Journal History
| 1991 | The constituent (1st) congress of the International Society for Pathophysiology - Moscow, USSR. |
| 1994 |
The Second Congress was run under the presidency of Prof. Yukata Oomura, who signed the agreement to start the new journal Pathophysiology in Kyoto, Japan. The inaugural issue was released, Pathophysiology was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2018 | Pathophysiology was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2020 | Pathophysiology was published by MDPI from Volume 27, Issue 1 (2020). |
| 2022 | Pathophysiology was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 7 (Issue 1). Pathophysiology was indexed in PubMed Central (PMC)—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 27 (Issue 1). |
| 2023 | Pathophysiology was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 28 (Issue 1). |
| 2024 |
Pathophysiology established the following sections:
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| 2026 | Pathophysiology received its 2025 Impact Factor (3.5), ranked Q1 in the “Pathology” category. Pathophysiology received its 2025 CiteScore (5.1), ranked Q1 in the “Pathology and Forensic Medicine” category. Pathophysiology announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. Pathophysiology announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 1994 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Toshikazu Yoshikawa |
| 1994–2020 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Osmo Hanninen |
| 2020–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Steven Alexander |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Steven Alexander for the section on Cardiovascular Pathophysiology |
