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 then Imperial Academy of Japan (now the Japan Academy). The Journal was split to 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.*) All manuscripts are evaluated at least by two reviewers. Ten issues are published per year. The entire content is now freely available online through J-STAGE (http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/pjab).
*) For papers in mathematics, please refer to the Notice to Authors of PJA Series A.
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Published by The Japan Academy  
2,656 registered articles
(updated on May 28, 2023)
Online ISSN : 1349-2896
Print ISSN : 0386-2208
ISSN-L : 0386-2208
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The Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B was founded in 1912 as the Proceedings of the Imperial Academy by the then Imperial Academy of Japan (now the Japan Academy). The Journal was split to 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.*) All manuscripts are evaluated at least by two reviewers. Ten issues are published per year. The entire content is now freely available online through J-STAGE (http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/pjab).
*) For papers in mathematics, please refer to the Notice to Authors of PJA Series A.

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Editorial Board
  • Kunihiko Suzuki

    Editor-in-Chief
    Neurochemistry, Neurology, Genetic Neurological Disorder

  • Yoshio Fukao

    Executive Editor
    Geophysics

  • Shigekazu Nagata

    Executive Editor
    Molecular Biology, Biochemistry

  • Shizuo Akira

    Editor
    Immunology

  • Tadao Kakizoe

    Editor
    Urology

  • Makoto Kobayashi

    Editor
    Physics

  • Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

    Editor
    Biological Science

  • Takao Sekiya

    Editor, Cover Editor
    Pharmaceutical Science, Nucleic Acid Chemistry

  • Koichi Tanaka

    Editor
    Mass Spectrometry

  • Kazuyuki Tatsumi

    Editor
    Inorganic Chemistry

  • Toshimitsu Yamazaki

    Editor
    Physics

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  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Earth Sciences and Astronomy
  • Biology, Life Sciences and Basic Medicine
  • Agriculture and Food Sciences
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  • Clinical Medicine
  • Dentistry
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Engineering in General
  • Nanosciences and Materials Sciences
  • Architecture and Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Information Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Sciences
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  • TitleProceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B
  • PublisherThe Japan Academy
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