Physiological Reports

AI use must be disclosed Model summary

Physiological Reports requires authors to fully disclose the use of any generative artificial intelligence tools in the preparation of their manuscript, as per Wiley’s policy. This disclosure should be placed in the Methods or Acknowledgements section, and must be transparent and detailed. Authors are responsible for both the accuracy of information provided by these tools, and for correctly refer…

This journal requires/encourages details of all authors’ contributions to the work by providing CRediT (Contribution Roles Taxonomy) information during submission. This information provided will be used to automatically generate an author contribution statement that will be published with the final article. You can learn more about CRediT and read an explanation of contribution roles on Wiley's CR…

Any custom computer code or algorithm that is not publicly available and has been used to generate results that are reported in the paper and are central to its main claims, must be made available for peer-review (e.g., through a private link at an appropriate repository as described below). Any reason that would preclude the need for code or algorithm sharing will be evaluated by the editors. For…

Physiological Reports requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest at submission in the Disclosure Statement. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise, that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work …

As an open access journal, this journal endorses data sharing. A data availability statement is required. Authors of papers that include ‘omics’, structural or gene-based datasets, or non-public datasets used to train or test custom software or algorithms are strongly encouraged to deposit the complete datasets in a suitable public repository and provide an accession or DOI number in the Data Avai…

Duplicate publication not allowed Model summary

The journal requires that you include in the manuscript details of IRB approvals, ethical treatment of human and animal research participants, and gathering of informed consent, as appropriate. Please also review Wiley's policies surrounding human studies, animal studies, biosecurity, and research reporting guidelines. For investigations involving humans or animals, a statement of protocol approva…

If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and …

This journal is a Gold open access title. This journal uses the CC-BY Creative Commons License. Submissions will be subject to an APC if accepted and published in the journal. You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts, through your institution, funder, or a country waiver. The journal charges an APC for each paper presenting original Research, Methods, C…

A manuscript is considered for review and possible publication on the condition that it is submitted solely to Physiological Reports and that the manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere. Transfers and Original Submissions The Editor-in-Chief, or Deputy Editor-in-Chief in rare occasions, will evaluate all manuscripts submitted to Physiological Reports for consistency with the scope statemen…

Plagiarism screening via iThenticate Model summary

Except in reviews and editorials, Physiological Reports will not accept submissions in which data in the form of figures and/or tables have been published elsewhere. Taking material from another's work and submitting it as one's own is plagiarism. Taking material (including tables, figures, and data; or extended text passages) from the authors' own prior publications is considered duplicate public…

Preprint policy: preprints allowed Model summary

Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. Physiological Reports will consider for review, articles previously available as preprints, such as on ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. Authors may also post the final published version of the article immediately after publication. Ge…