- 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"
- [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.
- Winners of the first JPA award have been announced. Check out on the new Award page.
What's new
[Featured Article]
Allostatic load and frailty do not covary significantly among older residents of Greater Poland
Vol. 43, Article number: 12 (2024)
Jan Jeszka, Darian Hummel, Malgorzata Woźniewicz, Tomoko Morinaka, Yoshiaki Sone & Douglas E. Crews
Physiological dysregulation/allostatic load and the geriatric syndrome frailty increase with age. As a neurophysiological response system, allostasis supports survival by limiting stressor-related damage. Frailty reflects decreased strength, endurance, and physical abilities secondary to losses of muscle and bone with age. One suggestion, based on large cohort studies of person’s ages 70 + years, is that frailty contributes to allostatic load at older ages. However, small community-based research has not confirmed this specific association.
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[Featured Review]
The influence of the environment and lifestyle on myopia
Vol. 43 Article number: 7 (2024)
Sayantan Biswas, Antonio El Kareh, Mariyem Qureshi, Deborah Mei Xuan Lee, Chen-Hsin Sun, Janice S.H. Lam, Seang-Mei Saw & Raymond P. Najjar
Myopia, commonly known as near-sightedness, has emerged as a global epidemic, impacting almost one in three individuals across the world. The increasing prevalence of myopia during early childhood has heightened the risk of developing high myopia and related sight-threatening eye conditions in adulthood. In this review, authors shed light on both established and potential environmental and lifestyle contributors that affect the development and progression of myopia.
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Allostatic load and frailty do not covary significantly among older residents of Greater Poland
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Local alternating heat and cold stimulation affects hemodynamics and oxygenation in fatigued muscle tissue and autonomic nervous activity: a single-arm interventional study
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Nutritional anthropology in the world
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Triglyceride-glucose index is capable of identifying metabolically obese, normal-weight older individuals
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Fermented foods, microbiota, and mental health: ancient practice meets nutritional psychiatry
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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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Characteristics of body composition and cardiometabolic risk of Japanese male heavyweight Judo athletes
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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 2022 is awarded to:
・ Yoshihito Tomita (Tokyo Professional University of Health Sciences, Japan)
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)
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2022 Citation Impact
3.1 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.1 - 5-year Impact Factor
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