrative and translational physiology: reviews on integrative physiology, exercise physiology, and the translation of physiological research to clinical medicine and disease.整合与转化生理学： 关于整合生理学、运动生理学以及生理学研究向临床医学与疾病转化的综述。
• Article types: annual comprehensive review articles, each providing an authoritative synthesis of significant developments in a specific area of physiology over the preceding years.栏目设置： 每年发表综合性综述文章，每篇对生理学某一特定领域近年来的重要进展进行权威综述。

History

• Founding: the Annual Review of Physiology was founded in 1939 by Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesising and integrating knowledge for the progress of science.创刊： 《生理学年度评论》于 1939 年由非营利出版机构 Annual Reviews 创办，该机构致力于为科学进步综合与整合知识。
• Annual Reviews publication: the journal is part of the Annual Reviews series, applying the consistent model of annual, authoritative, invited review articles across scientific disciplines.Annual Reviews 出版： 该刊是 Annual Reviews 系列的一部分，采用各科学领域每年发表权威特邀综述的统一模式。
• Long publication history: with over eight decades of continuous publication, the journal has grown alongside the field of physiology, reflecting advances from molecular to systems physiology.悠久出版史： 该刊已连续出版逾八十载，与生理学领域共同发展，反映了从分子到系统生理学的进步。
• High impact: the journal has become one of the most highly cited and influential journals in physiology, consistently ranking among the top physiology journals by impact factor.高影响力： 该刊已成为生理学领域被引最高、最具影响力的期刊之一，影响因子长期位居生理学期刊前列。

Editors

The journal is led by co-editors supported by an editorial committee:该刊由联合编辑领导，编辑委员会协助工作：

• Co-editors: Mark T. Nelson, Chair and University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, and Kenneth Walsh, Professor of Cardiovascular Research at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, serve as the co-editors.联合编辑： 佛蒙特大学拉纳医学院药理学系主任兼大学杰出教授马克·T. 纳尔逊（Mark T. Nelson）与弗吉尼亚大学医学院心血管研究教授肯尼思·沃尔什（Kenneth Walsh）担任联合编辑。
• Editorial committee: the journal is guided by an editorial committee comprising leading researchers from major subfields of physiology worldwide.编辑委员会： 该刊由涵盖生理学主要子领域的全球顶尖研究人员组成的编辑委员会指导。
• Invited reviews: all review articles are invited by the editors and editorial committee, ensuring comprehensive and authoritative coverage of each topic.特邀综述： 所有综述文章均由编辑与编辑委员会特邀，确保对各主题的全面与权威覆盖。
• Review process: invited manuscripts undergo editorial review and revision, with the editors working closely with authors to ensure the highest quality and comprehensiveness of each review.评审流程： 特邀稿件经过编辑评审与修改，编辑与作者密切合作以确保每篇综述的最高质量与全面性。