The ''European Biophysics Journal'' is published by

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on behalf of the European Biophysical Societies Association. The journal publishes papers in the field of

biophysics Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and populations ...

, defining this as the study of biological phenomena using physical methods and concepts. It publishes original papers, reviews and letters. The journal aims "to advance the understanding of biological structure and function by application of the principles of physical science, and by presenting the work in a biophysical context". The

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of the journal is Robert Gilbert (

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Scope and indexing

Areas of research frequently published in the ''European Biophysics Journal'' include: structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules,

membrane biophysics Membrane biology is the study of the Biology, biological and Biochemistry, physiochemical characteristics of Biological membrane, membranes, with applications in the study of cellular physiology. Membrane bioelectrical impulses are described by the ...

and ion channels, cell biophysics and organisation, macromolecular assemblies, biophysical methods and instrumentation, advanced microscopy, and system dynamics. Among others, the journal is abstracted/indexed in:

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, EMBASE,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the ''European Biophysics Journal'' had a 2020

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of 1.733.

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