Aims and Scope of Physiological Reviews
Physiological Reviews is a journal published quarterly by the American Physiological Society which has been published since 1921. The editor in chief of the journal is Sadis Matalon (University of Alabama at Birmingham). 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, Lafayette Mendel, 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 (c.1935), Ernest William Goodpasture (c.1938). Less
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CiteScore 

68.2
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0.01 - 0.05
Impact Factor 

>= 25
SJR 

Q1Physiology

SNIP 

10.74
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| Overview | |
| Publisher | AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| General Details | |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publication Start Year | 1921 |
| Publisher URL | Visit website |
| Website URL | Visit website |
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