Physiological Reports: Standing openly for sound science

Physiological Reports celebrates its first 10 years

“…Over the first 10 years, the focus has been on publishing original research articles, case reports, and occasional review articles. We have now set up Methods articles as a distinct category and look forward to future high quality submissions in this category (Adams, 2023 and see article details at https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/2051817x/about/author-guidelines/methods_in_physiology). We will also feature an expanded schedule of targeted Calls for Papers, starting with a Call for Papers related to the theme of “Exercise and Diet” (already open).…”

Celebrating a decade of exercise physiology and metabolism research in physiological reports

“…Physiological Reports is celebrating its 10th anniversary as a Gold Open Access Journal. Over the past decade, the journal has become a home for exercise physiology and metabolism focused papers that are well‐conceived, rigorously performed, and make important contributions to the field (Adams et al., 2023). The breadth of exercise and metabolism‐based papers published in the Physiological Reports is impressive, ranging from studies examining the impact of exercise on skeletal muscle gene expression (Ydfors et al., 2013), to the role of adipose tissue in the control of systemic glucose and lipid metabolism (Foster et al., 2013), and the effects of exercise on the gut microbiome (Taniguchi et al., 2018).…”

Celebrating a decade of sound science: Physiological Reports

“…From the beginning, moreover, Physiological Reports has carved out an important identity that allows it to play a unique role for the physiological community. Not only does it publish typical mechanistic reports of the types submitted to the journals we lead ( The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology ), but it proudly and actively solicits reports of studies that in the words of Editor‐in‐Chief, Jo Adams (Adams, 2022 ) can be “descriptive, correlative, confirmatory, or overlapping with prior publications.” Indeed, Physiological Reports even permits the publication of well‐conducted but ultimately “negative” studies. The journal accordingly is a major tool to battle the so‐called “replication crisis” that has beset biomedical science in general, and physiology in particular.…”