QUARTERLY REVIEWS OF BIOPHYSICS

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics covers the field of experimental and computational biophysics. Experimental biophysics span across different physics-based measurements such as optical microscopy, super-resolution imaging, electron microscopy, X-ray and neutron diffraction, spectroscopy, calorimetry, thermodynamics and their integrated uses. Computational biophysics includes theory, simulations, bioinformatics and system analysis. These biophysical methodologies are used to discover the structure, function and physiology of biological systems in varying complexities from cells, organelles, membranes, protein-nucleic acid complexes, molecular machines to molecules. The majority of reviews published are invited from authors who have made significant contributions to the field, who give critical, readable and sometimes controversial accounts of recent progress and problems in their specialty. The journal has long-standing, worldwide reputation, demonstrated by its high ranking in the ISI Science Citation Index, as a forum for general and specialized communication between biophysicists working in different areas. Thematic issues are occasionally published.

生物物理学的季度回顾涵盖了实验和计算生物物理学领域。实验生物物理学跨越不同的物理基础测量，如光学显微镜，超分辨率成像，电子显微镜，x射线和中子衍射，光谱学，量热学，热力学及其综合应用。计算生物物理学包括理论、模拟、生物信息学和系统分析。这些生物物理方法被用来发现从细胞、细胞器、膜、蛋白质核酸复合物、分子机器到分子等各种复杂的生物系统的结构、功能和生理。大多数发表的评论都是邀请对该领域做出重大贡献的作者发表的，他们对自己专业领域的最新进展和问题进行了批判性的、可读性强的、有时甚至是有争议的描述。该杂志在ISI科学引文索引中排名靠前，是不同领域的生物物理学家之间进行一般性和专业性交流的论坛，在世界范围内享有长期的声誉。专题期刊偶尔出版。