What is Function?
From organelles to organisms, Function seeks papers that contribute to defining the mechanistic basis of living systems in health and disease. Function aims to be a highly selective journal, publishing major advances that extend physiological understanding of biological function and the changes associated with disease states.
Why Function? Why Now?
The American Physiological Society (APS) developed Function to provide a new home for authors—members and nonmembers—who welcome a fresh, multidisciplinary option for publishing their most important physiology research.
What Makes Function Unique?
Function will be unique as an open access, high-profile physiology journal that is society-owned and edited by working scientists. New features have been added to expediate the publication of the most important physiology research.
New Features
FUNCTION FOCUS PERSPECTIVE ARTICLES This new type of short focus article reports For full original research articles, Function on a new and important observation. These will include a perspective, opinion, or “quick release” articles allow for solid research commentary article from a top expert in the to be reported without all the ramifications field providing an elevated point of view on expected in a full research paper. the scientific impact of the article.
NEW STYLE EVIDENCE REVIEWS FINAL DECISION AFTER INITIAL REVIEW
These articles will evaluate the factual Submitting authors will receive a firm new style evidence in a field and therefore only cite decision about acceptance or rejection after original articles and not other reviews. the initial review, even if revisions are needed.
Learn more and submit at journals.physiology.org/function. Questions? Contact [email protected].
THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY (APS) IS A COMMUNITY THAT CHAMPIONS THE DISCIPLINE OF PHYSIOLOGY physiology.org | journals.physiology.org Function Editorial Team Editor-in-Chief
Ole Petersen, CBE, FRS, the founding editor-in-chief of Function, is professor at Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences in Wales. Among Petersen’s accolades, he is an elected Fellow of The Royal Society and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He has been awarded Academia Europaea’s 2020 Gold Medal for Services to European Science.
Executive Editors
Allen W. Cowley Jr., PhD, Mark Nelson, PhD Valerie O’Donnell, PhD Tullio Pozzan, MD, FRS FAPS University of Vermont Cardiff University School of University of Padova Medical College of Medicine Wisconsin Colin Nichols, PhD, FRS Richard W. Tsien, PhD Washington University Anant Parekh, PhD, FRS NYU Langone Health Patricia Molina, MD, PhD, School of Medicine University of Oxford FAPS Louisiana State University
Consulting Editors
Erwin Neher, FRS Sir Peter Ratcliffe, FRS Thomas Südhof, FRS Nobel Laureate Nobel Laureate Nobel Laureate Max Planck Institute for University of Oxford and Stanford University School Biophysical Chemistry Francis Crick Institute of Medicine
Editorial Board
Peter S. Aronson, MD Peter Hegyi, MD, PhD Carl Petersen, PhD Ernest M. Wright, PhD, Yale University School of University of Pecs EPFL, Lausanne FRS Medicine University of California, Los Aldebaran Hofer, PhD David Poole, PhD Angeles Jonathan Ashmore, PhD, Harvard Medical School Kansas State University FRS Manuela Zaccolo, MD, University College London Masamitsu Iino, MD, PhD Show-Ling Shyng, PhD PhD Nihon University School of Oregon Health and Science University of Oxford Daniel Beard, PhD, FAPS Medicine University University of Michigan Robert Zorec, PhD Medical School Rüdiger Klein, PhD Maria Teresa Perez- University of Ljubljana Max Planck Institute of Garcia, MD, PhD Denis Burdakov, PhD Neurobiology University of Valladolid ETH Zürich Harley Kurata, PhD Andrew P. Thomas, PhD Dennis Brown, PhD, FAPS University of Alberta Rutgers University Harvard Medical School Juanita Merchant, MD, Andrew Tinker, PhD Annette Dolphin, PhD, PhD Queen Mary University of FRS University of Arizona London University College London John Neoptolemos, MD Alexei Verkhratsky, MD, Andrea Fleig, PhD University of Heidelberg PhD University of Hawaii University of Manchester Denis Noble, CBE, FRS Julia V. Gerasimenko, University of Oxford, Tonia Vincent, PhD PhD University of Oxford Cardiff University Shuang Peng, MD, PhD Jinan University
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