The Journal of Physiology

Published on behalf of the Physiological Society

Edited by:
William A. Large

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 6/78 (Physiology); 36/210 (Neurosciences)
Impact Factor: 4.580

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The Journal of Physiology publishes original Research papers in all areas of physiology illustrating new physiological principles or mechanisms. Papers on work at the molecular level, at the level of the cell membrane, single cells, tissues or organs and systems physiology are all considered, with an emphasis on human and mammalian physiology. Rapid Reports receive an accelerated review and publication, reflecting the expectation that these papers should be of particularly high interest and importance.

See also Experimental Physiology

TopNews and Announcements

In the news...
The Journal of Physiology Editor-in-Chief Elect
The Physiological Society is seeking to appoint an Editor-in-Chief Elect.

The Journal of Physiology archive - free online!
For access to articles published from 1878-1996 in the journal follow this link for the free archive.  Access the most recent articles back to 1997 online. Articles more than 12 months old are free.

Call for papers: Journal Club
The Journal of Physiology is introducing a Journal Club feature. Journal Club articles will be short reviews by graduate student, post-doctoral fellows and other training level scientists of papers from recent issues of The Journal of Physiology or our publish-ahead-of-print Physiology in Press articles. These reviews can be the result of formal laboratory journal club discussions or informal discussions among interested parties. Multiple authorship is encouraged. The articles should consist of a brief background, a brief presentation of the data of interest and a very brief discussion of the significance or a specific aspect of the paper. See our Author Guidelines for full details.

NIH-funded authors and The Journal of Physiology
In accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy, The Journal of Physiology is published on PubMed Central, with a twelve month embargo on public access - the final published version is publicly available 12 months after publication and as such no further action is needed by the authors.

Wellcome Trust-funded researchers can publish in The Journal of Physiology
The Wellcome Trust requires electronic copies of any research papers that have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and are supported in whole or in part by Wellcome Trust funding, to be deposited into PubMed Central (or UK PubMed Central once established). This requirement will apply to all grants awarded after 1 October 2005 and, from 1 October 2006, to all grants regardless of award date. The Trust will provide Grant Holders with additional funding to cover the costs of open access publishing so that they can post their articles on PubMed Central immediately on publication. This funding will be provided for articles reporting research that was part-funded by Wellcome.

To apply for funding to make your paper in The Journal of Physiology open access through Online Open, please contact your institution's Research Office or The Physiological Society Publications Office for advice.

Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI  initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Online Open
Authors of articles in this journal can choose to make their articles open access and available free online for all readers through the payment of an author fee. Read more. Any authors wishing to send their paper Online Open will be required to complete the combined payment and copyright licence form available from our website here (please note this form is for use with Online Open material only). A copy of the completed form will be requested when the manuscript is potentially acceptable, pending minor revision. For full instructions for authors please click here.

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Free Content
All content from The Journal of Physiology is made free online, 12 months from publication.
In addition, all Topical Reviews are made available free from publication.

Links to other relevant sites
Austrian Physiological Society
Belgian Society of Fundamental and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology
Chinese Physiological Society
Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft
Physiological Society of Japan
Physiological Society of New Zealand
Physiological Society of Southern Africa
Romanian Society of Physiological Sciences
Scandinavian Physiological Society
Slovak Physiological Society
Swiss Physiological Society