Introduction to the 1st issue of Journal of Chronomedicine

Tyumen State Medical University decided to develop further former «Tyumen Medical Journal» in the direction of one of University's oldest scientific schools, chronobiology and chronomedicine (variety of dynamical and rhythmic processes in our body and in the environment, in conjunction with human health). Currently in Russia there are no specialized journals devoted to biological clock, chronobiology and chronomedicine, the role of the time factor and cyclicity in the diverse processes of nature and living systems. Worldwide there are several international journals, devoted to rhythmic processes in living organisms, among which such journals as Journal of Biological Rhythms, Chronobiology International, Biological Rhythm Research, Journal of Circadian Rhythms have a long history. However, there is not a single magazine that is dedicated primarily to chronomedicine. We set ourselves the goal to evolve this journal in this direction under new title, Journal of Chronomedicine...