Monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal
Academic journal
BioSystems is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering experimental, computational, and theoretical research that links biology , evolution , and the information processing sciences. It was established in 1967 as Currents in Modern Biology by Robert G. Grenell and published by North-Holland Publishing Company out of Amsterdam until North-Holland merged with Elsevier in 1970.[ 1] Grenell wrote of his purpose in founding the journal,
It has become necessary to develop a new language of biology; a new mathematics, and to strip biological theory and experiment of their classical approaches, assumptions and limitations. It is such considerations which underlie the establishment of this journal.[ 2]
In 1972 the journal was renamed Currents in Modern Biology: Bio Systems , which was shortened to BioSystems in 1974. Previous editors include J.P. Schadé, Alan W. Schwartz, Sidney W. Fox , Michael Conrad ,[ 3] Lynn Margulis ,[ 4] David B. Fogel , Gary B. Fogel , George Kampis, Francisco Lara-Ochoa, Koichiro Matsuno , Ray Paton, and W. Mike L. Holcombe.
According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.0.[ 5]
Special issues of BioSystems cover different aspects of theoretical and evolutionary biology. The special issue "Symbiogenesis and Progressive Evolution " (2021) is dedicated to Boris Kozo-Polyansky and Lynn Margulis and contains articles about these scientists, and also includes an annotated translation of the article by Konstantin Merezhkovsky , in which the concept of symbiogenesis was first outlined.[ 6] The special issue "Fundamental principles of biological computation: From molecular computing to biological complexity " (2022) is dedicated to the memory of one of the founders of computational biology Efim Liberman and contains his autobiography "On the way to a new science".[ 7] The special issue "Biological Thermodynamics: Bridging the gap between physics and life " (2024) is dedicated to Ervin Bauer and contains biographical[ 8] [ 9] and theoretical[ 10] articles about him, as well as English translations of his major works.[ 11]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
References
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^ Grennell, Robert G. (1967). "Editorial Note". Currents in Modern Biology . 1 (1): 1.
^ "In Memoriam — Michael Conrad". Biosystems . 61 (1): 3– 4. 2001. Bibcode :2001BiSys..61....3. . doi :10.1016/S0303-2647(01)00154-X .
^ Fogel, Gary B.; Schwartz, Alan W. (2012). "Lynn Margulis (1938–2011)". Biosystems . 107 (2): 65. Bibcode :2012BiSys.107...65F . doi :10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.12.003 . PMID 22197791 .
^ "BioSystems". 2020 Journal Citation Reports . Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate . 2021.
^ Kowallik, K.V.; Martin, W.F. (2021). "The origin of symbiogenesis: An annotated English translation of Mereschkowsky's 1910 paper on the theory of two plasma lineages" . Biosystems . 199 : 104281. Bibcode :2021BiSys.19904281K . doi :10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104281 . ISSN 0303-2647 . PMC 7816216 . PMID 33279568 .
^ Liberman, E.A. (2022). "On the way to a new science" . Biosystems . 215– 216: 104647. Bibcode :2022BiSys.21504647L . doi :10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104647 . ISSN 0303-2647 . PMID 35189308 .
^ Bauer, S.M. (2024). "Life and fate of Ervin Bauer (1890–1938), the eminent scholar and foundational theoretical biologist" . BioSystems . 238 : 105191. Bibcode :2024BiSys.23805191B . doi :10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105191 . ISSN 0303-2647 . PMID 38508229 .
^ Müller, M.; Elek, G. (2024). "The history of Ervin Bauer's publications on the theory of life" . BioSystems . 241 : 105212. Bibcode :2024BiSys.24105212M . doi :10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105212 . ISSN 0303-2647 . PMID 38636703 .
^ Igamberdiev, A.U. (2024). "Biological thermodynamics: Ervin Bauer and the unification of life sciences and physics" . Biosystems . 235 : 105089. Bibcode :2024BiSys.23505089I . doi :10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.105089 . ISSN 0303-2647 .
^ Müller, M.; Igamberdiev, A.U. (2024). "The emergence of theoretical biology: Two fundamental works of Ervin Bauer (1890–1938) in English translation" . BioSystems . 241 : 105201. Bibcode :2024BiSys.24105201M . doi :10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105201 . ISSN 0303-2647 .
^ a b "BioSystems" . MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
^ "Biological Abstracts - Journal List" . Intellectual Property & Science . Clarivate Analytics . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
^ a b c "Master Journal List" . Intellectual Property & Science . Clarivate Analytics . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
^ "Serials cited" . CAB Abstracts . CABI . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
^ "CAS Source Index" . Chemical Abstracts Service . American Chemical Society . Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
^ "Embase Coverage" . Embase . Elsevier . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
^ "Content/Database Overview - GEOBASE Source List" . Engineering Village . Elsevier . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
^ "BioSystems" . NLM Catalog . National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
^ "Source details: BioSystems" . Scopus preview . Elsevier . Retrieved 2019-01-06 .
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