The Journal of Physiological Sciences

The Journal of Physiological Sciences is the official journal of the Physiological Society of Japan, and Elsevier has published it since 2025. It carries peer-reviewed original papers, reviews, short communications and technical notes that rest on the principles of modern physiology. Its 2025 impact factor is 3.3.《生理科学杂志》是日本生理学会的官方期刊，自 2025 年起由 Elsevier 出版。该刊刊载建立在现代生理学原理之上的同行评审原创论文，综述，短通讯与技术札记。其 2025 年影响因子为 3.3。

Scope

• The journal publishes peer-reviewed original papers, reviews, short communications, technical notes and letters to the editor.该刊发表同行评审的原创论文，综述，短通讯，技术札记与致编辑的信。

• All of its material rests on the principles and theories of modern physiology, and it is addressed to the international scientific community.其全部内容都建立在现代生理学的原理与理论之上，并面向国际科学共同体。

• Coverage reaches all fields of physiology, so the journal is not confined to one organ system.其覆盖遍及生理学的所有领域，因此该刊并不局限于某个器官系统。

• Molecular, cellular and systems physiology are named together, which shows the range of levels the journal takes.分子，细胞与系统生理学被一并列出，可见该刊所涉的层次之广。

• Adaptation and environment is the first of the topics listed.适应与环境是所列主题中的第一个。

• Autonomic nervous function is named as a second topic.自主神经功能被列为第二个主题。

• Biophysics and cell sensors and signalling appear on the same list.生物物理学以及细胞感受器与信号转导出现在同一份清单上。

• Central nervous system and brain sciences are covered.中枢神经系统与脑科学也在覆盖之列。

• Endocrinology and metabolism form another named topic.内分泌与代谢构成另一个列出的主题。

• Excitable membranes and neural cell physiology are named among the subjects.可兴奋膜与神经细胞生理学被列为选题之一。

• Exercise physiology appears on the list, which connects the journal with applied work.运动生理学出现在清单上，这使该刊与应用工作相连。

• Gastrointestinal and kidney physiology are covered together with heart and circulatory physiology.胃肠与肾脏生理学连同心脏与循环生理学一并被覆盖。

• Molecular and cellular physiology and muscle physiology are named as further subjects.分子与细胞生理学以及肌肉生理学被列为另外的选题。

• Physiome and systems biology work is taken, since the journal follows the modelling of whole systems.生理组学与系统生物学的工作会被接收，因为该刊关注整体系统的建模。

• Publishing is open access, and the journal states that its model is fully open.出版采用开放获取，该刊声明其模式是完全开放的。

• The journal emphasises human and vertebrate physiology, yet it also considers comparative papers when these bear on the same questions.该刊侧重人类与脊椎动物生理学，但也接收比较性论文，只要它们关涉同样的问题。

• Respiration physiology and the senses are named among its subjects, together with the physiology of the heart and the circulation.呼吸生理学与感觉被列为它的选题，心脏与循环生理学也在其中。

• Authors may submit a technical note when a method or a piece of apparatus is worth describing without a full paper around it.某种方法或装置若值得记述而不必围绕它展开全文，作者可以投稿技术札记。

• Comparative work on vertebrates is accepted alongside studies of humans, which widens the range of material the journal can carry.比较性论文与人类研究一并被接收，这拓宽了该刊可刊载材料的范围。

• The journal is published for the Physiological Society of Japan, and the society's members make up a large part of its authors.该刊为日本生理学会出版，学会成员构成其作者的一大部分。

History

• The present title began in 2006, when it took over from the Japanese Journal of Physiology.现行刊名始于 2006 年，接续自《Japanese Journal of Physiology》。

• Since the volume numbering continues across that change, the journal's lineage runs back to 1950.由于卷号跨越那次改名而延续，该刊的血脉可上溯到 1950 年。

• It is the official journal of the Physiological Society of Japan, and it was published in Tokyo in its earlier years.该刊是日本生理学会的官方期刊，早年在东京出版。

• From 2025 the publisher is Elsevier, and the place of publication is given as New York.自 2025 年起出版方为 Elsevier，出版地标注为纽约。

• Before that transfer the journal was published under an open access scheme with a publisher in the BMC group.在移交之前，该刊由 BMC 集团旗下的一家出版方以开放获取方案出版。

• The archive of everything published earlier remains searchable on the former publisher's platform.此前发表的全部内容仍在原出版方的平台上可检索。

• The print number is 1880-6546 and the electronic number 1880-6562.其印本刊号为 1880-6546，电子刊号为 1880-6562。

• An annual supplement carries the proceedings of the annual meeting of the society.每年有一份增刊承载学会年会的会议录。

• The National Library of Medicine indexes the title for MEDLINE from volume 56 number 1 in February 2006.美国国立医学图书馆自 2006 年 2 月的第 56 卷第 1 期起把该刊收录进 MEDLINE。

• The title is also recorded as available in the public medical archive.该刊也被记录为在公共医学档案中可用。

• The 2025 impact factor is 3.3 and the five-year figure is 3.7, which places the title in the second quartile of physiology.该刊 2025 年影响因子为 3.3，五年影响因子为 3.7，位于生理学的第二象限。

• Its snapshot records 2225 citations and 39 articles, with a cited half-life of 7.2 years.其快照记录总被引 2225 次，年发文 39 篇，被引半衰期为 7.2 年。

• Every article was open access in the same snapshot, which follows from the fully open model.在同一份快照中全部文章都是开放获取，这是完全开放模式的必然结果。

• The journal reports a median of 18 days from submission to a first decision.该刊报告投稿至首次决定的中位数为 18 天。

• It recorded 527500 downloads in 2024, which shows a readership beyond its authors.该刊 2024 年记录到 527500 次下载，说明其读者超出作者群。

• The publisher traces the title back to 1927, when it appeared as the Japanese Journal of Medical Sciences III, Biophysics.出版方把该刊的源头追溯到 1927 年，当时它以《日本医学科学第三辑，生物物理学》的名目出现。

• It was later issued as the Japanese Journal of Physiology, and it took its present name in 2006, when the society restyled its official organ.该刊后来以《日本生理学杂志》的名义出版，2006 年学会改订其机关刊时改用现名。

• New submissions were routed to Elsevier from September 2024, while the previous publisher keeps the earlier archive searchable.自 2024 年 9 月起新投稿转由 Elsevier 受理，前一家出版方则保留早期档案以供检索。

• The journal appears in BIOSIS, in Biological Abstracts and in Current Contents/Life Sciences, in addition to the databases that carry its full texts.除收录其全文的数据库之外，该刊还见于 BIOSIS，Biological Abstracts 与 Current Contents/Life Sciences。

Editors

• (Harumi Hotta) is the chief editor of the journal.（Harumi Hotta）是该刊主编。

• The journal is edited for the Physiological Society of Japan, and the society sets the editorial line for its official publication.该刊为日本生理学会编辑，学会为其官方出版物确定编辑方针。

• The editorial office answers author queries and manages the review of submissions.编辑部答复作者询问并管理来稿的评审。

• A board of editors covers the subfields the journal publishes, so submissions are read by specialists in their own area.编委会覆盖该刊所发表的各个子领域，因此稿件由其本领域的专家审读。

• The journal states that its manuscripts are peer reviewed before they appear.该刊声明其稿件在发表之前经过同行评审。

• Because the title is the organ of a national society, its editorial arrangements are set by that society rather than by the publisher.由于该刊是全国性学会的机关刊，其编辑安排由学会而非出版方确定。

• The society holds its annual meeting, and the proceedings of that meeting appear in the journal's supplement.学会举办年会，年会会议录出现在该刊的增刊中。

• The editors thus handle both the regular issues and the annual supplement.因此编辑既要处理常规各期，也要处理年度增刊。

• The journal asks authors to present physiological results in a form usable by the international community.该刊要求作者以国际共同体可用的形式呈现生理学研究结果。

• Its author guidelines are published by the current publisher, and submissions are handled through that publisher's system.其作者指南由现任出版方公布，稿件通过该出版方的系统处理。

• The society holds an annual meeting, and the proceedings of that meeting are issued as a supplement to the journal.学会举办年会，该会议的会议录作为该刊的增刊发行。

• The chief editor works with a board whose members cover the subfields the journal publishes, so each manuscript is read inside its own area.主编与一个编委会合作，其成员覆盖该刊所发表的各个子领域，因此每篇稿件都在其本领域内被审读。

• The journal office answers queries about manuscript preparation, and it keeps the correspondence for the society's official title.该刊的办公室答复稿件准备方面的询问，并维持这一学会机关刊的往来通信。