- Special Issue: Call for Papers for new issue, "Human Cold Adaptation and Health"
- Collection: New articles added in a special issue: "Sleep and Circadian rhythm: Adaptation to environment"
- Winners of the JPA award have been announced. Check out on the new Award page.
What's new
[Featured Article]
Association between thermogenic brown fat and genes under positive natural selection in circumpolar populations
Vol. 43, Article number: 19 (2024)
Yuka Ishida, Mami Matsushita, Takeshi Yoneshiro, Masayuki Saito & Kazuhiro Nakayama
Adaptation to cold was essential for human migration across Eurasia. Non-shivering thermogenesis through brown adipose tissue (BAT) participates in cold adaptation because some genes involved in the differentiation and function of BAT exhibit signatures of positive natural selection in populations at high latitudes. Whether these genes are associated with the inter-individual variability in BAT thermogenesis remains unclear. In this study, we evaluated the potential associations between BAT activity and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate gene regions in East Asian populations.
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[Featured Article]
Sustained metabolic dysregulation and the emergence of diabetes: associations between HbA1c and metabolic syndrome components in Tunisian diabetic and nondiabetic groups
Vol. 43, Article number: 18 (2024)
Adriana Wisniewski, Alicia M. DeLouize, Tian Walker, Somnath Chatterji, Nirmala Naidoo, Paul Kowal & J. Josh Snodgrass
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been a major focus of research in recent decades as the prevalence of these conditions continues to rapidly increase globally. However, the timing and patterns of development from metabolic risk factors to disease states are less well understood and are especially critical to understand in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and populations undergoing epidemiological transitions.
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Effect of hyperbaric exposure on cognitive performance: an investigation conducting numerical Stroop tasks during a simulated 440 m sea water saturation diving
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Association of brown adipose tissue activity with circulating sex hormones and fibroblast growth factor 21 in the follicular and luteal phases in young women
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Differences in sarcopenia indices in elderly Japanese women and their relationships with obesity classified according to waist circumference, BMI, and body fat percentage
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Effects of observing own/others hand movement in different perspectives on mu rhythm suppression: an EEG study
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Fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health: ancient practice meets nutritional psychiatry
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Characteristics of body composition and cardiometabolic risk of Japanese male heavyweight Judo athletes
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Plasmodium—a brief introduction to the parasites causing human malaria and their basic biology
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Effects of thermal environment on sleep and circadian rhythm
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Daily rhythms of the sleep-wake cycle
Aims & Scope
Journal of Physiological Anthropology (JPA) is the official journal of the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology. JPA is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on the physiological functions of modern mankind, with an emphasis on the physical and bio-cultural effects on human adaptability to the current environment.
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Best Reviewer Award
Journal of Physiological Anthropology Best Reviewer Award 2023 is awarded to:
・ Loh Ping Yeap (Kyushu University, Japan)
・ Dominika Kanikowska (Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland)
For more information, please visit the award page.
Article Collections
Journal of Physiological Anthropology publishes special issues and collection of papers on the select topics of recent interest within the scope of the journal. See the list of article collections and special issues here.
Legacy content
Articles published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology since 1996 (volume 15) are open access and fully accessible from the following link.
Journal of Physiological Anthropology is an official Journal of the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology (JSPA)
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 3.3
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.9
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.060
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.502Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 12
Submission to acceptance (median days): 129
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