''BioSystems'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such ...
covering experimental, computational, and theoretical research that links
biology
Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditar ...
,
evolution
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, and the
information processing
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sciences. It was established in 1967 as ''Currents in Modern Biology'' by
Robert G. Grenell
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. In 1972 the journal was renamed ''Currents in Modern Biology: Bio Systems'', which was shortened to ''BioSystems'' in 1974. Previous editors include J.P. Schadé, Alan W. Schwartz,
Sidney W. Fox
Sidney Walter Fox (24 March 1912 – 10 August 1998) was a Los Angeles-born biochemist responsible for discoveries on the origins of biological systems. Fox explored the synthesis of amino acids from inorganic molecules, the synthesis of prot ...
,
Michael Conrad
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,
Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. Historian Jan Sapp has said that "Lynn M ...
,
,
Gary B. Fogel, George Kampis, Francisco Lara-Ochoa,
Koichiro Matsuno
The internal measurement refers to the quantum measurement realized by the endo-observer. Quantum measurement represents the action of a measuring device on the measured system. When the measuring device is a part of measured system, the measuremen ...
, Ray Paton, and W. Mike L. Holcombe.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 1.973.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/biosystems/
Elsevier academic journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1967
Monthly journals
Evolutionary biology journals
Systems journals