BioSystems

BioSystems
DisciplineSystems biology, evolution, computer modeling, information processing
LanguageEnglish
Edited byAbir Igamberdiev
Publication details
Former name(s)
Currents in Modern Biology; Currents in Modern Biology: Bio Systems
History1967–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
2.0 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4BioSystems
Indexing
CODENBSYMBO
ISSN0303-2647
LCCNsf91091174
OCLC no.780558853
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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.[1] Grenell wrote of his purpose in founding the journal,

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.[2]

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,[3] Lynn Margulis,[4] 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.[5]

Special issues of BioSystems cover different aspects of theoretical and evolutionary biology. The special issue "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.[6] The special issue "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".[7] The special issue "Biological Thermodynamics: Bridging the gap between physics and life" (2024) is dedicated to Ervin Bauer and contains biographical[8][9] and theoretical[10] articles about him, as well as English translations of his major works.[11]  

  1. ^ Fredriksson, Einar H. (2001). "The Dutch Publishing Scene: Elsevier and North-Holland". A Century of Science Publishing. Amsterdam: IOS Press. pp. 61–76. doi:10.3233/978-1-58603-148-0-61. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. ^ Grennell, Robert G. (1967). "Editorial Note". Currents in Modern Biology. 1 (1): 1.
  3. ^ "In Memoriam — Michael Conrad". Biosystems. 61 (1): 3–4. 2001. Bibcode:2001BiSys..61....3.. doi:10.1016/S0303-2647(01)00154-X.
  4. ^ Fogel, Gary B.; Schwartz, Alan W. (2012). "Lynn Margulis (1938–2011)". Biosystems. 107 (2): 65. Bibcode:2012BiSys.107...65F. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.12.003. PMID 22197791.
  5. ^ "BioSystems". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2021.
  6. ^ Kowallik, K.V.; Martin, W.F. (2021). "The origin of symbiogenesis: An annotated English translation of Mereschkowsky's 1910 paper on the theory of two plasma lineages". Biosystems. 199: 104281. Bibcode:2021BiSys.19904281K. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104281. ISSN 0303-2647. PMC 7816216. PMID 33279568.
  7. ^ Liberman, E.A. (2022). "On the way to a new science". Biosystems. 215–216: 104647. Bibcode:2022BiSys.21504647L. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104647. ISSN 0303-2647. PMID 35189308.
  8. ^ Bauer, S.M. (2024). "Life and fate of Ervin Bauer (1890–1938), the eminent scholar and foundational theoretical biologist". BioSystems. 238: 105191. Bibcode:2024BiSys.23805191B. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105191. ISSN 0303-2647. PMID 38508229.
  9. ^ Müller, M.; Elek, G. (2024). "The history of Ervin Bauer's publications on the theory of life". BioSystems. 241: 105212. Bibcode:2024BiSys.24105212M. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105212. ISSN 0303-2647. PMID 38636703.
  10. ^ Igamberdiev, A.U. (2024). "Biological thermodynamics: Ervin Bauer and the unification of life sciences and physics". Biosystems. 235: 105089. Bibcode:2024BiSys.23505089I. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.105089. ISSN 0303-2647.
  11. ^ Müller, M.; Igamberdiev, A.U. (2024). "The emergence of theoretical biology: Two fundamental works of Ervin Bauer (1890–1938) in English translation". BioSystems. 241: 105201. Bibcode:2024BiSys.24105201M. doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105201. ISSN 0303-2647.