''Physiological Reviews'' is a journal published quarterly by the
American Physiological Society
The American Physiological Society is a non-profit professional society for physiologists. It has nearly 10,000 members, most of whom hold doctoral degrees in medicine, physiology or other health professions. Its mission is to support research and ...
which has been published since 1921.
The editor in chief of the journal is Sadis Matalon (
University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a Public university#United States, public List of research universities in the United States, research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established i ...
). The journal's first managing editor, who served to his death in 1946, was Dr. Donald R. Hooker.
Among the cadre of editors at the journal's inception were
William Henry Howell
William Henry Howell (February 20, 1860 – February 6, 1945) was an American physiologist. He pioneered the use of heparin as a blood anti-coagulant.
Early life
William Henry Howell was born on February 20, 1860, in Baltimore, Maryland. He g ...
,
Lafayette Mendel
Lafayette Benedict Mendel (February 5, 1872 – December 9, 1935) was an American biochemist known for his work in nutrition, with longtime collaborator Thomas B. Osborne, including the study of Vitamin A, Vitamin B, lysine and tryptophan.
...
, and
John Macleod.
From 1932 to 1950, the chairman of the board of editors of the journal was
Anton J. Carlson. Other notable people who have served on the journal's editorial board include
John Jacob Abel
John Jacob Abel (19 May 1857 – 26 May 1938) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. He established the pharmacology department at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893, and then became America's first full-time professor o ...
(c.1935),
Ernest William Goodpasture
Ernest William Goodpasture (October 17, 1886 – September 20, 1960) was an American pathologist and physician. Goodpasture advanced the scientific understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, parasitism, and a variety of ricketts ...
(c.1938).
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 37.312
Internet Archive page set(values in table linked to specific pages)
References
Further reading
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ResearchGate
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About Physiological Reviews(access date: July 13, 2020)
External links
*{{Official website, https://journals.physiology.org/journal/physrev
Physiology journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1921
Delayed open access journals