biology

Traffic (journal)

Traffic (journal) is a biology 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 Traffic (journal) rather than just read about it. In short: Traffic is a monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal, which was established in 2000, and is published by Wiley-Blackwell. The online version is at the Wiley Online Library.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Traffic is a monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal, which was established in 2000, and is published by Wiley-Blackwell. The online version is at the Wiley Online Library. This journal is co-edited by Eric Chevet, Antonella De Matteis, Eeva-Liisa Eskelinen, and Hesso Farhan. The journal covers all aspects of signal transduction (intracellular transport) in health and disease, for both mammalian and non-mammalian biological systems.

History The journal was established by Frances Brodsky, Mark Marsh, Sandra Schmid, and Thomas Kreis. Kreis died in a plane crash before the first issue was published.

Abstracting and indexing This journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 6.215.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Traffic (journal)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Traffic (journal) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, 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 Traffic (journal) 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 Traffic (journal) 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 Traffic (journal)

In research: Traffic (journal) appears in biology 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 Traffic (journal) 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: Traffic (journal) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 2000, English-language journals, Molecular and cellular biology journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Traffic (journal) 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.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Traffic (journal)” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Traffic (journal) in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Traffic (journal) 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.
Explain Traffic (journal) out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Traffic (journal) in simple terms?

Traffic is a monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal, which was established in 2000, and is published by Wiley-Blackwell. The online version is at the Wiley Online Library.

Why does Traffic (journal) matter?

Because it connects several biology 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 Traffic (journal)?

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 Traffic (journal).