Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B

Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B

The Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B was founded in 1912 as the Proceedings of the Imperial Academy by the Imperial Academy of Japan (now the Japan Academy). The Journal was split into the Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series A and Series B in 1977. PJA Series B publishes reviews and original articles in broad fields of natural sciences, such as physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, biology, engineering, agricultural sciences, medicine and pharmacy.*) Manuscripts are evaluated at least by two reviewers. Ten issues are published per year. The content is open access and available online through J-STAGE (https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/pjab).

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2,765 registered articles
(updated on September 30, 2025)

Online ISSN : 1349-2896
Print ISSN : 0386-2208
ISSN-L : 0386-2208

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Special Issue

Published: August 02, 2024 Updated: May 09, 2025

Review Series to Celebrate Our 100th Volume

The Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Ser. B reached its 100th volume in 2024. To celebrate this milestone, we have selected and reproduced past articles that describe impactful works conducted in Japan. These articles are reproduced exactly as they were originally published to convey their historical significance. Experts in their respective fields have reviewed the articles, placing them in their proper historical context. This special issue is a collection of these review articles, and more will be added as they are published.

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2025 Volume 101 Issue 7

A novel glomerulopathy model demonstrates renal counterbalance via local angiotensin II regulation Kazuo SAKAMOTO, Kunio KAWANISHI, Jun-Dal KIM, Masahiro KOIZUMI, Shin-ichi MUROI, Saori TABARA, Akiyoshi FUKAMIZU, Taiji MATSUSAKA, Michio NAGATA
Molecular basis of individual locomotor function: Integrated understanding of gene expression regulation in the development and homeostasis of the musculoskeletal system Hiroshi ASAHARA
Clones in blood and stratified epithelial cells, and their drivers Shigeru CHIBA
Toward structural understanding of eukaryotic transcription elongation Shun-ichi SEKINE

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Functional genomics in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance: From gene discovery to complex regulatory networks and their application in breeding

Released on J-STAGE: October 11, 2022 | Volume 98 Issue 8 Pages 470-492

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