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Physiological Reviews

Physiological Reviews is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Physiological Reviews rather than just read about it. In short: Physiological Reviews is a journal published quarterly by the American Physiological Society which has been published since 1921. The editor in chief of the journal is Sadis Matalon (University of Alabama at Birmingham).

Key takeaways

Physiological Reviews belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Physiological Reviews to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Physiological Reviews from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Physiological Reviews is a journal published quarterly by the American Physiological Society which has been published since 1921. The editor in chief of the journal is Sadis Matalon (University of Alabama at Birmingham). The journal's first managing editor, who served to his death in 1946, was Dr. Donald R. Hooker. Among the cadre of editors at the journal's inception were William Henry Howell, Lafayette Mendel, and John Macleod. From 1932 to 1950, the chairman of the board of editors of the journal was Anton J. Carlson. Other notable people who have served on the journal's editorial board include John Jacob Abel (c. 1935), Ernest William Goodpasture (c.1938). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 37.312

Internet Archive page set (values in table linked to specific pages)

References

Further reading ResearchGate journal ranking: "RG Impact Rankings 2018 and 2019". Retrieved January 19, 2019. SCImago Journal Rank: "Physiological Reviews". Scientific Journal Rankings. Scimago Lab. Retrieved January 19, 2019. About Physiological Reviews (access date: July 13, 2020)

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Physiological Reviews

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Physiological Reviews claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Physiological Reviews before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Physiological Reviews ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Physiological Reviews

In research: Physiological Reviews appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Physiological Reviews in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Physiological Reviews is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 1921, Delayed open-access journals, English-language journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Physiological Reviews outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Physiological Reviews in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Physiological Reviews means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Physiological Reviews in simple terms?

Why does Physiological Reviews matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Physiological Reviews?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Physiological Reviews.