- [For JPA members] New process of requesting APC discount: Members are no longer requested to submit institution code to request APC discount during manuscript submission. Please see below 'Information for Authors' section for further information.
- Call for papers: "Sleep and Circadian rhythm: Adaptation to environment"
- New Article collection "Biocultural Intersections: Stressors, Adaptability, Allostasis, Frailty & Aging".
- Winners of the first JPA award have been announced. Check out on the new Award page.
What's new
[Featured Article]
Impact of energy availability and physical activity on variation in fertility across human populations
Vol. 41 Article number: 1 (2023)
Srishti Sadhir & Herman Pontzer
In this review, the authors discuss how the energetic cost of physical activity affects human reproduction. They explain that high levels of physical activity can lead to trade-offs between activity and reproduction, resulting in variation in fertility, age at first reproduction, and interbirth intervals. Even in industrialized populations, where cultural and economic factors are dominant, energetic factors play a significant role in shaping reproductive outcomes. The authors suggest that future research should focus on measuring energy intake, expenditure, and physical activity in a broad sample of populations to further understand the role of energetics in reproductive health.
Read this article.
[Featured Article]
Circadian phase advances in children during camping life according to the natural light-dark cycle
Vol. 41, Article number: 42 (2022)
Taisuke Eto, Shingo Kitamura, Kana Nishimura, Kota Takeoka, Yuki Nishimura, Sang-il Lee, Michihiro Ohashi, Akiko Shikano, Shingo Noi & Shigekazu Higuchi
It is known that the circadian rhythm phase in adults can be advanced in a natural light-dark cycle without electrical lighting. However, the effect of advanced sleep-wake timing according to the natural light-dark cycle on children’s circadian phase is unclear. Authors investigated the effects of approximately 2 weeks of camping life with little access to artificial lighting on children’s circadian phasesm and conducted an exploratory examination on the effects of wake time according to natural sunrise time on the manner of the advance of their circadian phases.
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The next stage of physiological anthropology
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Cold-induced vasodilation response in a Japanese cohort: insights from cold-water immersion and genome-wide association studies
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Impact of energy availability and physical activity on variation in fertility across human populations
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Effects of using a snooze alarm on sleep inertia after morning awakening
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Fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health: ancient practice meets nutritional psychiatry
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Effects of thermal environment on sleep and circadian rhythm
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Plasmodium—a brief introduction to the parasites causing human malaria and their basic biology
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Daily rhythms of the sleep-wake cycle
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Effects of L-theanine or caffeine intake on changes in blood pressure under physical and psychological stresses
Best Reviewer Award
Journal of Physiological Anthropology Best Reviewer Award 2021 is awarded to:
・ Hiromitsu Kobayashi (Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University, Japan)
・ Kazuhiko Arima (Nagasaki University, Japan)
For more information, please visit the award page.
[Call for Papers]
Special Issue: Sleep and Circadian rhythm: Adaptation to environment
Collection Editors
Shigekazu Higuchi Kyushu University, Japan
Monique K Lebourgeois University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Physiological anthropology is the study of human adaptability to the environment and its diversity. This collection focuses on sleep and biological rhythms across the lifespan. Although sleep is one of the basic physiological needs of humans, many people in modern society have various problems with sleep. Sleep deprivation not only causes daytime sleepiness and reduced work efficiency but also leads to various long-term health problems. These sleep problems are also caused by circadian rhythm disturbances. Humans have circadian rhythms adapted to the natural light-dark cycle, but artificial lighting at night is known to adversely affect sleep and circadian rhythms. In addition, although humans are a diurnal species, night shifts and shift work, which are essential in modern society, have a significant impact on circadian rhythms and sleep. There are also effects from the use of the Internet and media devices. Behavioral restrictions due to unexpected spread of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, can also affect sleep. Thermal and noise environments also affect sleep. Furthermore, there are individual differences not only in the effects of the environments but also in sleep and circadian rhythms themselves such as evening and morning preferences. Mechanisms underlying individual differences in sleep and circadian rhythms include various factors such as growth, aging, photoperiod, and genetics. Cultural differences also exist. These characteristics have been clarified through both laboratory experiments and field studies.
This collection includes the following topics:
- Light environment and sleep/circadian rhythms
- Thermal environment and sleep/circadian rhythms
- Night and shift work and sleep/circadian rhythms
- COVID-19 and sleep/circadian rhythms
- Individual differences in sleep/circadian rhythms
- Genetic factors and sleep/circadian rhythms
- Sleep/circadian rhythms and health
- Submission is open from 1 February through 30th June 2023.
All submissions will be thoroughly peer-reviewed. Please refer to the Submission Guidelines section for detailed information on preparation of manuscripts, or contact editorial office for questions.
State on the cover letter that the paper is for the Special issue, "Sleep and Circadian rhythm: Adaptation to environment" and select relevant issue topic when making submission.
Article Processing Charge (APC): Special discounted APC price (approximaterly half the list price) will be applied to the papers accepted for this collection.
In order to securely identify the submisison for this issue, authors are requested to contact in advance to: sleep-and-rhythm@jpa-eb.net
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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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
2.509 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
2.784 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.069 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.724 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Speed
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