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<h2 id="special-issues">Special issues</h2> <p>Special issues of <i>BioSystems</i> cover different aspects of theoretical and evolutionary biology. </p> <h3>Symbiogenesis</h3> <p>The special issue "<i><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/1098NTDJHD4">Symbiogenesis and Progressive Evolution</a></i>" (2021) is dedicated to <a href="/facts/Boris_Kozo-Polyansky/vY0SrBH9">Boris Kozo-Polyansky</a> and <a href="/facts/Lynn_Margulis/Yd0no8Sx">Lynn Margulis</a> and contains articles about these scientists, and also includes an annotated translation of the article by <a href="/facts/Konstantin_Mereschkowski/qImz3CnU">Konstantin Merezhkovsky</a>, in which the concept of <a href="/facts/Symbiogenesis/2gHlgj4j">symbiogenesis</a> was first outlined.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Mikhailovsky, George; Gordon, Richard; Igamberdiev, Abir U. (2021). "Editorial: Symbiogenesis and progressive evolution". <i>Biosystems</i>. 206. <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021BiSys.20604429M">2021BiSys.20604429M</a>. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biosystems.2021.104429">10.1016/j.biosystems.2021.104429</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33864879">33864879</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>Kowallik, Klaus V.; Martin, William F. (2021). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7816216">"The origin of symbiogenesis: An annotated English translation of Mereschkowsky's 1910 paper on the theory of two plasma lineages"</a>. <i>Biosystems</i>. 199. <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021BiSys.19904281K">2021BiSys.19904281K</a>. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biosystems.2020.104281">10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104281</a>. <a href="/facts/PMC_(identifier)/dX1zMt71">PMC</a> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7816216">7816216</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33279568">33279568</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>Sagan, Dorion (2021). "From Empedocles to Symbiogenetics: Lynn Margulis's revolutionary influence on evolutionary biology". <i>Biosystems</i>. 204. <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021BiSys.20404386S">2021BiSys.20404386S</a>. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biosystems.2021.104386">10.1016/j.biosystems.2021.104386</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33621579">33621579</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Biological computation</h3> <p>The special issue "<i><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/107NLGRSL8M">Fundamental principles of biological computation: From molecular computing to biological complexity</a></i>" (2022) is dedicated to the memory of one of the founders of <a href="/facts/Computational_biology/GxgNfwcX">computational biology</a> <a href="/facts/Efim_Liberman/a8E6KnpR">Efim Liberman</a> and contains his autobiography "On the way to a new science".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Shklovskiy-Kordi, Nikita E.; Matsuno, Koichiro; Marijuán, Pedro C.; Lgamberdiev, Abir U. (2022). "Editorial: Fundamental principles of biological computation: From molecular computing to evolutionary complexity". <i>Biosystems</i>. 219. <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022BiSys.21904719S">2022BiSys.21904719S</a>. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biosystems.2022.104719">10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104719</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Biological thermodynamics</h3> <p>The special issue "<i><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/104DJ3V8LBV">Biological Thermodynamics: Bridging the gap between physics and life</a></i>" (2024) is dedicated to <a href="/facts/Ervin_Bauer/crL0rlBx">Ervin Bauer</a> and contains biographical<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> and theoretical<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> articles about him, as well as English translations of his major works.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Igamberdiev, Abir U.; Müller, Miklós; Elek, Gábor; Mikhailovsky, George E.; Cottam, Ron (2024). "Biological thermodynamics: Bridging the gap between physics and life". <i>Biosystems</i>. 242. <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024BiSys.24205258I">2024BiSys.24205258I</a>. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biosystems.2024.105258">10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105258</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38880329">38880329</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>Müller, Miklós; Igamberdiev, Abir U. (2024). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biosystems.2024.105201">"The emergence of theoretical biology: Two fundamental works of Ervin Bauer (1890–1938) in English translation"</a>. <i>Biosystems</i>. 241. <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024BiSys.24105201M">2024BiSys.24105201M</a>. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biosystems.2024.105201">10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105201</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38642880">38642880</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="some-other-significant-papers-and-articles">Some other significant papers and articles</h2> <ul><li>Miller, William B.; Baluška, František; Reber, Arthur S.; Slijepčević, Predrag (2025). "Biological mechanisms contradict AI consciousness: The spaces between the notes". <i>Biosystems</i>. 247. <a href="/facts/Bibcode_(identifier)/9HtdQSGB">Bibcode</a>:<a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025BiSys.24705387M">2025BiSys.24705387M</a>. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.biosystems.2024.105387">10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105387</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="abstracting-and-indexing">Abstracting and indexing</h2> <p>The journal is abstracted and indexed in: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Aquatic_Sciences_and_Fisheries_Abstracts/nhr5wrW7">Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Biological_Abstracts/gWE1AnCj">Biological Abstracts</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/BIOSIS_Previews/vFWosXyV">BIOSIS Previews</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CAB_Abstracts/D31vpcql">CAB Abstracts</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Chemical_Abstracts_Service/CVLrS5IJ">Chemical Abstracts Service</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/EBSCO_Information_Services/jx3nQB6j">EBSCO databases</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Embase/5cU6XPP7">Embase</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/EMBiology/VnUohUSh">EMBiology</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/FRANCIS/m9BKxeaC">FRANCIS</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/GEOBASE/06cNRcyW">GEOBASE</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Index_Medicus/yInLeeJe">Index Medicus</a>/<a href="/facts/MEDLINE/B8F9Ajqx">MEDLINE</a>/<a href="/facts/PubMed/JlHAvMHt">PubMed</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspec/DlMIE7TM">Inspec</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/PASCAL_(database)/gpzYagfa">PASCAL</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Science_Citation_Index/uGcARlLI">Science Citation Index</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Scopus/4U5YtGXd">Scopus</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Zoological_Record/H9yks3v2">The Zoological Record</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.journals.elsevier.com/biosystems/">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Fredriksson, Einar H. 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