''The Journal of Physiology'' is a biweekly
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
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that was established in 1878 and is published by
Wiley-Blackwell
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on behalf of
The Physiological Society
The Physiological Society, founded in 1876, is a learned society for physiologists
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. It covers research on all aspects of
physiology
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, with an emphasis on
human
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and
mammalian physiology, including work at the molecular level, at the level of the cell membrane, single cells, tissues or organs, and systems physiology. The journal is produced both on paper and online. Accepted articles are first published online, ahead of print. The full archive back to 1878 up to issues published 12 months from the current date is freely available online. The
editor-in-chief
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is currently
Peter Kohl
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He grew up at the family home in Lu ...
. According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 6.228, ranking it ninth out of 84 journals in the category "Physiology"
History
''The Journal of Physiology'' was first published in 1878 and edited by
Michael Foster. In 1893–94 Foster's colleague
John Newport Langley
John Newport Langley (2 November 1852 – 5 November 1925) was a British physiologist, who made substantive discoveries about the nervous system and secretion.
Life
He was born in Newbury, Berkshire the son of John Langley, the local schoolmast ...
took over as editor. Langley remained the proprietor and editor until his death in 1925, when The Physiological Society bought the journal from his widow.
Charles Scott Sherrington
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was appointed the first chairman of the
editorial board
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in 1926. In 2003 The Physiological Society moved publishing to Blackwell, now
Wiley-Blackwell
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. The journal is published online via the
Wiley Online Library
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.
In 2000-2005, the journal published fraudulent research authored by Igor Dhuza, a senior research associate in
Vanderbilt University
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's Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Previous editors-in-chief and chairmen of the editorial board
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Publications established in 1878
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