Biophysics and Physicobiology

Biophysics and Physicobiology

Biophysics and Physicobiology (BPPB) is the official on-line journal of the Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) with the License of BY-NC-SA 4.0. Biophysics has long been developed in a field of physics using physical methods and theories to study the structures and functions of biological systems. The BSJ had originally published a journal, "Biophysics", since 2005, but changed its name in 2015 adding a word "Physicobiology". It is a new word, proposing that the scope of the journal could be widen to broader range of biologists and could further stimulate the exchange of ideas among the biophysicists. The details about the Journal and the Editorial board members are shown in the BPPB web page provided by the BSJ.

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Published by The Biophysical Society of Japan

470 registered articles
(updated on May 26, 2023)

Online ISSN : 2189-4779
ISSN-L : 2189-4779

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Volume 18 (2021) Issue Supplemental Pages S001-S002

Editorial: English translation of “The Oosawa Lectures on DIY Statistical Mechanics”

Editorial team for the Special Issue on Oosawa’s Lectures

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Dr. Fumio Oosawa (10th Dec 1922 – 4th March 2019), a pioneer of single-molecule studies, made a series of lectures on statistical mechanics at a summer school run by the Society of Young Scientists in Biophysics in July, 1996. Based on the lectures, the original Japanese textbook was published in 2011. Since then, the English version has been expected to be published. The Biophysical Society of Japan now publishes the English version in a Special Issue of the Biophysics and Physicobiology (Vol. 18), which is an open access journal, by the Editorial Team for this Special Issue. In December 2021, the Preface and first Chapter 1 were published. Chapter 2 and later will be published soon one after another.

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2023 Volume 20 Issue 2

Mathematical model of structural changes in nuclear speckle Shingo Wakao, Noriko Saitoh, Akinori Awazu
Guideline for design of substrate stiffness for mesenchymal stem cell culture based on heterogeneity of YAP and RUNX2 responses Hiromi Miyoshi, Masashi Yamazaki, Hiromichi Fujie, Satoru Kidoaki
Identification and structural basis of an enzyme that degrades oligosaccharides in caramel Toma Kashima, Akihiro Ishiwata, Kiyotaka Fujita, Shinya Fushinobu
Controlling complex dynamical systems based on the structure of the networks Atsushi Mochizuki

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Biophysics and Physicobiology has been selected for coverage in ESCI.
As of 28th September, 2018, Biophysics and Physicobiology（BPPB), the international journal of the Biophysical Society of Japan, was selected for one of the Journals to be indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). ESCI is a new index in the Web of Science for journals of regional importance and of newly emerging fields. The journals in ESCI are collected in Web of Science and have an imporved visibility from the world. ESCI paves the way for the journals of being indexed with Impact Factor, too. For the detail of ESCI, visit the website of Clarivate Analytics.

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