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BioSystems

{{Short description|Monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal}}

{{Infobox journal

| title = BioSystems

| cover = BioSystems FrontCover.gif

| editor = Abir Igamberdiev

| discipline = Systems biology, evolution, computer modeling, information processing

| formernames = Currents in Modern Biology; Currents in Modern Biology: Bio Systems

| abbreviation = BioSystems

| publisher = Elsevier

| country =

| frequency = Monthly

| history = 1967–present

| openaccess =

| license =

| impact = 2.0

| impact-year = 2023

| website = http://www.journals.elsevier.com/biosystems/

| link2 = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03032647

| link2-name = Online archive

| JSTOR =

| OCLC = 780558853

| LCCN = sf91091174

| CODEN = BSYMBO

| ISSN = 0303-2647

| eISSN =

}}

BioSystems is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering experimental, computational, and theoretical research that links biology, evolution, and the information processing sciences. It was established in 1967 as Currents in Modern Biology by Robert G. Grenell and published by North-Holland Publishing Company out of Amsterdam until North-Holland merged with Elsevier in 1970.{{cite book |last1=Fredriksson |first1=Einar H. |title=A Century of Science Publishing |date=2001 |publisher=IOS Press |location=Amsterdam |pages=61–76 |url=https://ebooks.iospress.nl/pdf/doi/10.3233/978-1-58603-148-0-61 |access-date=10 October 2023 |chapter=The Dutch Publishing Scene: Elsevier and North-Holland|doi=10.3233/978-1-58603-148-0-61 }} Grenell wrote of his purpose in founding the journal, {{Blockquote|text=It has become necessary to develop a new language of biology; a new mathematics, and to strip biological theory and experiment of their classical approaches, assumptions and limitations. It is such considerations which underlie the establishment of this journal.{{cite journal |last1=Grennell |first1=Robert G. |title=Editorial Note |journal=Currents in Modern Biology |date=1967 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=1}}}}

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, Michael Conrad,{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0303-2647(01)00154-X |title=In Memoriam — Michael Conrad |journal=Biosystems |volume=61 |pages=3–4 |year=2001|issue=1 |doi-access= |bibcode=2001BiSys..61....3. }} Lynn Margulis,{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.12.003 |pmid=22197791 |title=Lynn Margulis (1938–2011) |journal=Biosystems |volume=107 |issue=2 |pages=65 |year=2012 |last1=Fogel |first1=Gary B. |last2=Schwartz |first2=Alan W. |bibcode=2012BiSys.107...65F }} David B. Fogel, Gary B. Fogel, George Kampis, Francisco Lara-Ochoa, Koichiro Matsuno, Ray Paton, and W. Mike L. Holcombe.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.0.{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=BioSystems |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}

Special issues

Special issues of BioSystems cover different aspects of theoretical and evolutionary biology.

=Symbiogenesis=

The special issue "[https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/1098NTDJHD4 Symbiogenesis and Progressive Evolution]" (2021) is dedicated to Boris Kozo-Polyansky and Lynn Margulis and contains articles about these scientists, and also includes an annotated translation of the article by Konstantin Merezhkovsky, in which the concept of symbiogenesis was first outlined.{{Cite journal |last1=Kowallik |first1=K.V. |last2=Martin |first2=W.F. |date=2021 |title=The origin of symbiogenesis: An annotated English translation of Mereschkowsky's 1910 paper on the theory of two plasma lineages |journal=Biosystems |volume=199 |pages=104281 |doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104281 |issn=0303-2647 |pmc=7816216 |pmid=33279568|bibcode=2021BiSys.19904281K }}

  • {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2021.104429 |title=Editorial: Symbiogenesis and progressive evolution |date=2021 |last1=Mikhailovsky |first1=George |last2=Gordon |first2=Richard |last3=Igamberdiev |first3=Abir U. |journal=Biosystems |volume=206 |pmid=33864879 |bibcode=2021BiSys.20604429M }}
  • {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104281 |title=The origin of symbiogenesis: An annotated English translation of Mereschkowsky's 1910 paper on the theory of two plasma lineages |date=2021 |last1=Kowallik |first1=Klaus V. |last2=Martin |first2=William F. |journal=Biosystems |volume=199 |pmid=33279568 |pmc=7816216 |bibcode=2021BiSys.19904281K }}
  • {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2021.104386 |title=From Empedocles to Symbiogenetics: Lynn Margulis's revolutionary influence on evolutionary biology |date=2021 |last1=Sagan |first1=Dorion |journal=Biosystems |volume=204 |pmid=33621579 |bibcode=2021BiSys.20404386S }}

=Biological computation=

The special issue "[https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/107NLGRSL8M Fundamental principles of biological computation: From molecular computing to biological complexity]" (2022) is dedicated to the memory of one of the founders of computational biology Efim Liberman and contains his autobiography "On the way to a new science".{{Cite journal |last=Liberman |first=E.A. |date=2022 |title=On the way to a new science |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303264722000399 |journal=Biosystems |volume=215-216 |pages=104647 |doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104647 |pmid=35189308 |bibcode=2022BiSys.21504647L |issn=0303-2647|url-access=subscription }}

  • {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104719 |title=Editorial: Fundamental principles of biological computation: From molecular computing to evolutionary complexity |date=2022 |last1=Shklovskiy-Kordi |first1=Nikita E. |last2=Matsuno |first2=Koichiro |last3=Marijuán |first3=Pedro C. |last4=Lgamberdiev |first4=Abir U. |journal=Biosystems |volume=219 |bibcode=2022BiSys.21904719S }}

=Biological thermodynamics=

The special issue "[https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/104DJ3V8LBV Biological Thermodynamics: Bridging the gap between physics and life]" (2024) is dedicated to Ervin Bauer and contains biographical{{Cite journal |last=Bauer |first=S.M. |date=2024 |title=Life and fate of Ervin Bauer (1890–1938), the eminent scholar and foundational theoretical biologist |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303264724000765 |journal=BioSystems |volume=238 |pages=105191 |doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105191 |pmid=38508229 |bibcode=2024BiSys.23805191B |issn=0303-2647|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Müller |first1=M. |last2=Elek |first2=G. |date=2024 |title=The history of Ervin Bauer's publications on the theory of life |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303264724000972 |journal=BioSystems |volume=241 |pages=105212 |doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105212 |pmid=38636703 |bibcode=2024BiSys.24105212M |issn=0303-2647|url-access=subscription }} and theoretical{{Cite journal |last=Igamberdiev |first=A.U. |date=2024 |title=Biological thermodynamics: Ervin Bauer and the unification of life sciences and physics |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303264723002642 |journal=Biosystems |volume=235 |pages=105089 |doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.105089 |pmid=38000544 |bibcode=2024BiSys.23505089I |issn=0303-2647|url-access=subscription }} articles about him, as well as English translations of his major works.{{Cite journal |last1=Müller |first1=M. |last2=Igamberdiev |first2=A.U. |date=2024 |title=The emergence of theoretical biology: Two fundamental works of Ervin Bauer (1890–1938) in English translation |journal=BioSystems |volume=241 |pages=105201 |doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105201 |bibcode=2024BiSys.24105201M |issn=0303-2647|doi-access=free |pmid=38642880 }}  

  • {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105258 |title=Biological thermodynamics: Bridging the gap between physics and life |date=2024 |last1=Igamberdiev |first1=Abir U. |last2=Müller |first2=Miklós |last3=Elek |first3=Gábor |last4=Mikhailovsky |first4=George E. |last5=Cottam |first5=Ron |journal=Biosystems |volume=242 |pmid=38880329 |bibcode=2024BiSys.24205258I }}
  • {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105201 |title=The emergence of theoretical biology: Two fundamental works of Ervin Bauer (1890–1938) in English translation |date=2024 |last1=Müller |first1=Miklós |last2=Igamberdiev |first2=Abir U. |journal=Biosystems |volume=241 |pmid=38642880 |bibcode=2024BiSys.24105201M |doi-access=free }}

Some other significant papers and articles

  • {{cite journal| doi=10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105387 | title=Biological mechanisms contradict AI consciousness: The spaces between the notes | date=2025 | last1=Miller | first1=William B. | last2=Baluška | first2=František | last3=Reber | first3=Arthur S. | last4=Slijepčević | first4=Predrag | journal=Biosystems | volume=247 | bibcode=2025BiSys.24705387M }}

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.journals.elsevier.com/biosystems/}}

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