Biophysical Reviews: from the umbra of 2020-2021 into the antumbra of 2022

Biophysical Reviews: Turning the page from 2022 to 2023

This Editorial (vol. 15 issue 1-Regular Issue featuring an Issue Focus on the "100th Anniversary of Har Gobind Khorana") first describes the issue contents before providing both, a look back at some journal highlights from 2022, and a look forward to what we can expect from 2023. The Editorial closes with a roundup of new journal access features and an acknowledgement of those supporting the journal.

Biophysical Reviews: Publishing short and critical reviews written by key figures in the field

This Editorial for Issue 5 (Vol. 14 2022) of Biophysical Reviews begins with a short note of commemoration for the journal's founding chief editor Jean Garnier (1929-2022) who sadly passed away this month. Following this is a precis of the current Issue contents that begins with an introduction of the prizewinning article by Assoc. Prof. Miho Yanagisawa, winner of the 2022 Michèle Auger Award for Young Scientists' Independent Research. This Editorial concludes with a brief and somewhat subjective discussion of what features do and don't, help to make for a 'good journal'.

Biophysical reviews: call for nominations for the 2023 Michèle Auger Award

This Editorial for Issue 3 (Vol. 14 2022) of Biophysical Reviews first describes the Issue's contents (five commentaries/editorials within the front matter and seven review/letter articles appearing within the main body) before going on to discuss a number of matters of potential importance to the journal and its readers. Amongst this second tranche of content is the opening of the call for nominations for the 2023 Michèle Auger Award for Young Scientists' Independent Research.

Editors’ Roundup: April 2022

This Commentary represents the first instalment of a regular feature that seeks to fulfil one of Biophysical Reviews' IUPAB mandated goals-that of assisting in the international promotion of biophysical research. Known as the 'Editors' Roundup', this Commentary feature is a multi-author collective description of recently published research from journals publishing material across the biophysical realm. Although Biophysical Reviews is published by Springer-Nature, the source of contributed articles is unrestricted and can include different commercial and society publishers. In this edition we have article descriptions from the following journals, Biophysical Reviews, Biophysics and Physicobiology and Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Biophysical Reviews: from the umbra of 2020-2021 into the antumbra of 2022

This sub-Editorial for Volume 14 Issue 1 (2022) first makes comment on the current issue and then describes matters of interest related to the journal’s activities in 2022—chief among which are (i.) the announcement of the winner of the 2022 Michèle Auger Award for Young Scientists’ Independent Research, (ii.) an outline of this year’s finalized Special Issue (SI) lineup, (iii.) a description of a new production service offered by Springer to those submitting to the Biophysical Reviews journal, and (iv.) an introduction of newly appointed members of the Biophysical Reviews’ Editorial Board.