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{{Infobox journal
| title = The Journal of Physiology
| cover = Journal_cover_of_Volume_600_Issue_10_of_The_Journal_of_Physiology.jpg
| editor = [[Kim Barrett]]
| discipline = [[Physiology]]
| abbreviation = J. Physiol. (Lond.)
| nlm = J Physiol
| publisher = [[Wiley-Blackwell]] on behalf of [[The Physiological Society]]
| country = 
| frequency = Semi-monthly
| history = 1878–present
| openaccess = [[Hybrid open access journal|Hybrid]] and [[Delayed open access journal|delayed]], after 1 year
| license = 
| impact = 5.5
| impact-year = 2022
| website = https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14697793
| link1 = https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697793/current
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/14697793
| link2-name = Online archive
| JSTOR = 
| OCLC = 1754742
| LCCN = 49034373
| CODEN = JPHYA7
| ISSN = 0022-3751
| eISSN = 1469-7793
}}
'''''The Journal of Physiology''''' is a semi-monthly [[peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal]] that was established in 1878 and is published by [[Wiley-Blackwell]] on behalf of [[The Physiological Society]]. It covers research on all aspects of [[physiology]], with an emphasis on [[human physiology|human]] and [[Mammal#Physiology|mammalian physiology]], including work at the molecular level, at the level of the cell membrane, single cells, tissues or organs, and systems physiology. The full archive back to 1878 up to issues published 12 months from the current date is freely available online. The [[editor-in-chief]] is [[Kim Barrett]] ([[University of California, Davis]]). According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2022 [[impact factor]] of 5.5.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2023 |chapter=The Journal of Physiology |title=2022 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |edition=Science |via=[[Web of Science]] |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref>

==History==
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The journal was first published  in 1878 and edited by [[Michael Foster (physiologist)|Michael Foster]]. In 1893–1894 Foster's colleague [[John Newport Langley]] took over as editor. Langley remained the proprietor and editor until his death in 1925, when The Physiological Society bought the journal from his widow. [[Charles Scott Sherrington]] was appointed the first chairman of the [[editorial board]] in 1926. In 2003 The Physiological Society moved publishing to Blackwell, now [[Wiley-Blackwell]].

===Previous editors-in-chief===
The following persons are or have been chairman of the editorial board (named editor-in-chief since 2005):
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*[[Michael Foster (physiologist)|Michael Foster]] (1878–1906)
*[[John Newport Langley]] (1878–1926)
*[[Charles Scott Sherrington]] (1926–1935)
*E.B. Verney (1938–1943)
*[[George Lindor Brown]] (1943–1947)
*[[Robert Campbell Garry]] (1947–1950)
*R.S. Creed (1950–1956)
*[[Andrew Huxley]] (1956–1957)
*J.M. Peterson (1957–1960)
*[[Richard Keynes]] (1960–1961)
*[[Bernard Katz]] (1961–1963)
*[[Giles Brindley|G S Brindley]] (1963–1965)
*D.H. Smyth (1965–1968)
*[[Ian Glynn]] (1968–1970)
*W.F. Widdas (1970–1972)
*[[Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian|Richard Adrian]] (1972–1974)
*[[David Keynes Hill]] (1974–7196)
*P.F. Baker (1976–1977)
*T.A. Sears (1977–1978)
*B.R. Jewell (1978–1981)
*S. Thomas (1981–1982)
*K.M. Spyer (1982–1985)
*E.S. Petersen (1985–1987)
*A.V. Edwards (1987–1989)
*C.A.R.Boyd (1989–1991)
*N.B. Standen (1991–1994)
*R.E.J. Dyball (1994–1997)
*[[David Eisner (physiologist)|David Eisner]] (1997–2000)
*B.H. Hirst (2000–2002)
*S.O. Sage (2002–2005)
*W.A. Large (2005–2011)
*D.J. Paterson (2011–2016)
*[[Kim Barrett]] (2016–2022)
*Peter Kohl (2022-2023)
*[[Kim Barrett]] (2023–present)
}}

==See also==
*''[[Experimental Physiology]]''
*''[[Physiological Reports]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14697793}}

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[[Category:Physiology journals]]
[[Category:Semi-monthly journals]]
[[Category:English-language journals]]
[[Category:Wiley-Blackwell academic journals]]
[[Category:Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies]]
[[Category:The Physiological Society]]